Nickolas Falk, Mlis, Maid Email & Phone Number

Palm Springs, Ca, Us

Edmonds, Wa

• Authored and awarded one of the 2019-2020 Washington State Archives Local Records Grant Program grants for $16,320. Managed grant-funded paid intern during the records inventory and archival project. • Record, facilitate, attest, and track ordinances, resolutions, contracts, easements, deeds, bonds, or other documents requiring city certification.• Assists in contract, bidding, and request for proposal (RFP) coordination.• Responds to research requests from public and staff; researches City Council action through minutes, agendas, packets, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, easements, deeds, bonds, or other documents.• Supports digitization to LaserFiche, a digital document database through authoring a digitization plan, implementing, streamlining, and training departments in new processes. • One of twenty international candidates selected to represent our region on the 2019-2020 Education Task Force for the International Institute of Municipal Clerks to examine certification and continuing education. • Lead the review of residential parking permits; implemented streamlining and new processes to promote community accessibility. • Utilizes procurement card for necessary city purchases related to, easements, deeds, bonds, or other documents and records management projects. Reconciles transactions to the appropriate department.• Clarifies city codes and policies for the community.• As needed, prepares and coordinates Council agendas and supporting material including public notification, and legal and display advertising; publishing and posting of final agendas; attends Council meetings; supervises the keeping of a journal of Council proceedings and ordinances, resolutions, and other actions and official documents.• Covered Business Licensing position and wrote job process and procedures. Trained new staff on the job.• Acting City Clerk in absence of City Clerk.

Staten Island, New York, United States

• Biannual issues, averaging 8 hours per week during production.• Provides review and peer review on submitted scholarly articles. Advises journal policy, and scope and acts as guest column reviewer as requested.• Volunteer Copy Editor, Guest Column Editor, and interim Copy Editor Lead.

Mountlake Terrace, Washington, United States

Sole proprietor and creator of NECE, a small publishing production company. NECE works with clients in copy review, book design, and layout. We also offer step-by-step guidance in self-publishing.

• Contracted for a block of hours, averaging 6 to 9 hours per week during the contracted quarter.• Provides recommendations for collection development in support of the Visual Arts Department and juvenile fiction collections. • Supports evening, weekend information literacy, and research needs during contracted quarters.

Universities At Shady Grove, Priddy Library

• Subject liaison to three Graduate programs: Publications Design, Information Management, Library Science, and 2 Undergraduate programs: Simulation & Digital Entertainment and Communication. • Supported student research with reference assistance in accessing and utilizing databases. • Supervised, provided leadership, and directed 2-4 library staff and a library intern. • Collaborated with faculty from the Communication and Simulation & Game Design programs to introduce 3600 filming, editing, and photography. • Managed acquisitions through Ex Libris Aleph with administrator privileges and administration responsibilities.• Enters orders in the library’s online catalog and acquisition system. Identifies funds for payment and notifies supervisor of low funds; initiates fund transfers to cover insufficient funding and balance budgets• Managed budget administration to include tracking, filtering, and reporting of acquisition transactions. Attended quarterly budget administration and development meetings.• Confirmed invoices were paid; confirms procurement card statements reconcile; confirms personnel expenses are accurate and paid; confirms receipt of material for advance payments to vendors and confirms receipt of material for prepayments to specialized distributors.• Receives requests for library materials, and performs pre-order research and verification of bibliographic data in electronic sources such as local online catalogs, OCLC, and the Internet. Identifies vendors and locates college vendor codes in systems. Confirms availability of materials.• Entered rush orders on demand, and verified the status of orders and invoices. Merged duplicate records for coworkers. Advised collection development staff, librarians, and faculty about the availability of new materials. Sorted and distributed publishers’ and vendors’ catalogs and notices.• Assigned as acting Director in the absence of the Library Director.

