Systems Librarian at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania and Owner, awdventures
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
- Current
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- Systems Librarian at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
- Owner at awdventures (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
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- Network Services Librarian at Austin Peay State University
- Co-Founder, Discussion Forum Administrator at Tennessee Digital Freedom Network
- Co-Founder, Forum Admin at Tennessee Digital Freedom Network
- Infromation Resources Manager at SunTrust Equitable Services, Investment Banking Group
- Renaissance Man at Beachaven Vineyards and Winery
- Librarian at Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
- Librarian I at Brooklyn Public Library
- Education
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- Austin Peay State University
- University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- Wagner College
- Norwich University
- Connections
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- Industry
- Libraries
- Websites
Aaron Dobbs’s Experience
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Systems Librarian
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Libraries industry)
August 2006 — Present (2 years 2 months)
*Manage Endeavor Voyager ILS
*Manage electronic resources
*Maintain open url services, document delivery services, and federated search tools
*Lead the acquisition, management, and promotion of electronic resources including the design and utilization of statistical reports
*Plan and coordinate assessment of electronic resources
*Manage web design
*Coordinate library faculty (liaisons) to maintain subject pages
*Lead library web design team.
*Promote the Information Commons
*Work collaboratively with Instructional Design and Development Services (IDDS)
*Liaise with College of Business departments to determine collection development priorities and provide library instructon -
Owner
awdventures (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Libraries industry)
November 1997 — Present (10 years 11 months)
*Individual and small group training on Office productivity software suites
*General network design and administration consulting -
Network Services Librarian
Austin Peay State University
(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Libraries industry)
May 2000 — July 2006 (6 years 3 months)
Responibilities
*Integrate and maintain local and remote network resources and services
*Develop and implement integrated, dynamic web and database applications
*Share administration and maintenance of the Horizon integrated library system
*Develop and maintain access to electronic documents
*Develop and lead workshops and seminars for staff and library users on networked library resources and services
*Participate in regular Reference Desk rotation
*Work closely with other library departments to develop and implement new information products and services
*Administer lib.apsu.edu sub-domain, approximately a dozen servers, and approximately eighty workstations
Outcomes
*Granted tenure and promoted to Associate Professor in 2006
*Library Information Literacy Tutorial (based on M$ Access & .asp)
*Tennessee Database of Database Subscriptions (based on M$ Access & .asp)
*Plagiarism - the Crime of Intellectual Kidnapping tutorial (based on MySQL & PHP) -
Co-Founder, Discussion Forum Administrator
Tennessee Digital Freedom Network
(Partnership; 11-50 employees; Political Organization industry)
April 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 8 months)
*Initial organizer and Co-Founder
*Formed organized group from ~20 individuals who came to oppose an S-DMCA bill proposed in the Tennessee legislature
*Monitored legislative progress of S-DMCA bills
*Monitored discussion forums and related efforts in other states
*Lobbied and educated legislators on use and regulation of telecommunications technology, and how it works
*Successfully defeated original bill
*In collaboration with Consumer Electronics Retailers Association (CERA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and Vanderbilt University Office of Government Relations critiqued and offered alternative language on the following year's Tennessee state-level telecommunications bill -
Co-Founder, Forum Admin
Tennessee Digital Freedom Network
(Libraries industry)
2002 — 2003 (1 year)
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Infromation Resources Manager
SunTrust Equitable Services, Investment Banking Group
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Financial Services industry)
January 1999 — January 2000 (1 year 1 month)
* Organize and implement Information Resources Center
* Verify and manage Records Retention Policy adherence
* Prepare Investment Banking Group files for possible Y2K problems -
Renaissance Man
Beachaven Vineyards and Winery
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Wine and Spirits industry)
March 1998 — December 1998 (10 months)
*Typical retail floor sales responsibilities
*Full gamut of oenological processes
(Sparkling wine creation via the Méthode Champenoise, wine creation from harvest, pressing, fermenting, testing, filtering, bottling, corking, labeling, to taste test serving and onto the final sale
*Started hourly, offered salaried Assistant Winemaker position (declined, had accepted Information Resources Manager position three days prior to offer) -
Librarian
Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Libraries industry)
January 1995 — November 1997 (2 years 11 months)
*Assistant Branch Manager, Ooltewah/Collegedale Branch Library
*Temporary Reference Librarian, Main Library (May-July 1996)
*Branch trainer for integrated library system training during conversion from card catalog to online catalog and computer-based circulation
*Typical library branch operations
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Librarian I
Brooklyn Public Library
(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Libraries industry)
December 1994 — November 1995 (1 year)
*Summer Pen Pal Program coordinator
*Typical library branch activities
(circulation, reference, collection development (science fiction, 900s, 600s), patron relations, Reading is FUNdamental, book talks, children's programs, school programs)
Aaron Dobbs’s Education
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Austin Peay State University
MSM, Management, 2004 — 2005
Completed degree in 11 calendar months, with 23 members of the inaugural cohort
- Activities and Societies:
- Father, husband, full-time library faculty
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University of Tennessee-Knoxville
MSLS, Library Science, 1993 — 1994
- Activities and Societies:
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Scholars Workstation Project, Fencing Club, SCA, random acts of juggling
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Wagner College
BA, Psychology, 1988 — 1990
Wagner College Choir European Tour 1990
- Activities and Societies:
- College Choir, Road Trips
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Norwich University
-, Psychology, 1986 — 1988
The Grenadiers European Tour 1988
- Activities and Societies:
- Band Company, The Genadiers, Orchestra, Fencing Club, Diving Team
Additional Information
Aaron Dobbs’s Websites:
Aaron Dobbs’s Interests:
Library 2.0, Web 2.0, juggling, road trips, friends, conferences, going where I have not yet been, driving, exceeding expectations
Aaron Dobbs’s Groups:
American Library Association, Library Information Technology Association, Reference and User Services Association
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville -
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ACRL
Aaron Dobbs’s Honors:
Bon Voyage Grant, 2007, from Endeavor Information Systems
Aaron Dobbs’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
