Experience

Rice University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Collection Development Coordinator

  • Nov 2018 - Present

• Electronic Resources Librarian

  • Nov 2014 - Oct 2018

  Responsibilities: Procurement, licensing, and management of electronic resources for a university library with a population of around 4000 undergraduates and 3000 graduate students. Electronic resources include databases, e-journals, and e-books. Workflow includes working with vendors, evaluating and setting up trials of ER products, negotiating and evaluating licenses, ordering, setup, proxy configuration, and continual maintenance of electronic resources. Software experience for ER management includes ExLibris SFX, Sirsi Symphony, Ebscohost admin, W.T. Cox CoxNet2, Harrassowitz OttoSerials, Ebsco Web Discovery Service (EDS), EBL PDA and short-term loan admin, and OCLC EZProxy. Show less



Serials Review

• Editor for the column "Conversations."

  • Aug 2017 - Present

  “Conversations,” a Serials Review column, explores a variety of topics through interviews with individuals driving change across the scholarly communications landscape.

• Co-Editor of Column "Problem Solved!"

  • Aug 2015 - Aug 2017

  I will be co-editing “Problem Solved!” with Kelly Smith from Eastern Kentucky University Libraries. Kelly is the coordinator of collections and discovery at Eastern Kentucky. I am the electronic resources librarian at Rice University. Together we will bring to this column a mixture of different experiences and interests. We hope to hear your comments and suggestions. Most importantly, we need you to reach out to us about how you solved a problem in the workplace, or maybe you know of a problem solved—either way, we need your suggestions. In the end, your suggestions will be a large part of what makes this column a useful resource to other libraries, librarians, and information professionals. Show less



Sam Houston State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electronic Resources Librarian

  • Mar 2011 - Nov 2014

  Responsibilities: Procurement, licensing, and management of electronic resources for a university library with a population of around 17,000 students. Electronic resources include databases, e-journals, and e-books. Workflow includes working with vendors, evaluating and setting up trials of ER products, negotiating and evaluating licenses, ordering, setup, proxy configuration, and continual maintenance of electronic resources. Software experience for ER management includes Sirsi Symphony, Ebsco A-Z admin, Ebsco ERM, Ebscohost admin, Ebsconet, Ebsco Web Discovery Service (EDS), CORAL ERM, Ebsco ECM, Ebrary PDA and short-term loan admin, and OCLC EZProxy, In addition other responsibilities include committees, some web editing, research, and working reference. Reference work includes Email, IM, and desk reference. Show less



Johnson County Library

• Libraries
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Regional Reference Librarian

  • Jan 2008 - Apr 2011

  Responsibilities: Work 20 hours per week providing general reference. Reference responsibilities include answering specialized reference questions regarding regional and local history, and assisting researchers with finding and using materials in the special collection. Other reference strengths include general history and technology. Responsibilities outside of reference include collection development for regional and local map collection, local history programming and training, committees, developing and fostering partnerships, supervising multiple volunteers and library science interns, creating metadata standards and indexing local history vertical files, preservation and digital projects related to special research collection, and content development for history and science subject research pages on library’s website. Classes developed and delivered include: “How to do a House History,” “Finding and Collecting Local Government Documents,” and the “Local History Booktalk”. Developed in partnership with the Johnson County Museum the first Johnson County History Roundtable session on the subject of the changing environment of Johnson County, Kansas. Show less

• Instructional Design Librarian

  • Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Responsibilities: Work 20 hours per week providing general reference. Development and delivery of technology and information literacy classes for staff and public, development of tutorials for staff and public, and participation on library technology-related committees. Management and maintenance of print and microform periodical holdings with Serial Solutions 360 Link. Classes developed and delivered include: “Finding What the Patron Wants,” “Finding Articles Fast,” “Wikipedia: Can We Trust It?,” the “Tech Talk” Series, and “Helping the Patron with Photos.” Outside of general reference and teaching, responsibilities included history, science, and technology subject research pages for library’s website, copyright clearance and document delivery for Interlibrary loan, and maintenance of reader/printers and public service copiers. Show less