Manager of Library Services at Empire State College, SUNY
Albany, New York Area
Manager of Library Services at Empire State College, SUNY
Albany, New York Area
Academic librarian serving a diverse group of undergraduate and graduate face-2-face, blended and distance learners and distantly located faculty. Experience with all aspects of distance librarianship, reference services, and information literacy. Direct experience managing reference services, working with faculty, instructional design, bibliographic instruction, user interface design, online collections development, and library 2.0 planning and implementation.
reference services, information literacy instruction, web design, Lotus development, Library 2.0 applications
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
I manage a small staff of two full-time librarians, and the day to day operations of the college's library (which is completely virtual), including instruction, reference, and collection development, along with maintenance of the library's web presence.
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
May 2003 — May 2009 (6 years 1 month)
Responsible for:
-Library instruction program
-Coordinating reference services
-E-Book catalog maintenance
-Library website maintenance
-Library resource request services for course development
-Database and website usage statistics
-Liaison to: Community and Human Services, Human Development, Social Theory, Social Structure and Change Areas of Study & Nursing Program
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year )
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Services industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years )
Manager of the Reference and Help Desk Team for a start-up web company providing information services to the research and scholarly communities.
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1998 — 1998 (less than a year)
(Educational Institution; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
1997 — 1997 (less than a year)
MLIS , Library and Information Science , 1994 — 1997
B.A. , History , 1986 — 1991
Professional: academic librarianship, reference services, distance learning, library 2.0, information literacy, electronic collections development Personal: transgender, LGBT, environment, progressive politics
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