Teal Smith Email & Phone Number

San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

Provide research assistance to students and faculty from the reference desk via in-person, live chat, and phone.

San Diego, California, United States

Provide students with an introduction to the music world through examining and playing musical instruments, listening to recorded music, discussing the music experience as a class and with guest speakers, and visiting the Museum of Making Music. Students explore and enhance their personal understanding and enjoyment of music.

San Diego, California, United States

Teach a hands-on approach to the principles and processes of concept development and character design to guide students through a 3-phase project: character development and research, execution of concepts and art techniques in traditional 2D and three-dimensional formats, and a final presentation to pitch their character and analyze the creative process.

San Diego, California, United States

Solo librarian to the College:• Manage physical collection & circulation• Created library’s first Collection Development Policy• Implemented College's first online library catalog https://www.librarycat.org/lib/PCSDLibrary• Visit classes to teach brief library sessions or other topics e.g. bring instruments to discuss with music class• Created physical display of student product packaging designs and 3D prints intentionally placed next to the testing room for prospective students• Order all student textbooks & supplies. Coordinate with instructors, track student enrollment and class rosters, create and maintain documentation of all currently assigned ebooks, print books, and supplies. Organize and distribute supplies to classrooms. Use Google Drive and create shortened URLs and QR codes as needed to share ebooks from certain vendors with students.• Present during new student orientations• Cleaned up and created more streamlined, targeted documentation for Admissions testing process for prospective students. Streamlined process for scheduling staff administering tests.• Proctor Admissions test for prospective students• Participate in campus events as needed e.g. brainstorm ideas with Director of Education, research and bring in food, create print signs using Photoshop or Illustrator, tabling during events to assist and to network with campus community.• Current projects in progress: -Reorganize physical collection by broad topics/classes to better serve student and faculty needs -Catalog all items into new online catalog -Create library website using Google Sites. Research and compile list of freely available and open access resources for student and faculty use. -Address all library requirements of upcoming ACCSC accreditation renewal

San Diego, California, United States

• Provided orientation and instruction sessions to incoming graduate students at San Diego and Florida campuses. Revamped new student sessions to be more welcoming and less overwhelming; feedback from students and Graduate Office was positive.• Provided library orientation for Scripps Green Hospital. Created library orientation video, created library YouTube account and posted to YouTube with a shortened URL so residents and fellows could easily catch up on or review essential library information on their own time and from their phones.• Created and updated LibGuides on a variety of topics for different audiences.• Provided reference and instruction and served as lead resource for EndNote and databases like PubMed and Web of Science. Assisted library users at reference/circulation desk.• Initiated, designed, created, and implemented a reference statistics form using LibWizard. Successfully rolled out and used consistently by staff.• Initiated and oversaw creation of a new literature search request form (LibWizard) for hospital staff.• Served on library web team to provide feedback on all aspects of a major web redesign, including design and function, usability, and assessment/evaluation.• Administered nearly 15 online resources from software (e.g. EndNote) to databases (e.g. GrantForward, Web of Science). Served as key contact with library users and vendors. Managed renewals.• Volunteered for projects with TSRI’s Network for Women in Science (NWiS) and Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC). Served as TSRI NWiS PR Officer/Webmaster; created a pamphlet for tabling and other events. Served as a member of SCELC’s newly created Communications and Marketing Committee.

San Diego, Ca

• Reinvigorated Library’s social media presence in Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Managed regular updating of the library’s website, digital signage, and social media channels.• Streamlined Library’s communications. Created and organized workflows for submitting communications requests. Created library communications calendar to capture one-time and ongoing communication needs.• Met with all staff actively engaged with some aspect of library communications to compile a picture of the library’s current communication processes, channels, content, and needs, and to receive staff feedback on what each felt the library was doing well and what could be improved.• Increased users’ awareness of library resources and services. Collaborated with library staff to identify, create, and deliver relevant messages for a variety of audiences regarding the Library’s resources, services, and spaces to targeted UC Merced constituents through appropriate channels.• Oversaw the production of publications including the online newsletter for faculty and print materials.

San Diego, California, United States

• Delivered individualized reference and instruction to students, faculty, staff, and visitors at the reference desk. Assisted patrons in person and via phone and live chat. Assisted patrons asynchronously by responding to emails and texts. Input all transactions into reference analytics system. Was a warm and welcoming face at the reference desk; actively connected with patrons in a friendly and competent manner.• Created FAQs in LibAnswers, pro-actively and as-needed. Took initiative to review old questions and Query Spy in LibAnswers, Copley Library website, and FAQs on other libraries’ websites to get ideas for new FAQs.• Other projects as needed, e.g. created a library guide for an upcoming class a fellow librarian would be teaching. Suggested and completed a project to research and document options and ideas for updating library floor maps.

Merced, Ca & San Diego, Ca

Focus: instruction, reference, and communications/marketing/outreach• Crafted and disseminated library news and information through various mediums, including print signs, web graphics, campus-wide email announcements, social media, and library giveaways.•Team lead for library’s digital signage system: planned and oversaw communications and supervised one staff member and two student assistants. Created documentation and training.• Created and cultivated library Facebook page.• Served on library Web Team through two re-designs. Usability testing. Managed and edited pages on library website (Joomla CMS).• Taught one-shot, in-person library sessions in collaboration with instructors to meet learning goals. • Taught RefWorks workshops.• Created LibGuides, both course-specific or to be reused, e.g. general search tips.• Assisted library users in using the library, troubleshooting, and finding information via in-person, online chat, email, LibAnswers, phone, text messaging, and instant messaging.• Coordinated local chat service, e.g. scheduling, documentation, and training.• Co-chaired University of California systemwide UC Dig Ref Common Interest Group (CIG) and coordinated the systemwide chat service. Created and documented procedures for monitoring a new systemwide account. Created succession planning documentation for future leadership. Collaborated with two UC colleagues to organize a systemwide conference.• Created outreach events, e.g. Wii Game Nights and "A Library Mystery Game: Save Boomer!" for incoming students. Participated in campus-wide events and initiatives, e.g. New Student Orientation and International Education Week.• Participated in assessing the library’s impact on users and soliciting feedback from the community.• Served on library, campus, and systemwide teams and committees. Served on search committees for librarian and staff positions. Hired or participated in hiring multiple student assistants.

Associate'S Degree, Design And Visual Communications, General

Mls, Library Science

Ba, Family Studies, Asian Studies