Experience

Capilano University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Metadata Strategies Librarian | Liaison to School of STEM

  • Aug 2022 - Present



University of the Fraser Valley

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sessional Instructor, Library & Information Technology Department

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Courses taught: Information Technology in Libraries; Database Management and Software Implementation; Emergent Library Technologies Courses taught: Information Technology in Libraries; Database Management and Software Implementation; Emergent Library Technologies



Fraser Valley Regional Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Collection Services Specialist | Senior Librarian, Systems & Metadata

  • Apr 2017 - Jul 2022

  Metadata policy and standards implementation ; technical services workflow design and team leader ; ILS systems administrator (Innovative Sierra) ; content strategy and team leadership for intranet development (Confluence & Jira) ; vendor relationship management. Metadata policy and standards implementation ; technical services workflow design and team leader ; ILS systems administrator (Innovative Sierra) ; content strategy and team leadership for intranet development (Confluence & Jira) ; vendor relationship management.



San Jose State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Editor in Chief, SLIS Student Research Journal (SRJ)

  • Jun 2016 - May 2017

  Responsible for governance and strategic planning. Manages operations, including publishing schedule, recruitment and supervision of an eight person editorial team. The SRJ is a student-run, open access, double-blind peer reviewed LIS journal based at the iSchool at San Jose State University (ISSN: 2160-7753). Responsible for governance and strategic planning. Manages operations, including publishing schedule, recruitment and supervision of an eight person editorial team. The SRJ is a student-run, open access, double-blind peer reviewed LIS journal based at the iSchool at San Jose State University (ISSN: 2160-7753).



City of Surrey

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Library Technician

  • Jun 2009 - Mar 2017

  Library Media Team (5 years)Website content management. Information architecture. Marketing & promotions as part of a distributed team. Social media content management and strategy. Responsive website redesign project (2017).Information Services Technician (8 years)Reference, customer service, computer and device technology training. Collection maintenance.Cataloguing Technician (2 years)Original and copy cataloguing (LCSH, MARC, DDC, AACR2, RDA)Youth Services Technician (4 years)Teen services program design and delivery. Developed programming and services for new flagship branch. Facilitated teen writers' programs, maker workshops, Teen Advisory Group (i.e., youth library council).Maker Committee (1 year, project)Community relationship development, and event planning for Surrey’s first Maker Showcase community event (2015).



Fraser Valley Regional Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Library Technician

  • Oct 2009 - Jan 2011

  Front line customer service in reference, readers' advisory, and youth programming. Front line customer service in reference, readers' advisory, and youth programming.



University of the Fraser Valley

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Bibliographer

  • Jan 2008 - Aug 2008

  Bibliographic verification project for UFV History Department's South Asia History Bibliography. Bibliographic verification project for UFV History Department's South Asia History Bibliography.