Maureen Beck Email & Phone Number

Catonsville, Maryland, United States

Portrait, landscape and still life drawing and painting primarily in oil and watercolor.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Working with ESOL students to learn basic English.

Responsible for all aspects of library service at Stevenson University. Selected Accomplishments: Proposed, planned, and implemented the first organized Stevenson University archive.Significantly Increased digital resources to meet growth of university.Proposed, planned, designed and staffed branch campus library with 24 hour service.Taught 3 credit undergraduate course to business students, Electronic Research and Report Writing in 2001-2002.Co-chaired Villa Julie College Middle States Self-Study Section on Faculty in 2007-8. Chaired Library Directors Team for small consortium beginning September 2013.Participated actively in MICUA Library Directors Roundtable (recording secretary and website manager. )Participated in Maryland Digital Library Content Working Group 2013-2015 and represented MICUA on MDL Administrative Group; Chair of Maryland Digital Library Digital Working Group.

Responsible for public presentation of library services and databases, and for development and usability testing of library intranet. Designed and Managed tiered information and reference service in humanities and social sciences subjects, with supervision and training of student assistants and professional librarians.

Katz Graduate School Of Business Library, Univ. Of Pittsburgh

Responsible for reference, instruction and research for students, faculty and other library patrons; specialization in Business reference.

Univ. Of Pittsburgh

Conducted database searches for students, faculty and staff of the University on topics in all disciplines. Conducted reference interviews.

Elizabeth Nexbitt Room, Sch. Of Library & Information Sciences, U. Of Pittsburgh

Created descriptive cataloging records for rare books and historical children's collections; created exhibits; addressed issues of conservation and preservation for these collections; provided reference services for library science students and faculty.

Hillman Library, U. Of Pittsburgh

Substitute Reference Librarian; from From Dec.1976-April 1977, and from Aug.- Nov. 1979. In both instances, answered reference questions for faculty, students and staff in the University of Pittsburgh community; selected titles for the Alldred Browsing collection; special projects such as a shelving space and growth assessment of the African American Collection.

Nondegree, Fine And Studio Arts

Non-Degree Courses In Drawing With Various Instructors., Fine/Studio Arts, General

Drawing and Painting classes at Catonsville Senior Center.

Non-Degree, Studying Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Drawing, Sculpture.

In addition to charcoal, pastels and oil media, I learned how to sculpt in clay and cast in plaster.

Mas, Administrative Science

Mls And Advanced Certificate, Library Science

Ba, English, Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Magna Cum Laude