Donna Ramer Email & Phone Number

As Assistant Director and Technical Services Librarian, I am responsible for all aspects of Technical Services, from Interlibrary Loan to collection development and cataloging library materials in all formats. I also am responsible for developing and implementing policies for electronic collections and designing, writing, and maintaining the Libguides portion of the library website. I have written Libguides/subject collection guides for the following areas: Business, Education, Nursing, Science, Social Sciences, History, Fine Arts, Literature, Religious Studies, and, most recently, a COVID-19 centric guide for students to use during the quarantine. I conduct bibliographic instruction on the use of electronic resources for students and media literacy classes. I have also held faculty workshops on copyright and fair use assessment in online/LMS environments. I hold Alabama Class A Teaching certification, Secondary Education, Language Arts for 6-12 grades, and recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Digital Curation focused in New Media from The University of Maine. I am currently considering additional course work towards a Master's in Museum Studies with a second Graduate Certificate in Learning Design and Technology via Harvard Extension Studies. I also hold an Alabama Class A Teaching Certificate in the field of Language Arts, Grades 6-12. My supervisory responsibilities include directly supervising all library staff in the absence of the Director of the Library.

Cumming, Ga

Here I was responsible for selection and ordering of Adult Fiction, Easy and Juvenile Fiction/Non-Fiction, Spoken Word, Large Type and Video collections for the Main Branch and the Sharon Forks Branch. I also supervised all Interlibrary Loan Services and co-supervised acquisitions workflow including selection entry for all materials and purchase order processing. I also managed a patron driven acquisitions program. While at FCPL, I gained extensive knowledge of Dynix Acquisitions and familiarity with cataloging and processing procedures including outsourcing profile setup for various collections. I worked extensively with major library whole sellers including Ingram, Baker and Taylor, and Brodart. My supervisory responsibilities involved directly supervising two employees within the department and co-supervising one other. Also, I worked with volunteer staff in completing work for the Opening Day collection for Sharon Forks.In Spring 2001 I completed selection and ordering of $500,000 budget (50,000+ items) for the Opening Day Collection for Forsyth County’s new Sharon Forks Branch. While in this position I also supervised the collection development and spending of Governor Zell Miller’s Reading Initiative Grant. I led the team who selected, invoiced, and processed 10,000 items meeting the assigned deadline. $80,000 was required to be spent in three months.

Graduate Certificate In Digital Curation, New Media

Master Of Library & Information Science (Mlis), Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: Beta Phi Mu, Librarian Honor Society

Master Of Education (M.Ed.), Secondary Education And Teaching

Activities and Societies: Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Chi, Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Kappa Delta Pi Education Honor Society.