Nancy Ness Email & Phone Number

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Supervise and coordinate system-wide collection development activities for a mid-size library with seven locations, serving a 360,000 population. Serve as a team leader of the collection development staff, directing.
• Administer a 1 million collection budget annually. Formulate and prepare the annual collection development budget, keep selectors infomed about monetary expenditures, and monitor ongoing expenditure levels throughout.
• Manage ILL and acquisitions staff to ensure efficient and well-documented placement of orders, receipt of shipments, payment of invoices, and ILL requests. Develop process improvements to increase efficiency of the.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Teach graduate level collection development classes via online.
• Construct course shell, prepare teaching materials, and then engage, monitor, and evaluate student work.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Select adult non-fiction materials and music CDs for 30 public service units using selection profiles, standard review journals such as Library Journal, PW, Booklist, and publisher/vendor information.
• Spend approximately $400,000 in materials monies annually. Assist with initial set-up of annual budget and develop responsive collections within budgetary guidelines.
• Peruse local and national media outlets for current trends, topics, and authors. Review bestseller lists and respond to media coverage, placing additional orders for high demand materials.
• Monitor collection performance using turnover rate, circulation information, interlibrary loan requests, patron request reports, and other indicators.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Assist library patrons in finding information, answering reference questions, assisting with the catalog and databases, and locating needed materials.
• Supervise daily duties of page staff and periodicals clerk: plan workflow; schedule hours; hire staff as needed; set-up, monitor and evaluate performance.
• Assist with renovation of Business & Technology floor: supported unit manager in planning and implementing renovation project; served as liaison between unit and automation service to create technical specifications.
• Chair system-wide Database Committee: reviewed databases and wrote recommendations for system purchase, interfaced with vendors, and monitored database budget.

Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

• Assist library patrons in finding information, answering reference questions, assisting with the catalog and databases, and locating needed materials.
• Offer hands-on training to the public on the OPAC, general and business related databases such as EBSCOHost, Dun & Bradstreet, Moody’s, Reference USA, and other online search tools.
• Responsible for collection development duties in the following subject areas: communications, manufacturing, computers, electronics, engineering, general business, math, and technology.
• Assist with renovation of Business & Technology floor: supported unit manager in planning and implementing renovation project; served as liaison between unit and automation service to create technical specifications.
• Participated on system-wide Internet committee: designed and implemented initial Internet homepage for library system and offered basic Internet training to employees and public.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communication, General