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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Provides leadership and oversight to the cataloging and processing of all items in the Boston Public Library’s (BPL) extensive collection of more than 20 million circulating and non-circulating items including books, serials, government documents, microfilm, archives, visual materials, and other formats. This position is responsible for the content and quality of data in the library’s integrated library system and other bibliographic databases. Responsibilities include oversight of the day-to-day operations and staff of the Technical Services Department; establishment and enforcement of cataloging best practices, standards, policies, and procedures in coordination with catalogers and department heads; and collaboration with public service staff to maximize discovery and public access to library resources and collections.

Greater Los Angeles Area

Edits a multi-author series of critical books about video games, with special attention to discovering and integrating research sources. Evaluates book proposals from prospective authors. Personally edits each book for content and style.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Manages the unit that performs cataloging, acquisitions, and other metadata services functions for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries' Area Studies Collections encompassing resources in East Asian, South Asian, Middle Eastern, and Slavic languages. Provides leadership, managerial direction, and oversight of technical services operations by designing effective workflows, evaluating and implementing cataloging and metadata standards, policies, and procedures, and managing acquisitions processes. Has served as a co-chair on Penn Libraries’ Strategic Planning Steering Committee, and as a representative to national non-Latin-language technical services groups.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Acquired and cataloged Japanese and Korean materials for the University of Pennsylvania Libraries using a range of bibliographic utilities.

Fukushima, Japan

Taught ESL skills to elementary and middle school children through a range of educational activities.

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science

MSLIS with a concentration in Digital Curation.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English Language And Literature, General