Ben Brick

My focus is on maximizing the availabilty of and access to information for my customers. In every level I have worked at in libraries, my goal has always been to make sure the customer gets the information that they need, whether it be an answer to a research question or the latest bestseller to read by the pool. As a librarian, I see my job as being that of a networking agent, connecting people to the right information.

Ben Brick’s Specialties:

information discovery and retrieval, library science

Ben Brick’s Experience

Library Director

Grace University

(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

July 2007 — Present (2 years 5 months)

Oversee all areas of operation of the Grewcock Library.
Branch Manager

Omaha Public Library

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

January 2007 — July 2007 (7 months)

Managed the Benson Branch Library
Librarian I

Omaha Public Library

(Libraries industry)

June 2001 — January 2007 (5 years 8 months)

Worked in the Technical Services Department as a cataloger (cataloguer), focusing primarily on serials, audiovisual (videcassettes, DVDs, CDs, audio cassettes, microfilm), and electronic resources.
Library Specialist

Omaha Public Library

(Libraries industry)

February 1995 — June 2001 (6 years 5 months)

Worked in the Business/Science/Technology Department and the History and Social Science Department of the W. Dale Clark Library and in the Abrahams Branch Library.

Worked extensively with federal and state government publications.

I also compiled a book that was published in-house with OPL, detailing the origins of street names in Omaha, Nebraska. The title is, The Streets of Omaha: Their Origins and Changes, published in 1997.
Clerk I

Omaha Public Library

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

August 1994 — February 1995 (7 months)
Library Page

Omaha Public Library

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)

September 1986 — August 1994 (8 years )

Ben Brick’s Education

University of Missouri-Columbia

MA , Information Science and Learning Technologies , 2002 — 2005
University of Nebraska at Omaha

BA , History , 1996 — 1999
Grace University

BS , Bible and Humanities , 1989 — 1994

It was known as Grace College of the Bible back then.
University of Nebraska at Omaha

1988 — 1989
Omaha North High School

Diploma , 1986 — 1988