- July 2019-present
- Fine Arts Librarian – Clemens Library, BAC Music Library, Alcuin Library
- College of Saint Benedict/Saint John’s University, St. Joseph/Collegeville, Minnesota
- WorldShare Management Services, WorldCat Discovery, LibApps, LibGuides, LibCal, LibChat, GOBI, Minitex, Library of Congress Classification (LCC)
- Liaison services to faculty, students, staff in Fine Arts Division, interdisciplinary programs with fine arts components, as well as military science and history
- Research consultations for students/faculty
- Create/maintain LibGuides for Music, Theater, Art, Military Science, History
- Deliver information literacy and instructional programs for first-year seminars, fine arts, history
- Collaborate with Instructional Technology to deliver innovative classes that meet learning outcomes for information literacy, such as podcasting, 3D printing
- Create tutorial videos for CSB/SJU Libraries YouTube Channel
- Create video for classes moved online due to COVID-19
- Collection development for music, art, theater
- Responsible for Benedicta Arts Center (BAC) Music Library, in addition to main music collection at both colleges
- Assist with Sacred Music Special Collections
- Developing plan for accessing metadata of Minnesota Public Radio jazz album special collection
- September 2018-May 2019
- George F. DeVine Music Library Departmental Supervisor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Alma, OneSearch, WordPress, LibApps, LibCal, RiseVision, Hypersign, Library of Congress Classification
- Additionally responsible for Evening Supervisor duties during interim of vacancy (September 2018-December 2018)
- Responsible for music library daily operations
- Collection development management
- Course reserve management
- Liaison with Hodges Public Services and other branch libraries
- Liaison for university faculty and students to generate collection development requests for branch
- Manages interlibrary lending branch operation
- Mediates library patron issues, first point of appeal for fines
- Gathers statistics, prepare monthly reports
- Oversee stack maintenance, inventories
- Represent music library on University Libraries operational and assessment working groups and committees
- Train and supervise student library assistants (SLAs)
- Manage annual SLA budget
- Create training materials for SLAs
- Schedule SLAs each semester
- In-depth reference assistance for users locating music materials, print and electronic
- LibChat monitor
- October 2017-September 2018
- George F. DeVine Music Library, Evening Supervisor
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Alma, OneSearch, WordPress, LibApps, LibCal, RiseVision, Hypersign, Library of Congress Classification
- Additionally responsible for Departmental Supervisor duties during interim of vacancy (July 2018-September 2018)
- Evenings and Sundays, supervise circulation, materials, student workers, patron mediation
- Check-in and process new acquisitions, periodicals, reserve materials
- Reference assistance for music collections, one-on-one information literacy instruction
- Update and maintain music library website (WordPress), Music Library Equipment instructional guides for electronic and physical library resources (LibGuides), update music library hours on web (LibCal),
- Update digital sign in music library (RiseVision, Hypersign)
- Update UT Song-indexing, analysis indexing, supervise/train students working on projects
- Loaner laptop updates and maintenance, other technical issues in music library
- Catalog School of Music recital CDs using Alma template
- Copy catalog gift items, equipment
- Transfers/withdrawals of collection materials
- Manage branch binding shipments of periodicals
- Secondary support processing course reserves
- Special projects
- Preservation of music collection, to include binding scores and binding repairs, tip-ins, pockets for parts, hinge tightenings
- July 2015-August 2017
- Hodges Library Special Collections, Graduate Research Assistant
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Archivist Toolkit; MODS metadata
- Reprocess David Van Vactor music scores, recordings
- Supervise students working on collection
- Research copyright issues for audio recordings
- Metadata for audio, music scores
- Material preparation for digitazation
- Conversion of Van Vactor music catalog to finding aid for migration to Islandora
- Metadata cleaning for Albert Gordon “Dutch” Roth Smoky Mountains digital photo collection
- Preservation and Conservation Lab
