Forrest Evans Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Auburn Avenue Research Library

Reference and Research Services❏ Provide onsite reference and referral services, written and remote reference assistance, and subject expertise in the Africana Studies, African American history and culture. ❏ Provide in-depth research assistance to users via one-on-one consultations.❏ Participate in outreach activities such as class visits, group presentations, and donor and membership tours.❏ Update and create content for Web pages, user guides and training materials.❏ Maintain a personal program of continuous education and professional development

❏ Supported video reference desk providing video research to CNN news staff ❏ Provided reference sources and conducted research for in-house domestic divisions ❏ Clarified and gathered metadata for archived footage and worked with bureau field tape collections ❏ Participated in specific information research-based projects, using a variety of authoritative online databases, and supported subscription-based databases ❏ Prepared and compiled traditional reference sources and web tools with MIRA ❏ Collaborated with and supported information reference desk, providing information research to CNN news and production staff

❏ Compiled data and information about TV and digital media research, media consumers and their behaviors ❏ Familiarized with media math and Nielsen ratings, and digital analytics tools ❏ Extracted and formatted metadata for specific TBS and TNT productions and projects❏ Provided network research related to program acquisitions and scheduling❏ Forecasted estimates, pilot testing, audience insights, industry trends, and marketing strategies❏ Pulled and analyzed data from multiple data sources to create actionable insights, including multiplatform viewing performance, primary market research studies, and audience segmentation profiles

❏ Assisted Director of Exhibitions with permanent and featured collections ❏ Studied methods to treat and display historical artifacts, paintings, and collections❏ Conducted museum tours for museum collections and assisted gallery talks ❏ Studied methods of collection arrangement, maintenance and archival procedures ❏ Trained small staff of volunteers and docents on collections and Folk African art❏ Educated on Folk, Contemporary African American, and Sub Saharan art history ❏ Assumed administrative and technical duties to support the museum’s staff ❏ Administered outreach and educational programs, and workshops, specifically for preschoolers to middle grades education

❏ Designed bibliographic instruction and guides for senior citizens and adult patrons❏ Strengthened reference collections and materials, for permanent and Reference collections❏ Administrated patrons with genealogical research and local history workshops❏ Organized activities and instructional classes for adult patrons ❏ Originated educational curriculum and materials for adult and senior citizen patrons

❏ Troubleshot research issues and supported students with scholastic research ❏ Conducted bibliographic instructions and tutorials, for library and subscription databases❏ Prepared educational research guides and materials, for classrooms and students❏ Assessed and Assisted with collection selections and purchases ❏ Acquainted patrons with bibliographic databases and scholastic resources❏ Performed embedded librarianship responsibilities and conducted specific research tasks for classroom and state educational standards

❏ Maintained and updated links to electronic serials, databases, and eBooks in library catalog❏ Troubleshot and resolved on-and-off campus access problems connecting to electronic serials, databases, and eBooks❏ Maintained and updated university’s digital archives and depository, The CSU ePress, for faculty, staff and students published works ❏ Appraised and developed metadata, for digital depository, and compiled library’s electronic databases and circulation statistics❏ Ran and created material for library’s social media [Official CSU Libraries Blog & Facebook]

❏ Helped patrons collect and organize research and reference materials ❏ Assumed administrative responsibilities, as needed, for librarians and media specialists ❏ Conducted beginning archival procedures for historical materials to be digitalized and archived ❏ Prepared and assisted with yearbook and bound digitalization projects, to support the online repository❏ Served as Reference Assistant for bibliographic instructions for Humanities disciplines ❏ Provided campus staff and faculty with technical support with library and subscription databases

❏ Assisted with the maintenance of permanent and displayed collections ❏ Prepared presidential papers and historical artifacts to be digitalized ❏ Created displays and educational presentations for alumni and student patrons❏ Digitalized bounded and various texts and created multi-formatted citations ❏ Assisted with collection assessment and development for permanent collection ❏ Modeled and created finding aids and indexed Presidential papers

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