Experience

Troy Public Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Digital Services

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Manages a 7 person department. Oversees public computer lab. Oversees Memory Lab (digitizing older film and video formats). Manages a $200,000 database/collections budget including ebook collections. Oversees programming for digital services department.

• Digital services librarian

  • Aug 2020 - Jul 2021

  Managing databases, collection development of ebooks and other digital materials, supervising staff.


Kalamazoo Public Library
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Professional Substitute Librarian

  • Nov 2018 - Aug 2020


Berkley Public Library

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Adult Services Librarian

  • Jun 2016 - Nov 2018

  Assisting patrons at the reference desk. Collection development of DVDs, fiction, and nonfiction. Leading a monthly book group. Facilitating programs for a wide range of interests. Working with area libraries to develop a "community reads" program. Assisting patrons at the reference desk. Collection development of DVDs, fiction, and nonfiction. Leading a monthly book group. Facilitating programs for a wide range of interests. Working with area libraries to develop a "community reads" program.



Ayar Law Group | Tax Law Firm

• Legal Assistant

  • Feb 2015 - Jul 2016

  Assisting lawyers with administrative tasks. Talking to and meeting with clients. Train other legal assistants on office duties. Enhancing attorney effectiveness by developing case information. Gathering documentation for tax cases. Supporting attorney in all IRS Proceedings. Assisting lawyers with administrative tasks. Talking to and meeting with clients. Train other legal assistants on office duties. Enhancing attorney effectiveness by developing case information. Gathering documentation for tax cases. Supporting attorney in all IRS Proceedings.



State of Michigan Department of Corrections

• Librarian

  • Nov 2013 - Dec 2014

  Assist prisoners using the law library, including instruction on the use of legal materials. Supervise prisoner library workers, including scheduling, payroll and work evaluations. Collection development of law and general library materials. Supervise completion of bi-annual law library inventory to keep material current. Converting the current hard copy law library into an Electronic Law Library. Develop, maintain and improve community contacts for general library donations and inter-library loan program.



Kellogg Community College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Archivist/ Adjunct Librarian

  • Aug 2011 - Apr 2013

  Created and maintained the digital collections site using CONTENTdm. Created institutional archival standards in accordance to SAA and the institution's standards. Created metadata standards that conform to SAA standards. Assisted in securing a grant for materials and a large scanning project. Arranging and processing physical collections according to SAA standards. Created and maintained the digital collections site using CONTENTdm. Created institutional archival standards in accordance to SAA and the institution's standards. Created metadata standards that conform to SAA standards. Assisted in securing a grant for materials and a large scanning project. Arranging and processing physical collections according to SAA standards.



Madison Heights Public Library

• Circulation Staff

  • Oct 2008 - Sep 2010

  · Providing ready, telephone and extended reference service to patrons of all ages. · Assisting patrons with computer questions: setting up an e-mail account, accessing job databases and formatting Word documents. · Processing new books, performing minor book repairs, copy cataloging and collection development. · Providing ready, telephone and extended reference service to patrons of all ages. · Assisting patrons with computer questions: setting up an e-mail account, accessing job databases and formatting Word documents. · Processing new books, performing minor book repairs, copy cataloging and collection development.



Burton Historical Collection

• Archival Intern

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Appraised, processed, arranged and created original finding aids for manuscript collections. Performed archival duties according to SAA and the organization's standards. Performed related research to help enrich the collections. Appraised, processed, arranged and created original finding aids for manuscript collections. Performed archival duties according to SAA and the organization's standards. Performed related research to help enrich the collections.



Archive Media Partners

• Libraries

• Contractor

  • Jun 2009 - Oct 2009

  Indexed photograph files for a client and created individual descriptive names for each image. Maintained a database with file information. Created and maintained keywords for a group of photographs. Indexed photograph files for a client and created individual descriptive names for each image. Maintained a database with file information. Created and maintained keywords for a group of photographs.



TMP Associates, Inc

• United States

• Clerical Department

  • Aug 2007 - Feb 2009

  Created various forms of institutional memory documents (both written and from dictation). Organized and filed project related documents. Created and managed a current budget database for recent architectural projects. Created various forms of institutional memory documents (both written and from dictation). Organized and filed project related documents. Created and managed a current budget database for recent architectural projects.



Detroit Opera House

• Allesee Library Intern

  • Sep 2008 - Jan 2009

  Developed cataloging system for Opera House web archive using Archivists' Toolkit. Scanned photos and newspaper articles to accurately render them for web accessibility. Researched places and people as needed to properly attain descriptions. Developed cataloging system for Opera House web archive using Archivists' Toolkit. Scanned photos and newspaper articles to accurately render them for web accessibility. Researched places and people as needed to properly attain descriptions.