Sammie J.

Director of Library Services at Wilberforce University
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Xenia, Ohio, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Director of Library Services
      • Sep 2023 - Present
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Chief Librarian, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center
      • Jun 2022 - Aug 2023
    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Associate Department Head
      • Oct 2021 - Jun 2022
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of Public Services
      • Jan 2020 - Aug 2021

      Responsible for assisting in the administration and operation of a significant section of the library. This includes reference, circulation, instruction, children's library, and performing specialized professional work—budget oversight for teaching and outreach, reference services, and circulation services. • Management and supervision for a team of staff, faculty librarians, and student workers. • Implements outreach activities • Provides professional development opportunities for staff and faculty. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Assistant Director for Research, Public, and Information Literacy Services
      • Mar 2017 - Oct 2019

      Provided a creative, collaborative learning environment for students, faculty, and staff. Supervising an innovative, service-oriented campus unit that played an essential role in students' academic success—served as the technology custodian and facility oversight. Completed a significant project management renovation and co-wrote several grants.

    • Adjunct Professor
      • Aug 2016 - May 2019

      • Taught over 120 students per semester in Freshman Orientation, Intro to Psychology, Personality Theories, and History and Systems of Psychology.• Assisted struggling students with extra support and targeted assistance.

    • Information Literacy Coordinator and Outreach Librarian
      • Mar 2016 - Feb 2017

      Provided instruction and oversight of the teaching library's teaching unit, delivering a broad range of research and instructional services supporting the university's curriculum and mission. Additionally, this position provided information literacy instruction, reference, and research support to a diverse community of users. This position was technology-driven learning and training libraries on new instruction delivery. • Coordinated instructional opportunities with Student Affairs • Ordered and Replaced items • Establish and maintained academic relationships across the academic disciplines.• Worked with various systems and databases such as EBSCOhost, Horizon, and Springshare. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Interim Curator (Graduate Assistant)
      • Aug 2013 - Feb 2016

      Responsible for the day-to-day operations of the 4th-floor and 1st-floor art gallery, providing leadership and direction to a team of student assistant workers. Conducted project management activities for both art galleries with a renovation project that budgeted for 10,000. • Planned, organized, presented exhibitions, lectures, and student programs. • Networked with the campus community for student programming with on-campus and off-campus organizations. • Accounted for a collection of artifacts of works of art. • Cataloged acquisitions and maintain records. • Wrote articles for the library website. Show less

Education

  • Texas Woman's University
    Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS), Library Science
    2014 - 2016
  • Prairie View A&M University
    Doctorate of Philosophy in Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership: Higher Education
    2014 - 2024
  • Prairie View A&M University
    Master of Science (M.S.), Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
    2013 - 2014
  • Prairie View A&M University
    Master of Arts (MA), Counselling
    2011 - 2013
  • Tuskegee University
    Bachelor of Arts (BA), Social Work
    2003 - 2005

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