Eli Riveire Warner Email & Phone Number

Central Library

Managed the materials, resources, and staff members associated with our system’s local history and genealogy resources, and serving as an Assistant Manager liaison between the Adult Services Department and upper management. Primary duties included ordering materials and processing donations, writing a weekly service desk schedule and collecting timesheets, acting as a building supervisor and supervising six professional-level direct reports, and providing high quality customer service throughout the library system. Created a digital repository of our historic materials to better connect our customers far and wide to the exciting rare and unique gems in our collection, and used taxonomies and tagging to stay better organized and keep the system user-friendly.

Central Library

Served the information needs of my community! My primary role was to assist customers both physically at my busy and diverse urban location, and throughout the system electronically as the Lexington Public Library Email Reference Librarian. I specialized in genealogy and local history research in the Kentucky Room, but also regularly provided cheerful and competent customer service at the Reference, Nonfiction, Fiction/AV, Computer Commons service desks, and checking in and out Interlibrary Loan materials. Additionally, I served as my location's Adult Programming Librarian, and worked with system-wide and statewide committees to provide dynamic and exciting programming opportunities for adults.

Frankfort, Kentucky

Processed business materials related to the various bourbon-producing companies historically based at the Buffalo Trace Distillery site. Produced an inventory of materials to create usable archives for future display and use of materials by the distillery's Visitor Center, work sites, and offices. Underwent preservation methods, and maintained an archival work space and supplies in a corporate environment.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Retail, Customer Relations, preparing and serving deliciously handcrafted beverages.Previous positions: Shift Supervisor, 8/2007-2/2011 Assistant Store Manager, 11/2008-2/2009

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Processed several collections of varying sizes related to Kentucky history, businesses, and organizations; and created finding aids using Archivists' Toolkit 2.0. Over the course of the semester, worked primarily with a medium-sized collection of personal artifacts and business records of one of Kentucky's most well-known horticultural families, the Hillenmeyers. Using Greene-Meissner principles, condensed the initial 18 cubic foot collection into just under 11 cubic feet. Prepared an online exhibit using Omeka, as well as a poster presentation based on this collection.After graduating from the SLIS program in December 2011, I remained on as a volunteer until beginning an internship at Buffalo Trace Distillery in March 2012. During this time, I developed and installed a physical Special Collections Graduate Student exhibit showcasing the Hillenmeyer family papers; and processed and created finding aids (using Archivists' Toolkit 2.0) for various Kentucky-related collections.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Worked with College of Communications assistant professor Kakie Urch to start the ICT (Information Communications Technology) Collaborative, a group to promote growth and understanding of new ideas and technologies in digital information across Kentucky. Primarily researched issues in mobile use, social media, and broadband access, in addition to helping plan and implement events for the university's "Geek Week" celebration and the ICT's own Open 2.0 two-day conference.

Lexington, Kentucky Area

Collected and wrote community-based Public Service Announcements to be read on-air by DJs, answered telephones and delivered messages, and kept the office and general station areas organized. Established a system of posting station meeting minutes and other information on a wiki page and various email list-serves, as a means of records preservation. Assisted other directors with major projects, specifically the Music Librarian with the re-cataloging and organizing of the 30,000+ piece music library using a system of barcodes with a database. As a volunteer DJ (8/2004-2/2010), prepared and produced a weekly 2-3 hour live general format music radio show.

W.T. Young Library Serials Department/Design Library

Serials Department: Collected, opened, and sorted department mail; used library Cataloging and Acquisitions software (Voyager) to check in Serials, Periodicals, and MSS pieces; took inventory of existing Serials collections.Design Library: Assisted patrons with general needs; checked books in and out, handled College of Architecture class reserves, and re-shelved books and other materials.

Mlis, Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: American Library Association (ALA) - Student Member; Society of American Archivists (SAA) - Student Member.

B.A., Telecommunications, History, Russian And Eastern History And Culture

Activities and Societies: WRFL, Society of Telecommunications Scholars, The CatalystFinished graduation requirements in 3.5 years.