Jane Davis Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

Kansas City, Missouri

I manage the technical services, digital initiatives, preservation, and stacks management departments at Linda Hall Library, an independent research library for science, engineering, and technology.

Greater St. Louis Area

Responsible for managing a very talented team that digitizes historic and contemporary documents created by or related to the Federal Reserve and economic history.

Greater St. Louis Area

I am responsibe for original and copy cataloging of monographs,monographic serials, and government documents. Using AACR2 and MARC 21 formats to create, update and correct records in local cataloging and OCLC, I make sure that our cataloging records comply with both local and national cataloging standards.I have also begun to provide advice and guidance for the creation of a policy and set ofprocedures to manage electronic books, electronic audiobooks, and electronic videos in the library catalog. My previous experiences in digital library management provided me with different set of skills for the Saint Louis Public Library.

Murfreesboro, Tn And St. Louis, Mo

During this assistantship, I wrote my disseration on archival facilities and the adaptive reuse of historic buildings. Focusing on three case study buildings, I examined the needs of an archival facility and how those needs can be met by the adaptive reuse of a historic building.

Greater St. Louis Area

I researched the development of contraband camps for freed slaves during the Civil War throughout the southeast and in the St. Louis area. While Gen. Butler coined the term "contraband" to refer to fugitive slaves that came into Union lines to seek refuge, Gen. Grant actively worked to incorporate the former slaves into the Army life both as support staff and eventually as soldiers. During the internship I produced an article for Confluence magazine and worked on an exhibit for future use.

Murfreesboro, Tn

I was responsible for developing and maintaining cataloging policies andprocedures. I worked closely with other departments in library and university to providecataloging support and best meet the needs of students and faculty. I also supervised four full time staff members and provided guidance on cataloging projects to cataloging librarians. Including digital projects, retroconversions of data, inventories, and continuous error correction in the catalog.In addition to my supervisory responsibilities I was also responsible for original and copy cataloging of monographs, including gift books and curriculum materials. I also wrote the necessary perl scripts to automate bulk imports of electronic database records and updating cataloging records to accurately reflect the library's current holdings of electronic books and databases.During my time at MTSU, I worked closely with other library departments to develope and implemente policies for electronic books and digital resource cataloging. In doing so, I also acted as backup System Administrator for Voyager clients and provided technical support for Collection Management, including Windows updates, hardware installation and software issues.To assist Collection Management by providing better information about the library's holdings, I created and provided Access reports to all of Collection Management and other library departments for evaluation of the library collection and library effectiveness.I also advised and coordinated the Implementation Committee on database cleanup and correction issues that need to be resolved prior to the implantation of the new Innovative ILS.I acted as primary for data extraction of bibliographic information for importation into new Innovative ILS and was responsible for solving problems in the extraction and importation as they arose.

Lebanon, Tennessee

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Public/Applied History

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Cataloging

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Anthropology