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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ba, History And Political Science

Activities and Societies: Fencing Club

Mls, Archival Concentration

Ma, American History With Certificate In Museum Studies