Margaret Dikel

Current

• author and webmaster at The Riley Guide

Past

• Internet Consultant at DBM
• Consultant at US Employment and Training Administration
• Coordinator of Networked Resources at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Circulation and Computer Resources Librarian at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Circulation Librarian at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Inter-library Borrowing and Reference Assistant at MIT
• Acquisitions Associate at The Boston Conservatory
• Circulation Associate at The Boston Conservatory

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Education

• Simmons College
• Boston Conservatory

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Industry

Information Services

Margaret Dikel’s Summary

I help those who help job seekers, assisting organizations in creating online career centers for their selected audience. This includes selecting the most useful and most relevant resources for their needs and organizing everything into an easily-accessible online directory. My work lets users source new opportunities more quickly with much less frustration.

Margaret Dikel’s Specialties:

Information architecture, online career service center design and development, evaluation and selection of online employment and career services and resources.

Margaret Dikel’s Experience

• author and webmaster

  The Riley Guide

  (Information Services industry)

  February 1994 — Present (15 years 11 months)

  The Riley Guide is an online directory of career and employment resources online as well as a guide to using the Internet in your job search. I work with organizations who want to develop their own online career centers.

• Internet Consultant

  DBM

  (Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Professional Training & Coaching industry)

  1996 — 2003 (7 years )

  As Internet Consultant I worked with the consultants to design materials and offer instruction in the use of the Internet as a tool for the many candidates in outplacement with DBM. I also created the DBM Compass, an internal website with select resources and articles designed for use by the candidates.

• Consultant

  US Employment and Training Administration

  (Information Services industry)

  April 1996 — December 1998 (2 years 9 months)

  I was part of the development team working on America's Job Bank and America's Career InfoNet. My task was to complile a resource library of current Internet job and career information resources outside of DOL and BLS information sources to be included in these 2 websites.

• Coordinator of Networked Resources

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 1995 — February 1996 (6 months)

  I was the webmaster for the university, responsible for the content of the public webserver. I also assisted the various university departments in creating their own sections of the web, training them in HTML and aiding in information structure.

• Circulation and Computer Resources Librarian

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 1994 — September 1995 (1 year 1 month)

  In addition to overseeing the operations of the Library's Circulation Desk, I was responsible for searching the Internet for resources and/or services that might be useful to our faculty and/or student body, then pass this information to the appropriate group via message boards or direct email. One thing to note is that at the time, the web was in mere infancy, so the searching encompassed Gopher, Telnet/FTP, Usenet Newsgroups, and other network protocols.

• Circulation Librarian

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 1991 — September 1994 (3 years 2 months)

  I oversaw the Circulation Desk and its related operations, including the photocopiers, Audio-Visual Room, Class Reserves, and building security. During this time we installed a new Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and I was responsible for training the full-time staff as well as 45 students in its operation. I supervised all student employees in the library (over 50) and scheduled those who worked for circulation.

• Inter-library Borrowing and Reference Assistant

  MIT

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  June 1989 — August 1991 (2 years 3 months)

  I requested materials from other libraries for the use of the MIT students and faculty, and also assisted with reference questions in the Humanities Library.

• Acquisitions Associate

  The Boston Conservatory

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 1987 — June 1989 (1 year 11 months)

  I was responsible for ordering materials to be purchased by the library (music, books, binding and repair materials, etc.). I also supervised the student ensemble librarians who were responsible for the preparation, distribution, and collection of parts for rehearsals and performances.

• Circulation Associate

  The Boston Conservatory

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  August 1983 — August 1987 (4 years 1 month)

  I was responsible for the public area of the library, supervising all circulating, reference, and closed collections as well as the use of audio-visual equipment. I supervised a staff of 20 students and maintained class reserves, including 2 student ensemble librarians who were responsible for the preparation, distribution, and collection of parts for rehearsals and performances.

Margaret Dikel’s Education

• Simmons College

  MLS , Library and Information Sciences , 1989 — 1991

• Boston Conservatory

  B.M. , Performance: French horn , 1979 — 1983

Additional Information

Margaret Dikel’s Interests:

Music, gardening, cooking

Margaret Dikel’s Groups:

American Library Association, National Career Development Association, Weed Warriors of the Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission (Montgomery County), Symphony of the Potomac.

•    Career Counselors Network
•    Simmons College: Alumnae/i, students, faculty, and current and former employees
•    DBM Client/Alumni Network
•    National Career Development Association (NCDA)

Margaret Dikel’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• consulting offers
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch