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Chicago, IL, US

Greater Chicago Area

• Manage all archival activities including supervising student workers, interns, and volunteers; administering budgets and grants; and collaborating with external stakeholders and partners
• Develop and articulate vision and goals centered around describing and preserving collections, building digital infrastructure, and strengthening partnerships with communities
• Provide high-quality reference services to a wide variety of patron group
• Selected and implemented an archival content management system; migrated 1,300 finding aids from legacy systems into standard metadata schemas using both automated and manual workflows
• Secured more than $10,000 in grant funding to preserve archival records and improve access to archival material

Greater Chicago Area

• Coordinated and managed electronic resources over their entire life cycle, including acquisition, licensing, assessment, and maintenance
• Developed automated methods to provide customized statistical reports to liaisons to inform decision making bringing together data from multiple sources
• Improved access to electronic resources using a variety of tools, including updating patron authentication methods, batch editing and loading MARC records, managing multiple knowledge bases, improving library discovery.
• Supervised interlibrary loan operations; hired trained and supervised five student workers
• Upgraded interlibrary loan systems (ILLiad and Tipasa) and set resource sharing policies that reduced turnaround time and greatly increased efficiency
• Served as liaison to the mathematics department, participate in the instruction program, work regular shifts at the reference desk

Greater Chicago Area

• Lead and coordinated the implementation of a discovery layer (EBSCO) to improve access to electronic resources
• Updated the knowledgebase and customized the user interface for the link resolver service (SFX) to increase resource usage and decrease error reporting rates from 3% to under 1%
• Planned and implemented a multivendor demand drive acquisition program for ebooks that integrated with existing print and digital collections in a consortial environment
• Migrated archival metadata from a local system to an archival content management system (Archon)
• Served as system administrator for the technical services functions – acquisitions and cataloging – for the integrated library system (Voyager)
• Embraced technology and explored emerging technologies to transform library processes to increase access to information and dramatically improve efficiency

Greater Chicago Area

• Managed the ordering, receiving, and invoicing of over four thousand library items
• Implemented and managed automated ordering and invoicing systems (EOD and EDI) for print book and serial collections.
• Conducted a comprehensive vendor comparison projected and presented the results to a statewide consortium; made changes based on this study that saves the library an estimated 12.8% annually
• Acted as the library’s sustainability coordinator by creating a partnership with Better World Books and by establishing a campus-wide electronic waste recycling program

Greater Chicago Area

• Provide expertise on the technical aspects of scholarly publishing and intellectual property to help the journal transition from a print subscription journal to an open access, online title
• Serve as liaison between the editor and the web hosting company, customize the main journal website running on Open Journal System and help manage a companion site running on Wordpress

Greater Chicago Area

• Created metadata for more than 8,000 black and white negatives in the Fred M. Springer collection following local practice and national metadata standards
• Performed quality control on the scanned images and organized files according to local conventions

Implemented a standardized test preparation curriculum for the math and science sections of the ACT and the math section of the SAT. Made modifications for gifted students as well as students with learning disabilities

Greater Chicago Area

• Edited articles and book reviews published in the only theological journal for the Covenant Church using a customized style guide with careful attention to detail
• Served as the student representative on the Seminary’s Library and Publications committee

Greater Chicago Area

• Provided high level of library services to diverse patron groups: students, professors, and judges
• Worked independently on a broad range of library tasks while maintaining open communication with the rest of the staff
• Planned a major book shifting project and led a team of four student workers to better accommodate a growing collection

Greater Chicago Area

Taught algebra and a remedial math problem solving class in a Chicago Public Small School. Worked with a high needs population with support from special education teachers to implement a curriculum geared towards college readiness

Greater Chicago Area

• Assisted library patrons by answering questions and searching the catalog
• Carefully organized and shelved library materials

Master’S Degree, Library And Information Science

Specialization in Data Curation as well as the Special Collections Certificate.

Master’S Degree, Theological Studies

Graduated with high honors and departmental honors in Church History. Completed thesis on the History and Theology of Covenant Publications.

Ba, Mathematics, Biblical Studies, Education