- Construct phase/clamshell boxes and folders, material repairs, binding music scores and pamphlets
- Process and create finder’s aids for collections
- Science fiction periodicals
- Benton Otto Wheeley papers
- Archivist Toolkit Finding Aid – Benton _Otto_Wheeley_FA
- Digitization of materials
- Visual displays of collections
- Tennessee Waltz – Tennessee Waltz Exhibit
- July 2016-July 2017
- University of Tennessee, School of Information Science Student Assistant
- Mobile Information Skills and Solutions in Library Education (MISSILE) Institute of Museum and Library Science Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian One-Year Planning Grant for $40,121
- Research, edit and collaborate with UTK faculty; APA, ACM, IEEE citation styles
- Mobile Information Skills and Solutions in Library Education (MISSILE) Institute of Museum and Library Science Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian One-Year Planning Grant for $40,121
- University of Tennessee, School of Information Science Student Assistant
- June 2017
- Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee Volunteer
- Using FADGI guidelines, established metadata guidelines for digitizing Maryville College newspaper, Focus
- Led newspaper digitization project for Kin Takahashi Week
- Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee Volunteer
- September 2016-June 2017
- Lamar Library, Adjunct Research and Instruction Librarian
- Maryville College, Maryville, Tennessee
- Sierra Innovative, EBSCO Discovery Services, LibApps
- Reference desk instruction; assist undergraduate students with thesis research and citation
- Create LibGuides – Maryville College Open Access Resources
- Local electronic resource link management outside the ACA consortium
- Printer/scanner and library computer lab assistance
- Summer 2016
- University of Tennessee Electronic Resources and Licensing Practicum
- Knoxville, Tennessee
- Worked with UT personnel to understand and evaluate UT Electronic Resources and License procedures; EZ proxy, collection development, access and control issues
- Created standard licensing checklist for UTK Electronic Resources UTK-StandardLicensingChecklist
- Uploaded contracts and addendums to Ex Libris Alma eresources module
- August 2014-July 2016
- George F. Devine Music Library, Student Library Assistant
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Staffed circulation desk, ready interlibrary loans, library express requests (Aleph, Alma, Primo OneSearch)
- Assisted patrons, reference interviews
- Data entry, preparing order records, song indexing
- Shelving, shelf reading
- Printer and computer lab assistance
- June 2014-July 2015
- Hodges Library Technical Services, Student Library Assistant-Cataloging
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
- Processed books including labeling, barcoding (Aleph, Alma)
- Withdrew/transferred books
- Worked with Cataloging staff on special projects
- Fall 2009
- Lamar Memorial Library Practicum
- Maryville College, Maryville Tennessee
- Assisted with preparation to move music library from old building to new arts center
- July 2000- June 2004
- Library Assistant at Maryville Intermediate School (grades 5-6)
- Maryville City Schools, Maryville, Tennessee
- Implemented library services in new school, combining materials from 4 schools. (approx. 12,000 materials) Sagebrush Winnebago Spectrum library automation program
- Dewey Decimal classification
- Responsible for data entry of all new acquisitions, physically prepared new acquisitions for shelf, bar-coded materials and patrons, imported, maintained and consolidated MARC records
- Prepared and performed inventory of collection (using Spectrum In-Hand Palm computing unit)
- Maintained database of 750 students, running all reports (overdue, fines, inventory, bibliography, etc.)
- Checked materials in and out to patrons, assisted students with on-line research, reader’s advisory services
- Processed and shelved materials
- Maintained Accelerated Reader (AR) database and records, wrote tests for AR books
- Scheduled library classes
- August 1999- May 2000
- Volunteer – Maryville Middle School Maryville, TN
- Assisted in library – shelved books, scanned for inventory, other tasks as needed
- August 1999-May 2000
- Volunteer – Fairview Elem School, Maryville TN
- Assisted with implementation of Accelerated Reader program
- Worked with librarian to load and update AR Program on classroom computers and server
- Organized AR books in library, aided librarian choosing titles to order tests on. Some installation of peripherals