Doing what I love - Building Boats!

Implement, configure, and provide customer support for SFX, an OpenURL e-products link resolver and MetaLib, a federated search engine. • Project management, implementing 50+ SFX sites and 8+ MetaLib sites, • One-on-one customer service, initial customer contact, liaison, building customer relation,• Standardized implementation process, reducing time from 12 weeks to 2 weeks,• Customer Support

Library Specialist January 2006 – April 2007Capacity building, program development, and fund raising. • Opened a 24 computer Public Internet Center with regular open access hours, • Wrote the Center’s operating procedures, practices, and protocols,• Implemented the Center’s Reference Desk, Provided Information Literacy Instruction,• Hired and supervised three university work-study students and two community interns,• Raised over $12,000 in technology hardware grants, Applied for $25,000 information literacy grant,• Provided walk-in IT Help Desk service,• Supported community-wide, 300 residents, free wireless WiFi Internet access,• Surveyed residents and identified their information needs.

North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA, Library CoordinatorManaged the day-to-day library operations, including Circ and Reference desks, met the needs of a diverse community. Provided reference and instruction. Managed the scheduling and hiring of (3.5FTE) employees.• Guided the Library’s expansion and renovation,• Merged multimedia collection into the Library’s holdings,• Weeded Library’s collection. Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA, Reference and Instruction LibrarianProvided one-on-one online and print reference and classroom information literacy instruction.• Initiated new faculty relationships in Biology and Legal studies,• Created subject guides / pathfinders (HTML and MSWord),• Initiated BestBooks online tool comparison for collection development and weeding.

Provided online and print reference and library literacy instruction. As Archivist, Initialized, organized, and processed ~100 LF of collections, wrote policy guidelines, produced an electronic Finding Aid, mounted exhibits. As IT specialist, provided IT support for the library's and Lasell Village's networked computers, including instruction and training.Library: Provided IT services and instruction, Managed e-serials.Archives: Established the Archives, Initiated a Records Management Program, Supervised student intern and eight volunteers.

Established the historical record: Wrote technical documentation and narratives of the configuration, repairs, and components of Constitution. Conducted historical research, consolidating manuscripts, interviews, artifacts, drawings, tests and experiments. Provided engineering analysis of the ship’s wooden structure, configuration, and condition and sailing operations. Supervised the work of three volunteers.As archivist:• Established the Archives,• Digitized and archived on CD the ship's architectural drawings (680 drawings),• Organized international conference, Edited proceedings,• Presented technical and historical lectures; Answered public queries.

Founder. Raised over $840,000. Acquired and stabilized the National Historic Landmark Boston tugboat Luna. Defined, organized and implemented corporate goals, youth education programs, public programs and volunteers. Administered grants. Held position as Treasurer. Developed, wrote, and implemented work-programs, directed all work packages. Supervised up to 12 volunteers. Developed web page. Grant writing and Fund raising, Project management, Program development.