Manda Smith

Current

• Assistant Program Coordinator at West European Studies Center, Indiana University

Past

• Digital Imaging Specialist in the Office of Admissions at Indiana University Bloomington
• Adult Services Librarian at Broward County
• Library Assistant, Herman B. Wells Library at Indiana University Bloomington

• Processing Assistant at Earthdrops Handcrafted Soaps
• New Media Production Chief/Interactive Publisher at Indiana Daily Student
• Interactive Publisher at Media House 5

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Education

• Indiana University Bloomington
• Indiana University Bloomington

Connections

9 connections

Industry

Program Development

Websites

• My Company

Manda Smith’s Summary

After a year and a half as a professional Librarian with Broward County Libraries in South Florida, I moved back to Bloomington last summer and have since been working for Indiana University. Currently, I am helping to coordinate the programming needs of the Summer Dutch Institute and National Institute for Summer Scandinavian Studies for the West European Studies Center at IU. However, this is a temporary appointment and I would love to get back into a Public Library setting and to serve the needs of the local community.

Broward County Libraries is a very large and busy library system. During my time in Florida I was able to work the reference desks (Adult and Youth Services) at nearly twenty different branch libraries, giving me a range of experience. The needs of our system called for flexibility and adaptation; being a team player was key.

My permanent assignment at the busy West Regional Library in Plantation, FL, included creating staff schedules for fourteen librarians at three service points, creating statistical analyses of our busiest days, times, and service desks in order to maximize our manpower, as well as participating in collection development and the creation of book displays. Keeping up with emerging technologies in relation to Public Libraries was a priority for me and through Broward County I was able to take many continuing education courses and workshops.

I am detail-oriented, creative, energetic, and love solving problems. I have demonstrated flexibility and teamwork as well as independence and initiative during my time as a professional Librarian. I enjoy being part of a team, challenging myself and others to look outside the box, to think in new directions. Most of all, I love working in public service, inspiring the public to learn all they can, to take advantage of all which our libraries have to offer.

Manda Smith’s Specialties:

public libraries, graphic novels, public service

Manda Smith’s Experience

• Assistant Program Coordinator

  West European Studies Center, Indiana University

  (Program Development industry)

  March 2009 — Present (10 months)

  Work with Instructors and Administrators to coordinate cultural activities and programs for the students of the Summer Dutch Institute and the National Institute for Summer Scandinavian Studies at Indiana University. Work with various offices on campus to coordinate the registration of students. Make sure that students have all the information they need about the program, Indiana University, and the local area.

• Digital Imaging Specialist in the Office of Admissions

  Indiana University Bloomington

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — March 2009 (8 months)

  Responsible for the digital imaging and preservation of domestic transcripts and relevant application materials.
  Indexing said materials into OnBase for later retrieval.

• Adult Services Librarian

  Broward County

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Government Administration industry)

  March 2007 — August 2008 (1 year 6 months)

  Provide reference and referral services to the users of the Broward County Libraries.
  Develop, maintain, and promote assigned collection areas.
  Participate in the staffing of several branch libraries during budget shortfalls.
  Participate in the teamwork evaluation of our online resource collection, minimizing overlap with other sources and maximizing our value.

• Library Assistant, Herman B. Wells Library

  Indiana University Bloomington

  (Educational Institution; 5001-10,000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  April 2006 — March 2007 (1 year )

  Responsible for pulling and processing books in Internal Processing dept.
  Work with MARC records, adding volumes and copies as needed, editing barcodes, location, circulation type, etc.
  Responsible for shelving and shifting ranges of books in the stacks.

• Processing Assistant

  Earthdrops Handcrafted Soaps

  (Consumer Goods industry)

  June 2006 — August 2006 (3 months)

  Earthdrops is a small business, specializing in the production of handcrafted soaps and accessories. As keeper of the business when the owners were away attending shows and festivals, I was responsible for all daily business operations. I assisted in processing and filling all soap orders (online, by phone, and by mail), worked with office documents, and processed all packages and shippments.

• New Media Production Chief/Interactive Publisher

  Indiana Daily Student

  (Media Production industry)

  January 2003 — August 2003 (8 months)

  Supervised and maintained new media production staff, selected and hired new media staff members, provided all scheduling and training
  Worked with publishing tools to publish the online version of the Indiana Daily Student, reformatted and edited documents and index pages, added html codes as needed
  Worked with all major browsers, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress

• Interactive Publisher

  Media House 5

  (Media Production industry)

  March 2001 — April 2002 (1 year 2 months)

  Worked with publishing tools to publish online versions of the Herald-Times and South Bend Tribune newspapers
  Reformatted and edited documents and index pages, added new index pages for special sections, added captions, headlines, pictures, html codes as needed, etc.
  Worked with all major browsers, Adobe Photoshop, QuarkXPress, Edit Plus, FTP programs

Manda Smith’s Education

• Indiana University Bloomington

  MLS , School of Library & Information Science , 2001 — 2006

• Indiana University Bloomington

  B.A. , General Studies in Liberal Arts & Humanities , 1997 — 2001

  Minor in Communication & Culture

  Activities and Societies:

  WIUS Student Powered Radio

Additional Information

Manda Smith’s Websites:

• My Company

Manda Smith’s Interests:

emerging technologies, the state of higher ed., information and privacy issues, censorship, new media, graphic novels, memoirs, YA literature

Manda Smith’s Groups:

American Library Association (ALA), Public Library Association (PLA), Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), GLBT Round Table

•    Library Society of the World

Manda Smith’s Honors:

Recipient of the Customer Service Excellence Award, 2007, BCL

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