As a librarian in a small, public academic institution, my goal is to organize our collection in a meaningful way for our student and faculty users, and to assist other librarians in helping our clientele meet their information needs.

Education

• Coursework at University of Montevallo
  Music Composition, Fall 2004
  Music Technology, Spring 2004

• Master of Library Science
  School of Library & Information Science (SLIS)
  Indiana University, Bloomington - June 2002

• Bachelor of Arts in Music
  Indiana University Southeast - August 1998

Work Experience

University of Montevallo
Carmichael Library
Assistant Professor, Technical Services and Technologies Librarian, June 2002 - present
Tenure granted, May 2008

• Supervision of staff persons and student workers; responsibility for areas of acquisition, cataloging and serials
• Management of catalog and vendor accounts
• Chair of Library Display team
• Copy and original cataloging of new resources

Indiana University SLIS
Graduate Assistant, January 2002 - June 2002

Indiana University Libraries
Technical Services Department, Cataloging Division
Library Assistant III, December 2001 - April 2002

• Created provisional records for serial publications

Monroe County Public Library
Public Computing Center
Automation Department Assistant, August 2001 - December 2001

Public Computing Assistant, August 2000 - December 2001

Walden University
University Library
Reference Assistant, July 2001

Indiana University
Journalism Library
Web Developer and Instructor, May 2001 - May 2002

• Updated and selected content for Library website

Honors and Achievements

• ACRL 11th Annual Conference Scholarship, 2003
• Graduate Assistantship - SLIS, 2002
• IU Southeast Music Student of the Year, 1995-1996
• Rasmussen Performing Arts Scholarship, 1994-1998
• IU Southeast - Dean's List

Skills and Training

• Experience with online databases
• Experience with Horizon Sunrise and other integrated library systems
• Knowledge of AACR2R, MARC, library classification systems
• Experience with OCLC Connexion, Passport cataloging software
• Knowledge of hypertext languages, basic JavaScript, CSS, and RSS
• Basic reading and speaking knowledge of French; familiarity with other Romance languages
• Ability to read and sing written music; ability to transcribe simple lines of music

Campus Service & Community Efforts

• Library Representative, UM Faculty Senate, 2004/05 - 2006/07
• Member, ALLA Author Awards Committee, 2004/05 - 2006/07
• Volunteer, Albert L. Scott Library - Alabaster, AL, 2002 - present

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Alabama Library Association, 2003-
• Member, American Library Association, 2000-
  Divisional membership in Association of College and Research Libraries

Selected Publications

• Facebook Applications for the Library Community
  Forthcoming in Alabama Librarian 58 (1)
  Accepted for publication 6 February 2008
• Web 2.0 at a Small Campus Library
  Co-authored with Alan May
  Forthcoming in Technical Services Quarterly 26 (2)
  Accepted for publication 27 November 2007