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Newark, New Jersey, United States

Newark, Nj

New York, Ny

Greater New York City Area

- Plans, administers and evaluates the services of SIA-NY Library including: information services, library collection development and promotion, electronic and print course reserves, library facilities, the Library website and inter-library loan service. - Manages 45 subscription databases, 70 current journals and our collection of 148k ebooks – facilitating access, negotiating licenses and troubleshooting problems when they occur.- Oversaw the Library and Learning Resources self-study for the Institute’s NASAD accreditation.- Oversees both in-person and remote reference services – and provides individualized support to students with additional needs. - Manages a team of staffing, including: one professional librarian, library assistant and 9 graduate assistants. - Provides information literacy education in support of Sotheby’s programs, including one-on-one research consultations.

London, United Kingdom

- Selected, procured, configured, implemented and administered the new integrated library system, DAMS and discovery platform for the library and digitized archive collections. - Anticipated and established future circulation workflows and collections management standards across all areas of the collections.- Cataloged over 3500 items - including ephemeral, rare and foreign language materials in accordance with international standards. - Advised senior management on future service directives.- Recruited, trained and line-managed professional library staff.

London, United Kingdom

- Provided reference services and research support for undergraduate and graduate level students - with a particular emphasis on fashion design and technology. - Contributed towards UALs Information Literacy program - providing information and research instruction and inductions to incoming undergraduate and graduate students.

London, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom

- Oversaw circa 350 current journals, artist serials, and auction catalog subscriptions; in addition to 1500 ceased titles.- Participated in the Research Centre service: assisting readers, addressing research queries and invigilating.- Managed the electronic resources, negotiated licenses and pricing with suppliers. Extracted monthly usage statistics and advised on possible efficiencies.- Catalogued serials and artists’ serials in accordance with professional standards.- Managed workflows for dedicated support staff.- Managed the museum’s information skills and research training program across Tate’s four sites.

London, United Kingdom

- Accountable for all post-1850 acquisitions; building upon the museum’s world-class historical collection.- Contributed towards and lead large projects aimed to improve our services and collection, including: retrospective cataloguing of rare material; and the rehoming and auditing of library and archival material. - Supervised our busy enquiry desk – which included responding to a high-volume of research enquiries via telephone, post, e-mail and in-person.- Administered the department’s donations and bequeaths.- Managed an annual budget of $650k.- Cataloged books, serials, foreign language and rare materials in accordance with professional standards. - Accountable for 250 current subscriptions, in addition to 1,000 ceased titles.- Supervised, managed workflows and delegated tasks to a team of staff.

London, United Kingdom

- Supervised the Library Assistants whilst on the issue desk; arranging cover when required.- Regularly deputised as Evening/Weekend Librarian.- Mentored and trained of new staff on circulation desk procedures.- Dealt with admission queries and accurately processed membership applications.- Staffed the Reference Desk – which included addressing reference enquiries, IT troubleshooting, administering SCONUL access, assisting students with the VLE and electronic resources.- Worked on the very busy Circulation Desk - issuing and returning library materials and accurately creating and updating user records on ILS.- Routinely maintained photocopiers, microfilm readers and other specialised equipment and instructing users in their use.- Carried out the appropriate procedures at opening and closing times.

Camberwell College Of Arts

Master'S Degree, Museums & Digital Culture

Master'S Degree, Information And Library Studies

Bachelor Of Fine Arts

Education record

Activities and Societies: Awarded consortium scholarshipAcademic semester abroad programme