Universities At Shady Grove, Priddy Library

• Supported student research with reference assistance accessing and utilizing databases; • Co-developed and managed library internship program; later approved to become a paid opportunity. • Confirmed invoices were paid; confirms procurement card statements reconcile; confirms personnel expenses are accurate and paid; confirms receipt of material for advance payments to vendors and confirms receipt of material for prepayments to specialized distributors.• Supervised and directed 2-4 library staff and library interns. • Returns incorrect materials, tracks payments, and maintains appropriate support files such as vendor catalogs, correspondence, and addresses.• Receives requests for library materials, and performs pre-order research and verification of bibliographic data in electronic sources such as local online catalogs, OCLC, and the Internet. Identifies vendors and locates college vendor codes in systems. Confirms availability of materials.• Enters orders in the library’s online catalog and acquisition system. Identifies funds for payment and notifies supervisor of low funds; initiates fund transfers to cover insufficient funding and balance budgets.• Managed budget administration to include tracking, filtering, and reporting of acquisition transactions. Attended quarterly budget administration and development meetings.• Provide training for new subject liaisons and provide ongoing updates to all liaisons on issues related to selecting and purchases as well as current expenditures.• Entered rush orders on demand, and verifies the status of orders and invoices. Merges duplicate records for coworkers. Advises collection development staff, librarians, and faculty about the availability of new materials. Sorts and distributes publishers’ and vendors’ catalogs and notices.• Supported and managed Ex Libris Aleph with administrator privileges.

Universities At Shady Grove, Priddy Library

• Produced multiple concurrent years of interactive, qualitative-focused online annual reports. • Restructured and managed budget administration to include tracking, filtering, and reporting of acquisitions transactions. Attended quarterly budget administration and development meetings.• Streamlined the acquisitions workflow through Ex Libris Aleph with administrator privileges and collaborated with other departments allowing enhancing time management.• Provided training for new subject liaisons and provide ongoing updates to all liaisons on issues related to selecting and purchases as well as current expenditures.• Resolved acquisition and processing problems by investigating, and resolving any payment discrepancies.• Receives requests for library materials, and performs pre-order research and verification of bibliographic data in electronic sources such as local online catalogs, OCLC, and the Internet. Identifies vendors and locates college vendor codes in systems. Confirms availability of materials.• Confirmed invoices were paid; confirms procurement card statements reconcile; confirms personnel expenses are accurate and paid; confirms receipt of material for advance payments to vendors and confirms receipt of material for prepayments to specialized distributors.• Entered rush orders on demand, and verifies the status of orders and invoices. Merges duplicate records for coworkers. Advises collection development staff, librarians, and faculty about the availability of new materials. Sorts and distributes publishers’ and vendors’ catalogs and notices.• Supported and managed Ex Libris Aleph with administrator privileges.• Managed the electronic flow of critical information between vendors and the library in the process of ordering materials, creating purchasing orders, and processing invoices. • Supervised and directed 2-4 library staff and library interns.

Bethesda, Md

• Successfully conceptualized, planned, and developed a vitamin and supplements social media campaign for use on two government social media platforms; @medlineplus Twitter, and MedlinePlus on Facebook in English and Spanish. The campaign gained national attention from healthcare professionals and academic institutions such as the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). • The growth of the project led to the inclusion and collaboration with two additional government agencies; the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH).

Greater Seattle Area

• Developed procedure manuals for periodicals acquisitions (Ex Libris Voyager based), new hires, and inventory process (Active Inventory). • Created and applied lean processes to periodicals processing. • Managed annual three-day book sale and book recycling programs. • Supervised part-time library technicians and 2-4 front desk, work-study students. • Collaborated with the Art Committee to improve the library space by authoring a project proposal, and purchasing artwork prints and installation. • Requested to participate as co-chair of the Queer Straight Alliance student club.

Greater Seattle Area

• Independently opened and closed the library on a routine basis, covering for the library supervisor during planned absences. • Assisted with inventory and shelf reading processes. • Utilizing ExLibris Voyager, charged and discharged library materials at the circulation desk, performed an inspection of library materials for damages, and collected fines.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Integrated Design, 3.87

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science, 3.83

Bachelors, Interdisciplinary Visual Arts, 3.57

Activities and Societies: Member of Phi Sigma Theta National Honors SocietyStudied abroad in Rome, Italy for 3 months; volunteered.

Certificate, Graphic Design & Production Art, 3.73

Associates, Arts & Sciences, 3.73

Activities and Societies: Member of Phi Theta Kappa National Honors SocietyGraduated with honors.