Alison K. Cody

Current

• Public Relations/Instruction Librarian at Loyola/Notre Dame Library

Past

• Lead Technology Reference Assistant at GSLIS Tech Lab
• Assistant to the Director of GSLIS Curriculum and Communications at Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science
• Communications Specialist at MassBLAST

• Technology Reference Assistant at GSLIS Tech Lab
• Writing Associate / Senior Writer at The Fund for Public Interest Research

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Education

• Simmons College
• Boston University

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Connections

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Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Website
• My Blog

Alison K. Cody’s Summary

Alison K. Cody’s Specialties:

Online and print publishing software, including Adobe Captivate, Dreamweaver, PageMaker and Photoshop. XHTML and CSS, some SQL. Experience in coordinating all aspects of a workshop series, including instructor recruitment, publicity and other logistics.

Alison K. Cody’s Experience

• Public Relations/Instruction Librarian

  Loyola/Notre Dame Library

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Libraries industry)

  January 2008 — Present (7 months)

• Lead Technology Reference Assistant

  GSLIS Tech Lab

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  July 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 6 months)

  * Coordinate scheduling, publicity and instructor recruitment for workshops and classes held in the lab.
  * Teach workshops and tutorials as needed for the GSLIS community.
  * Restructure and update materials for a basic HTML workshop geared toward helping new students pass a technology competency requirement.
  * Train new Technology Reference Assistants.

• Assistant to the Director of GSLIS Curriculum and Communications

  Simmons College Graduate School of Library & Information Science

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  September 2005 — December 2007 (2 years 4 months)

  * Update http://my.simmons.edu/gslis and http://www.simmons.edu/gslis.
  * Write articles and profiles for InfoLink, the GSLIS newsletter.
  * Design and develop “InfoLink Online,” a web-based supplement to InfoLink: http://web.simmons.edu/~lislive/infolink.
  * Implement RSS feeds for updates to course schedules and community events calendar.
  * Develop content and structure for a web-based new students community.

• Communications Specialist

  MassBLAST

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; Libraries industry)

  May 2007 — July 2007 (3 months)

  * Coordinated and implemented a six-week internship for 17- and 18-year-olds at the Simmons College Library.
  * Taught group instruction sessions on web design and wikis. Provided one-on-one support for Photoshop, SoundSlides, Dreamweaver, Garage Band and iMovie.
  * Helped interns develop, shoot and produce video and multimedia projects, in tandem with a video producer.
  * Supported interns as they designed and developed new pages for the MassBLAST website.

• Technology Reference Assistant

  GSLIS Tech Lab

  (Educational Institution; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  September 2005 — July 2006 (11 months)

  * Troubleshoot hardware and software problems encountered by users.
  * Develop collaborative workshop series on emerging technologies with the Simmons Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology.

• Writing Associate / Senior Writer

  The Fund for Public Interest Research

  (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  May 2002 — April 2004 (2 years)

  As Senior Writer (8/03 - 4/02), as below plus:
  * Developed messages for several brochures for long- and short-term use by the Washington State Public Interest Research Group. Worked with graphic designers to execute design of the brochures.
  * Provided technical support for computer-related problems within the publications department.
  
  As Writing Associate (5/02 - 8/03):
  * Wrote and edited newsletters, membership renewal appeals, brochures and other publications for several State Public Interest Research Groups.
  * Coordinated newsletter schedules for 25+ State PIRGs with membership services department; coordinated editing schedules with national developmental director.
  * Edited and proofread other work produced by the department.
  * Posted content to the web sites of several State PIRGs.

Alison K. Cody’s Education

• Simmons College

  M.S., Library & Information Science, 2005 — 2007

  Activities and Societies:

  Chair, American Society for Information Science and Technology (12/06 - present); vice chair from 1/06 - 12/06.

• Boston University

  B.A., English, 1998 — 2002

  Activities and Societies:

  Homecoming Committee, Senior Week Committee, President's Host

Additional Information

Alison K. Cody’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Blog

Alison K. Cody’s Interests:

social software, emerging technologies, knitting, crocheting, baking.

Alison K. Cody’s Groups:

American Society for Information Science & Technology, Maryland Library Association

Alison K. Cody’s Honors:

2008 Library Journal Mover & Shaker
2008 Outstanding Information Science Student, presented by ASIS&T@Simmons

Alison K. Cody’s Contact Settings

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