Todd Heldt

Current

• Librarian at Harold Washington College

Past

• Librarian at DeVry University
• Librarian at East-West Universtiy

Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Texas Tech University
• University of North Texas

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Connections

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Industry

Information Services

Todd Heldt’s Summary

I graduated from the UIUC Leep program and have professional experience in almost every aspect of stewardship. I have been active in technical processing, cataloging, collection development, bibliographic instruction, reference work, data mining, database construction, assessment of student learning outcomes, web page design, weeding, inventorying, student and faculty outreach, and the training of student workers. Sit down with me in front of our databases for 30 minutes, and I can make you the smartest guy in your office.

Todd Heldt’s Specialties:

My research interests include literature, psychology, politics, globalization, world poverty, economics, and sociology. Feel free to ask me for research help if you are one of my contacts.

Todd Heldt’s Experience

• Librarian

  Harold Washington College

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  September 2005 — Present (4 years 4 months)

  Reference, instruction, outreach, cataloging, collection development, creation of research guides, assessment of student learning outcomes for bibliographic instruction, service on multiple committees fostering both academic and humanistic success.

• Librarian

  DeVry University

  (Public Company; Higher Education industry)

  May 2004 — September 2005 (1 year 5 months)

  Train and manage student workers, market library services, provide bibliographic instruction to more than 500 students per semester, give reference assistance to faculty and students, offer consultation to faculty regarding fair use, create tutorials for ProQuest and IEEE, maintain stacks, act as liaison to Accounts Payable and Career Services.

• Librarian

  East-West Universtiy

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  January 2002 — April 2004 (2 years 4 months)

  Weed collection, assist in collection development, update OPAC, increase student access to library materials, develop Islamic Studies collection, train and supervise
  library workers in all aspects of stewardship, establish dialogue with instructors about information literacy and their syllabi, devise EBSCO and FirstSearch tutorials, build web page showcasing all library resources, create student-worker training standards/schedule hours, provide reference assistance to students and faculty, teach bibliographic instruction to individuals and classes, double circulation in one year.

Todd Heldt’s Education

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  MLIS , Library and Information Science , 2002 — 2003

• Texas Tech University

  MA , Literature and Creative Writing , 1995 — 1998

• University of North Texas

  BA , Literature and Psychology , 1990 — 1994

Todd Heldt’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch