Amanda Holling

Current

• Business Reference Librarian at Charleston County Public Library

Past

• Librarian I at Charleston County Public Library
• Supervising Preprofessional Librarian at Charleston County Public Library

Education

• University of South Carolina-Columbia
• Columbia College

Recommended

3 people have recommended Amanda

Connections

22 connections

Industry

Libraries

Websites

• My Blog

Amanda Holling’s Summary

Public librarian interested in improving library service and experiences from a user-centered point of view.

Amanda Holling’s Specialties:

public librarianship

Amanda Holling’s Experience

• Business Reference Librarian

  Charleston County Public Library

  (Libraries industry)

  December 2006 — Present (3 years )

  What it says on the tin. :) Responsible for planning Business Reference services for the library including programming for the public, training for staff and the public on business & investment sources, and assist with selection of materials and maintenance of business reference collection. Also work in the Phone Center and at the Reference Desk in the Main Library.

• Librarian I

  Charleston County Public Library

  (Libraries industry)

  February 2002 — December 2006 (4 years 11 months)

  Entry-level librarian position in busy public library branch. Generally worked adult reference desk but with a little experience with Children's and Circulation departments. Responsible for YA Summer Reading Program and maintaining YA fiction and graphic novel collection at the branch. Created Access databases of CDs as a finding aid for patrons, taught Internet Basics class, maintained yearly income tax form display. Assisted with packing and reopening tasks when the branch was closed for renovation in 2006. Temporarily assigned to Reference department at another branch library during the closure.

• Supervising Preprofessional Librarian

  Charleston County Public Library

  (Libraries industry)

  April 1998 — January 2002 (3 years 10 months)

  Permanent part-time position in a busy branch library which allows the employee to gain practical experience at a public library Reference Desk while attending an accredited MLIS degree program. A condition of the job is to successfully complete 18 credit hours toward the MLIS within 3 years of the date of hire. Specific duties included working the Reference Desk, maintaining a local history Vertical file and a general subject Pamphlet file, creating displays, and designing an MS-Access database of feature films added to the branch's collection, etc.

Amanda Holling’s Education

• University of South Carolina-Columbia

  MLIS , Library & Information Science , 1999 — 2001

• Columbia College

  BA , English , 1992 — 1995

  Activities and Societies:

  English Majors' Society, Sigma Tau Delta

Additional Information

Amanda Holling’s Websites:

• My Blog

Amanda Holling’s Interests:

librarianship, business reference, marketing library services, library 2.0, web 2.0, books, book collecting, fiction, history, comparative religion, genealogy, knitting

Amanda Holling’s Groups:

South Carolina Library Association, Small Business Resource Network

•    Buslib-l
•    Charleston, South Carolina Professionals
•    Web 2.0 for Small Businesses
•    Columbia College Network in SC
•    Charleston Green Business Network

Amanda Holling’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch