Mary K. Mannix Email & Phone Number

Frederick, Maryland

Responsible for the development, maintenance, care, promotion, and effective operation of the Maryland Room, a noncirculating, mixed media, special collection. Ensures that the Maryland Room is properly staffed during operating hours. Supervises Maryland Room paid staff and volunteers. Responsible for the development of the Maryland Room’s collection of primary and secondary sources, along with the Thurmont Center for Agricultural History and the Brunswick History Room. Cultivates and maintains relationships with other collecting agencies in the community, with outside groups who have an interest in the activities of the Maryland Room, and with donors. Advises volunteers and library staff on the appropriateness of materials pulled for patrons. Serves as curator for three-dimensional artifacts held by the library. Provides specialized reference and research service relating to genealogy and local history.

Assisted with the daily management of the C. Burr Artz Library, a central branch. Directed the Adult Services Department; developed and monitored the weekly desk schedule, supervised librarians and library associates (staff of 12), ensured the quality of collections and public service provided by branch staff; acted as resource person to system on adult services concerns; and oversaw the operation of the Community Bookmobile

Oversees MARAC's twice yearly conferences and offers guidance to the Local Arrangements and Program Committees of each meeting; responsible for conference site selection, negotiation, and hotel contracts.

Provides a variety of library and archival science services, such as literature searches, collection inventories, collection evaluation, and archival processing(arrangement and description).Clients have included the Center for the Advancement of Health, the Historical Society of Carroll County, Baltimore County Public Library, and the Oella Historical SocietyPresents on genealogy and local history topics.

Frederick, Md

Courses taught through the Institute for Learning in Retirement:American History as Seen Through Female EyesBecoming a Genealogy Power ResearcherBecoming Your Family HistorianGenealogy Basics: A Deeper AppreciationResearching the People and Communities of Western MarylandSearching Afar from Near - Overseas GenealogySearching Not Asking: Mastering Online GenealogyThe Fool's Journey: Tarot Cards for Divination, Brainstorming, Creativity, and FunThe History of Maryland: Everything You Should KnowWomen and the Vote“Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts”. 3 credits. Spring Semester 2010. A course in the former public history concentration program between Frederick Community College and Hood College.

Frederick, Md

"History of the United States from 1877 to Present".3 creditsFall Semester 2022"Women in America".3 credits.On-line through Zoom.Spring Semester 2021."Introduction to Public History".3 credits.Co-instructor.Fall Semester 2012. “Introduction to Archives and Manuscripts”. 3 credits.Spring Semester 2013.

College Park, Md

“Introduction to Genealogy”.3 credits. (Taught on-line asynchronistic.)Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.Graduate level course."Arrangement, Description, and Access".3 credits.On-line through Zoom.Fall 2020.Graduate level course.“Genealogy: Resources and Services”. iSchool - College of Information Studies3 credits. In-person.Summer 2010, Summer 2012, Spring 2014.Graduate level course.

Oversaw and coordinated Genealogy Preconferences held twice a year, at the ALA Annual and MidWinter Conferences.

Served as Co-Chair for three MARAC meetings in Maryland -- Fall 2008 Silver Spring Meeting, Spring 2006 Baltimore Meeting, and Spring 2002 Towson Meeting.

Representative for the Maryland members of MARAC; duties included attending quarterly Steering Committee meetings, planning local meetings\workshops\programming, and supplying content for the Mid-Atlantic Archivist’s Maryland news column.

Administered all aspects of library operations. Planned, developed, and implemented policies and procedures regarding the acquisition, processing, cataloging, and care of the collection of books, rare books, photographs, prints, maps, printed ephemera, and manuscripts; oversaw public services, supervised staff of 20 volunteers and one professional, and represented the library to all outside groups, at Board of Directors meetings, and with donors. Wrote library column for The Legacy, the Society's quarterly newsletter. Served as Howard County Historical Society liaison for the Ellicott Mills Journal, a monthly publication, coordinated and assigned articles to the Library staff and wrote articles, Fall 1991 - Winter 1992 (paper discontinued). Part-time Position.

Provided reference services to a diverse group of faculty, students, and extramural library users employing both electronic and print sources; developed and maintained reference collection; provided instruction in the use of the library's on-line catalog, on-line databases, internet resources, and databases on CD-ROM; provided bibliographic instruction at point-of-use, in small groups seminars, and through the twice-yearly orientation program; actively participated in collection development. During the last year of employment, regularly worked the reference desk at the Welch Medical Library.

Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering. Responsible for the development, adaption, and maintenance, using dBASEIV, of various departmental databases. This included the following activities as required to meet the needs of departmental personnel: designing new data entry screens, programming, data entry, querying databases, designing reports, and generating reports. Assisted in the maintenance and documentation of departmental financial information (both in print and electronic format), the management of various confidential departmental records, and account reconciliation. Maintained departmental inventory. Oversaw the care of the department copy center and FAX center.

Responsible for field inventory and survey of historic structures (buildings & bridges); researched, wrote, and compiled historic structures reports.

Surveyed planning areas and individual sites to identify National Register eligible properties. Researched and wrote reports on potential Baltimore City Landmarks and Historic Districts. Wrote and participated in the filming of "Preservation Minutes" -- a series of short spots for WBAL-TV Baltimore of buildings on Baltimore City's Landmark List, Summer 1986.

Responsible for processing and organizing collection of maps, prints, photographs, and printed ephemera; assisted researchers, and participated in research, planning and installation of exhibitions. Assistant Curator for three major exhibitions -- "Maryland Under Glass" (Photographs from the M.H.S. glass negative collection), Spring 1986; "Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamps and Prints", Fall 1985, and "Baltimore in the Twenties and Thirties: The Etcher's View", Fall 1985.

Ba, History And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Fencing Club

Mls, Archival Concentration

Ma, American History With Certificate In Museum Studies