Reference Librarian at Olean Public Library
Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area
- Current
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- Information Literacy Instructor at Bryant & Stratton College
- Reference Librarian at Olean Public Library
- Past
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- Senior Collection Development Volunteer at Internet Public Library
- Senior Reference Administrator at Internet Public Library
- Consumer Relations Rep at Fisher Price
- Digital Collections Intern at Internet Public Library
- Religion Teacher at Nativity of Our Lord School
- Philosophy Professor at Trocaire College
- Asst Scan Coordinator at Tops Market
- Education
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- State University of New York at Buffalo
- Christ the King Seminary
- Daemen College
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Carol Kowalik’s Summary
Librarian and educator interested in emerging technologies. I feel that today's librarian must embrace technology in order to serve the public to the best of his/her ability. I believe that it is the duty of the librarian to educate people in the resources available while providing services and resources for the public not only in the traditional library setting, but also in electronic form.
Carol Kowalik’s Specialties:
digital libraries, emerging technologies, cataloging, online reference, information literacy, instruction, Christology, Religious Education
Carol Kowalik’s Experience
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Information Literacy Instructor
Bryant & Stratton College
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
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Reference Librarian
Olean Public Library
(Libraries industry)
February 2009 — Present (10 months)
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Senior Collection Development Volunteer
Internet Public Library
(Libraries industry)
January 2009 — April 2009 (4 months)
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Senior Reference Administrator
Internet Public Library
(Libraries industry)
February 2007 — April 2009 (2 years 3 months)
• Responsible for the oversight of one 24-hour period a week on the Internet Public Library.
• Provide online reference assistance to patrons and student volunteers. -
Consumer Relations Rep
Fisher Price
(Public Company; MAT; Consumer Goods industry)
November 2006 — February 2009 (2 years 4 months)
• Provided customer service in a call center setting
• Trouble shooting and problem solving for computer based, ride on, and electric racing toys. -
Digital Collections Intern
Internet Public Library
(Libraries industry)
August 2008 — December 2008 (5 months)
• Triage/respond/process user suggestions or feedback coming into the IPL website
• Use Hypatia, the web interface to the principal IPL database storing most of its subject-categorized links and metadata describing them, to find and check student work
• As needed, create new or edit existing IPL collections, subject headings, records/resources, records’/resources’ metadata and/or URL information using Hypatia -
Religion Teacher
Nativity of Our Lord School
(Education Management industry)
March 2000 — July 2006 (6 years 5 months)
Taught two sections of 4th, 7th and 8th grade and one section of 5th grade Religion. Maintained communication with parents. Provided assessment of students. Designed and implemented units on morality, Islam, and Church History.
• Taught students how to read, understand, interpret, and apply Scripture to life.
• Taught students to illustrate a basic understanding of Catholic dogma and doctrine in light of the Creed.
• Encouraged students to know and participate in the Catholic tradition of prayer.
• Encouraged students to know, critique, and apply social justice principles to personal and societal situations.
• Taught basic ethics
• Ran an after school program for 6 weeks for Jr. High girls on negative messages in the media and ways to handle these messages.
• Participated in the Middle States re accreditation team for the school. -
Philosophy Professor
Trocaire College
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Education Management industry)
2004 — 2005 (1 year )
• Taught “Introduction to Philosophy” to adult students
• Provided assessment of students
• Facilitated discussions about basic moral issues -
Asst Scan Coordinator
Tops Market
(Consumer Services industry)
1992 — 2000 (8 years )
• Customer service
• Supervision of others
• Managerial duties
Carol Kowalik’s Education
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State University of New York at Buffalo
MLS , Library and Information Science , 2007 — 2008
Practica and Student Projects:
Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society Spring 2008
Buffalo, NY
Metadata Team Manager
• Created a digital library of architectural materials as part of the Digital Libraries (LIS 563) class at UB.
• Used Dublin Core, created input rules, entered metadata into Greenstone, and oversaw work done by classmates.
• Digital library may be viewed at http://www.bechs.org/Greenstone/green/index.php.
KOHA Project, University at Buffalo Spring 2008
Buffalo, NY
• Used Red Hat Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Perl to update the KOHA system currently in use by the UB Classics Library and UB Green. -
Christ the King Seminary
MAT , Theology , 1997 — 2000
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Daemen College
1992 — 1996
• Dual minors in Religious Studies and Public Relations
• President of the English Club
• Co-editor of the Literary Magazine
• Member of Lambda Iota Tau Honor Society
Pomost International Summer 1994, 1996
Tver, Russia
English and American Culture Teacher
• Taught in an Intensive English and American Culture program to adults
• Taught basic to advanced English to variety of age groups
• Facilitated discussions about American culture
Additional Information
Carol Kowalik’s Websites:
Carol Kowalik’s Interests:
emerging technologies, Web 2.0, reading, traveling
Carol Kowalik’s Groups:
ALA, NYLA, SLA, ACRL, LITA, Internet Public Library
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Women In Information Technology Group
Carol Kowalik’s Honors:
Beta Phi Mu Honor Society
Lambda Iota Tau Honor Society
Carol Kowalik’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
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