Experience

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  California Library Association

  • Sacramento, CA

  • Project Manager, Continuing Education for California Public Libraries

    • Jul 2020 - Present
    • Sacramento, CA

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  Eagle Rock Consulting

  • Consultant

    • 1996 - Present

    Grant and project coordination, training development and delivery (online and face-to-face), course creation, facilitation.

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  Infopeople

  • Infopeople Training Coordinator

    • Feb 2011 - Jul 2020

    Research and recruit potential Instructors and Presenters for Infopeople, the training arm of the California State Library. Provide instructional design for Infopeople online course Instructors. Oversee and coordinate all online learning, assist with special grant projects under the Infopeople umbrella.

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  WebJunction Illinois

  • Project Coordinator

    • 2007 - 2011

    Project Coordination for the development, launch and maintenance of WebJunction Illinois, a statewide portal for e-learning, resources, information and social networking for Illinois librarians. Responsibilities included initial site organization and structure using a CMS, communication and coordination with stakeholders and users, inception and coordination of promotional and marketing materials, training, troubleshooting and support for users as well as oversite of ongoing site maintenance and development. Extensive use of communication skills via blogging (Wordpress), Twitter, web conferencing and traditional print publications. Project success story: From launch in 2007 to date WJIL registered users have grown from 200 to over 4,500 and have enrolled in 6,251 online courses via the WJIL Course Catalog.

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  Professional Associations

  • Member

    • 2000 - 2011

    American Library Association, Public Library Association, California Library Association, Illinois Library Association

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  LibraryU

  • Project Coordinator

    • 2003 - 2007

    Project Coordination for LibraryU, an online learning portal for library staff. Responsibilities included identifying appropriate and relevant course topics through consensus in the Illinois library community, selecting a new LMS, and identifying and supporting Subject Matter Experts through all aspects of course creation including LMS training, course design, graphics, interactivity and content reinforcement. Spearheaded the launch and promotion of the revitalized LibraryU course catalog and coordinated the eventual transition of select content to a sustainable platform on the WJIL Course Catalog. Project success story: LibraryU registered users grew from 20 in 2003 to over 11,000 at the time of content transition to the WJIL Course Catalog. With a catalog of over 50 self-paced modules, LibraryU provided free anytime, anywhere access to continuous education for library staff across the country and around the world.

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  Dominican University

  • Adjunct Faculty

    • 2002 - 2004

    Developed and taught courses in Library User Instruction for both Dominican University and the College of St. Catherine

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  Corn Belt Library System

  • Reference Consultant

    • 1992 - 1994

    Provided backup reference work and developed training

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  MINITEX Library Information Network

  • Reference Librarian

    • 1986 - 1992

    Provided back-up reference for academic and public libraries in the MINITEX service area. Conceived and developed a database of frequently asked reference questions to facilitate quick response to libraries.

  • Assistant Librarian

    • 1985 - 1986

    Assisted in the organization and dissemination of OCLC forms and documentation

  • Trainer

    • 1984 - 1985

    Developed, organized and conducted training sessions on OCLC products. Conducted full day training workshops for bibliographic information management software for regional librarians and business professionals.

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  Cooperating Libraries in Consortium (CLIC)

  • Coordinator

    • 1983 - 1984

    Supervised the daily procedures of an eight member academic library consortium

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  3M

  • Librarian

    • 1982 - 1983

    Provided reference services to 3M employees using a variety of business databases and print resources.