Paula Garrett
Radio Correspondent and Series Contributor at 89.5 WNIJ & 90.5 WNIU- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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89.5 WNIJ & 90.5 WNIU
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United States
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Radio Correspondent and Series Contributor
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Jan 2015 - Present
• Write and record radio essays for the "Perspectives" series. • Topics have included the Internet and privacy, music, libraries, travel, and more. • Freelance work includes interviews and stories for special assignments. • Write and record radio essays for the "Perspectives" series. • Topics have included the Internet and privacy, music, libraries, travel, and more. • Freelance work includes interviews and stories for special assignments.
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Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Coordinator, Information Resource Center and Electronic Media Services
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Dec 2001 - Jun 2017
• Provide strategic leadership in support of internal and external, statewide educational programs • Direct library operations, including team, budget, and project management • Develop and implement online resource collection, negotiate with vendors • Design and deliver research skills instruction to students, staff and faculty • Develop and manage the library’s Web site for resource access and as a teaching platform • Provide strategic leadership in support of internal and external, statewide educational programs • Direct library operations, including team, budget, and project management • Develop and implement online resource collection, negotiate with vendors • Design and deliver research skills instruction to students, staff and faculty • Develop and manage the library’s Web site for resource access and as a teaching platform
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Creative Australia
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Australia
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Library Director
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1998 - 2001
• Led library staff, managed collections, budget, and computer system • Developed and implemented user education programs • Fulfilled research and information needs of Council staff, board and fund members, and arts organizations through searches in a wide range of online and print resources • Coordinated internal database for client information, liaising between technical staff and users on development, interface and reports • Led library staff, managed collections, budget, and computer system • Developed and implemented user education programs • Fulfilled research and information needs of Council staff, board and fund members, and arts organizations through searches in a wide range of online and print resources • Coordinated internal database for client information, liaising between technical staff and users on development, interface and reports
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Education
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
M.S., library & information science -
The University of Memphis
Bachelor’s Degree, English Language and Literature