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State College, PA, US

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

IF I APPLY- Co-creator of IF I APPLY, an updated method for determining information credibility which first focuses on the self (existing biases, opinions, feelings, emotions, etc.) and evaluating how this impacts information seeking and selecting, and then leads to vetting selected information. Information is neither good or bad - it is not a black and.

South Charleston, West Virginia

As the new undergraduate student library liaison, my responsibilities include:- Teaching a section of UNI 100- Working closely with Student Services in South Charleston to ensure the new students have a positive college experience- Library and information literacy instruction guest lectures with all English & Communications classesWithin the Graduate.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

In the Government Documents department my responsibilities include:- Creating & managing Government Documents LibGuides- Updating & managing Government Documents library webpages- Creating and running a Website Usability Test on all library webpages after the new web presence was made live- Working with the Student Workers in creating weekly/monthly.

Charleston, West Virginia Area

Built and maintained the college's all-virtual (no print) library and the accompanying library webpage. Writes various grants for diversity and early childhood literacy programming for our students. Created and teaches all Information Literacy courses, currently as one-shot sessions, but has submitted a 1 credit IL course proposal to the Program Review.

Write summaries, which are published quarterly in OAD, of published artciles pertaining to obstetrics and anesthesia

Responsible for aiding patrons with material location and subject-specific database searchesHelped with the selection, set-up and break down of the featured, popular reading and new book collection displays

Responsible for patron service duties at library circulation deskUpdated the consumer health information collectionAnswered general information and reference questions, performed transaction functions, updated library user accounts, assisted with maintenance of the collections

Assisted the librarian with various database specific searches for doctors and nursesCreated PubMed and CINHAL handouts for incoming medical staff and a Consumer Health Resources pamphlet for patients and familiesCreated a "Heart Healthy" consumer health poster and a "Journal List" poster for display in the libraryRequested materials and filled material.

Assisted the library director, medical staff, residents and consumers with detailed database searches both face to face and via electronic resourcesParticipated with resident journal club and attended medical service roundsAssisted with journal statistics and budgetary decisionsRequested materials and filled material requests via DOCLINE

Supervised one employee, conducted adoption processes, dealt with animal intakes, and updated all websitesCo-ran a spay and neuter assistance program along-side seven local veterinarians and consulted on the use of incoming grant moneyCertificates & Computer SkillsHIPAA Certification, 8 Health Sciences Continuing Education Credits with UPMC, 3 NLM.

Responsible for patron service duties at library circulation and reference deskAided patrons with advanced database searches in subject-specific databasesAnswered general information and reference questions, performed transaction functions, updated library user accounts, assisted with maintenance of the collectionsConducted detailed bibliographic searches.

Master'S, Library And Information Science

Specialization of Academic & Medical Librarianship

French Language

French language

Bachelor Of Science, Applied French; Linguistics

Activities and Societies: French Tutor, French Club, Study Abroad AmbassadorBachelor of Science in Applied French focusing in Linguistics.