Elizabeth Smith Email & Phone Number

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Contributed to the Museum's global mission to save the world for future generations with evidence, knowledge and inspiration. Directly responsible for the planning and administration of a $90,000 budget. Played leading role in the negotiation of library contracts and licenses (e.g serial subscriptions, databases, library systems and applications). Relied on to investigate risks and propose solutions and opportunities to keep the library's services and collection management relevant to user needs. Directly responsible for managing and maintaining the library's book and serials (print and online) collections, including leadership for library systems administration and their performance/operation. Regularly called upon to deliver reference services and engage with diverse audiences.o Chaired, and defined work activities of an acquisition committee resulting in enhanced collection development and needs analysis toward improved research capacity. o Led a digitization project and partnership with the Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) to accelerate a global collaborative initiative to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world.o Spoke at engagement and advocacy events (e.g. at Memorial University, in St. John's NL, appeared on CBC's On-the-Go with Ted Blades, special library exhibits and regular group tours).o Curated and maintained a rare book collection of approximately 10,000 titles and successfully managed ongoing remedial preservation projects to safeguard items in the collection. o Successfully implemented a retrospective conversion project to transfer card catalogue records to the online catalogue thereby unifying records and improving information accessibility.o Authored several blogs to create positive public relations and engage with user communities (members of public, academia, etc.).o Trained and supervised volunteers and students.o Praised for high quality work, strong communication skills, dynamic attitude and professionalism.

Contributed to realizing the Library’s mission to deliver high quality research services to its internal and external communities. Directly responsible for managing and maintaining the library serials collections including leadership in system administration. Called upon to resolve first level technical issues for matters related to library systems and their performance/operation. Had a major involvement in system analysis and design. Played a key role in reporting on and assisting in analyzing library metrics – measurements that help evaluate the value of the library’s content. Directly responsible for providing access to a current collection of scholarly journals and reference materials. Required to have excellent knowledge of the principles, theories, techniques and practices of library and information science in order to implement the acquisition and cataloguing of all library books, serials and articles. o Successfully orchestrated and led an integrated library system (ILS) replacement project from investigation to product launch (i.e stakeholder consultations, RFI, RFP, data migration and implementation).o Managed inter-library loans and document requests and exceeded service excellence standards by consistently expediting turn around time.o Promptly diagnosed problems, investigated and tested solutions to restore access to electronic resources.o Worked closely with the librarian to harvest, document and report usage metrics to inform subscription decisions, maximize investment in library services and align strategies and objectives to client needs.o Authored guides and reference tools empowering clients to navigate resources with ease and efficiency.o Praised for ability to juggle multiple priorities, having a high degree of initiative, good judgment and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Instrumental in the planning and implementation of an Information Management (IM) restructuring project. o Appraised hundreds of donations assessing their suitability in accordance with the library's collection development policy.o Catalogued various types of publications.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Worked closely with the fundraising systems analyst and the fundraising director. Relied upon to contact donors in response to inquiries. Called upon to produce various reports for the Fundraising Director (campaign results, donor profiles). Directly responsible to receive mail and coordinate mass mail outs. o Entered thousands of donations to Raiser’s Edge database, and processed and printed receipts.o Participated in the development of fundraising strategies and new campaigns.

Ottawa, Canada Area

Relied on to ensure rate of compliance by suppliers was at 100% in order to guarantee facility maintenance staff a full roster of service provider options. Directly responsible for managing, processing and tracking compliance documentation (Insurance, WSIB, etc.). Called upon to produce and disseminate monthly reports and assist in the preparation of letter templates. Occasionally required to conduct training presentation sessions to provide education on the compliance process and its importance.o Effectively maintained collaborative relationships with various stakeholders (i.e. staff, corporate office, insurance brokers, suppliers).o Evaluated multiple applications and performed risk assessments prior to presenting potential new suppliers to Senior Management for approval. o Received numerous internal team-player awards.