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Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

Houston, Texas Area

Writing includes fiction, encyclopedia articles, book reviews, and blog posts. Editing includes fiction, graduate student internship reports, dissertations, and article manuscripts, including medical and technical. Research includes in-depth searches of library databases, including medical and technical.

Houston, Texas Area

Duties include:• acting as a Liaison Librarian for Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Texas Children's Hospital, and CHI St. Luke's Health• serving as a non-voting member of BCM's Curriculum and Distance Education committees• participating in BCM's LCME Site Visit/accreditation review process• performing in-depth medical literature searches, including systematic reviews• authoring literature search methodology sections for selected journal articles• training new department hires on literature searching and systematic reviews• teaching open and curriculum-integrated classes on database searching, assessing the reliability of information sources, and the systematic review process• conducting one-on-one consultations for faculty, students, and staff• providing reference services in person and via chat, e-mail, and the LibAnswers software interface• conducting original research on topics related to medical librarianship.

Houston, Texas Area

Seasonal, part-time position. Duties include providing writing and editing feedback on graduate student internship reports, and coaching students on their oral presentations.

Houston, Texas Area

Part-time temporary position, assigned to MD Anderson Cancer Center. Duties included in-depth searches, including systematic reviews, of medical library databases and delivering results in EndNote or other formats.

Houston, Texas Area

Duties included conducting in-depth searches, including systematic reviews, of medical literature databases, staffing the reference desk, teaching database searching and EndNote software, and assisting the Systems Librarian with computer upgrades.

Houston, Texas Area

Duties as sole librarian included managing the Gay Hall Library/Electronic Resource Center; scheduling and overseeing part-time assistants and evening adjuncts; providing bibliographic instruction sessions; providing face-to-face and online reference services; and helping to develop and teach a for-credit library research course.

Houston, Texas Area

Duties included acting as liaison to NASA Johnson Space Center library staff and patrons; providing reference assistance and bibliographic instruction for JSC and university patrons; conducting training and outreach sessions for JSC patrons; collection development in physical sciences, environmental sciences, ergonomics, and art; and designing and editing a library newsletter and other graphic publications.

Houston

Duties as sole librarian at the UH System at Sugar Land Library/Electronic Resource Center included providing reference assistance and instruction to patrons from four UH System institutions; and supervising two part-time employees.

Pasadena, Tx

Duties included original and copy cataloging of books and non-book materials in English and Spanish, and participation in the weekend reference shift rotation.

Albany, New York Area

(Part-time) Duties included original and copy cataloging of books and non-book materials in English and Spanish, and providing reference services in the Curriculum Library.

Albany, New York Area

(Full-time December 1998-April 2003; part-time May 2003-November 2003) Duties included researching a variety of topics; writing, editing, and designing newsletters and training materials; and conducting training sessions.

Medical Librarianship, Post-Degree Supplemental Graduate Coursework

Completed 12 credits of graduate level coursework in medical librarianship from the University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, in 2012.

Creative Writing And Literature, Post-Degree Supplemental Graduate Coursework

Completed 18 hours of graduate level coursework in Literature and Writing.

M.L.S., Library Science

Master of Library Science (M.L.S.) awarded December 2002.

M.S., Space Studies

Activities and Societies: Research AssistantMaster of Science in Space Studies (multidisciplinary aerospace science and policy program).

B.A., English / Economics (Double Major)

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, marching band color guardGraduated magna cum laude with a dual major in English and Economics.

Exchange Student, Australian Literature

High School, College Preparatory, 12

Activities and Societies: Marching band drill team (3 years), Varsity soccer (2 years), Varsity winter track (1 year), Manager of boys.

Exchange Student, 11

Spent high school junior year abroad as a recipient of the Congress-Bundestag Scholarship. Lived with a German family and attended local.