Peter Rolla Email & Phone Number

United States

Los Angeles, California, United States

Greater San Diego Area

Catalog print and electronic monographs in all major Western European languages, according to AACR2 and the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations. Most records are PCC records cataloged according to BIBCO standards, with full subject analysis (Library of Congress subject headings) and LC classification.Create name and series authority records and submit them to the LC/NACO database. When necessary, submit proposals to SACO for new Library of Congress subject headings and classification numbers. Assist in training other catalogers in authority record creation.Manage special cataloging projects and serve on task forces to create or modify cataloging policies.Cataloged approximately 150 records using RDA (Resource Description and Access) as an informal participant in the national test. Added metadata and subject analysis to digital image collections.Interim Head of Monographic Cataloging Team; Managed a team of approximately 10 professional and paraprofessional catalogers. Directly supervised 2 general professionals and 1 faculty librarian.Set cataloging policies and procedures. Managed regular cataloging workflow and special projects. Provided guidance and instruction on questions about cataloging. Interim Bibliographer for Spanish and Portuguese

Selected books, via both approval plans and firm orders, from seven foreign vendors.Worked closely with the Acquisitions department to process book orders and receipts and also to add several large gifts to the library's collection.Acted as liaison to the academic department.; Cataloged monographs in Western European languages, according to AACR2 and the Library of Congress Rule Interpretations; PCC records cataloged according to BIBCO standards, with full subject analysis.Created name and series authority records for the LC/NACO database. Submitted proposals to SACO for new Library of Congress subject headings and classification numbers.Installed new hardware and software for a unit of 11 employees and diagnosed computer problems. Attended monthly technical support training sessions.Worked on special projects that involved adding metadata to digital image collections and the taxonomic indexing of digital documents.

Cataloged, from OCLC copy as well as some original cataloging, books, maps, and other items for over 40 of Harvard's smaller libraries, representing a wide variety of academic fields in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.Assigned Library of Congress subject headings and call numbers when needed.Locally created and modified name authority records according to national standards. Found and corrected errors in the library catalog.Ordered and received books for the Map Library using several vendors.

Managed and organized the library's move from one building to another.Supervised the transfer of books and other materials to an off-site storage.Made collection development decisions on which materials to keep and which to remove from the collection.Collaborated in the planning of the library space in the new location.Managed the library's journal subscriptions and journal collection.

Assisted students with research questions at the university's main undergraduate library.Instructed students in the use of online databases and of the library's catalog.

Supervised the physical processing of all in-coming materials. Managed a staff of up to 4 student and part-time workers.Planned and carried out special projects, including the transfer of materials to an off-site depository.Checked in and processed U.S. government depository materials. Performed initial cataloging of government documents and routed them to the appropriate library.Identified computer-related problems and communicated with the Information Technology department to make sure all problems were resolved.

M.L.I.S; Graduate School, 2003; Library And Information Science

M.A; M.Phil

B.A, Spanish

B.A, Liberal Arts