Benjamin Barba Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia

• Catalog music scores, books, and manuscripts.
• Propose Library of Congress Subject Headings, Genre Form Terms, Medium of Performance Terms, and additions or changes to the Classification Schedule.
• Serve as Administrator of the U.S. ISMN Agency.
• Participate in the BIBFRAME Pilot Program.
• Areas of interest/specialization: Film and TV music, unpublished scores, music published before 1800, batch cataloging using Excel and MarcEdit.

Irvine, CA

• Maintain the Reference, Current Periodical, and Map Collections.
• Assist in the hiring, training, and supervision of student workers.
• Provide in-person and virtual reference assistance to a diverse community of users on a broad range of topics.
• Teach library instruction sessions and provide one-on-one reference consultations for undergraduate writing students.
• Create content for and maintain online research guides.
• Facilitate weeding, transfer, and collection reshaping projects, including planning complex moves of large collections.

Irvine, CA

• Created brief original bibliographic records for sound and video recordings held by the Arts Media Center, enabling users from across campus to view these materials in the libraries' online catalog.
• Copy-cataloged selected sound recordings using the web-based OCLC Connexion client.

Whittier, CA

• Provide reference assistance to a diverse community of users at the reference desk.
• Teach library instruction sessions and research skills workshops.
• Assist patrons with technical, computer, and printing issues.

Torrance, CA

• Maintained Music Library operations while the Music Librarian was on sabbatical.
• Provided reference assistance to a diverse community of users at the Schauerman Library Reference Desk.
• Assisted patrons with technical, computer, and printing issues.
• Cataloged sound recordings and re-classified selected musical scores from the Dewey Decimal System to the Library of Congress Classification System.

Irvine, CA

• Copied highly complex handwritten musical scores into Finale or Sibelius--from chamber works to large-scale orchestral works with parts--by set deadlines.

Newport Beach, CA

• Provided reference services and assistance with computers, scanners, and printers.
• Communicated and enforced library policies.
• Circulated, shelved, and maintained library materials.
• Made and issued school ID/library cards.
• Created patron records in the library’s database and collected fines.

Irvine, CA

• Identified, problem-solved, and corrected complex errors in the catalog.
• Transferred and withdrew materials.
• Maintained monographic and serial holdings.
• Copy-cataloged selected materials.
• Wrote departmental procedures for transferring materials to the remote storage facility.

Riverside, CA

• Searched for and processed missing items.
• Performed general stacks maintenance duties.
• Hired, trained, and supervised student workers.

Riverside, CA

• Taught weekly discussion sections for the courses, Introduction to Western Music and Music in Movies and TV.
• Lectured, re-enforced major concepts, and lead class discussions.
• Held office hours and worked individually with students.
• Created and graded assignments and exams.
• Maintained attendance and grade records for courses of 80-100 students.
• Completed 13-hour Teaching Assistant Development Program, which included presentations, seminars, and workshops designed to provide a strong foundation for informed practice and teaching excellence.

Ms, Library And Information Science

Ma, Music Composition

Ba, Music