Melissa Mannon

Current

Archives Consultant at Archives and Information Consulting Services

Past

photographer / writer at Melissa Mannon Photography
Head of Reference at Wadleigh Memorial Library
Archivist / Internet Coordinator / Reference Librarian at Waltham Public Library

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Education

Simmons College
University of New Hampshire
John H. Glenn High School

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Industry

Information Services

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Melissa Mannon’s Summary

Archives and library professional with over fifteen years experience focused on archives management, community building, cross-professional collaboration, and information literacy.

Business focused on caring for archives, personal papers, active records, and family memorabilia. ArchivesInfo assists non-profit institutions, government entities, businesses, and homeowners with their archives, personal papers, and records management needs.

Melissa Mannon’s Specialties:

collaborative historical documentation projects; teaching archives management techniques; organizing and appraising historical records; preservation; archival surveys; creating archives and records management policies; community outreach; computer literacy instruction; information literacy training; long-range and strategic planning for cultural heritage non-profits; community relations for cultural heritage non-profits; promotion of lifelong learning; programming for diverse audiences

Melissa Mannon’s Experience

Archives Consultant

Archives and Information Consulting Services

(Information Services industry)

January 2000 — Present (9 years 11 months)

Founded successful archives and information management consulting firm, encouraging collaboration to preserve, organize, and provide access to archival material so that it may benefit cultural organizations, the patrons they serve, and the study of history and information.

• Consulted for over twenty diverse non-profit, municipal, and cultural institutions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire
• Prepared budgets, strategic planning documents, assessments, and inventories for archives and management
• Planned for the organization and preservation of archival records while training employees and volunteers to provide for the future care of materials
• Served as consultant for New Hampshire Local Records Education Project sponsored by Dartmouth College; Listed as consultant with Essex National Heritage committee and Massachusetts Library Association
photographer / writer

Melissa Mannon Photography

(Information Services industry)

2004 — 2009 (5 years )

Award winning photographer and writer specializing in garden portraiture
Head of Reference

Wadleigh Memorial Library

(Libraries industry)

1998 — 2000 (2 years )

Directed reference department of over ten reference librarians and circulation assistants in busy NH (GMILCS) public library, encouraging professional standards, promoting life-long learning, and elevating the use of technology to advance information literacy.

• Instituted professional reference standards by providing supplemental training for reference librarians and by holding regular staff meetings
• Provided general reference services (adult and teen) and assisted Children’s staff with programming when needed
• Performed collection management through book selection, development, and weeding
• Designed programs and located outside speakers for adult and young adult programs
• Ran in-house programs including book groups and computer classes
• Redesigned and maintained library’s web pages and maintained library computers
• Designed library promotional materials including newsletters and informational pamphlets
Archivist / Internet Coordinator / Reference Librarian

Waltham Public Library

(Libraries industry)

1993 — 1998 (5 years )

Revamped busy Archives to conform to professional standards in acclaimed Massachusetts library (Minuteman Library Network) serving city population of 60,000; Served as City’s first technology librarian, promoting the value of computers in exchanging and facilitating access to information.

• Served as library’s first professional archivist, developing long and short range plans, budgeting for special collections, creating policy and procedure manuals, processing collections, creating access tools
• Collaborated with City department heads to organize and promote local history
• Provided reference services for archives and for library reference department
• Chose local history books, art books, and general history books for collections
• Served as library’s first Internet Coordinator and developed its first web site
• Designed and maintained Waltham’s first library web site and provided IT services for library’s computer systems
• Created computer courses for patrons with instruction in Internet use and word processing
• Created library brochures and handouts for local history and computers

Melissa Mannon’s Education

Simmons College

MSLS , Archives Management / Library Science , 1992 — 1993

Beta Phi Mu (National Library honor society)
University of New Hampshire

BA , Art History , 1988 — 1992

Magna Cum Laude, University Honors in Major

Activities and Societies:

- first student to curate exhibit for University Art Gallery
- UROP stipend award recipient, presented research thesis to Undergraduate Research Conference at CalTech University
John H. Glenn High School