Customer Service Assistant
Resume:
Harvey Sukenic
Capstone Portfolio Library
for the degree of Masters of
Library Science
Southern Connecticut State
University
Background to Special
Project Digital
History of Hebrew College
in MS Word format)
Harvey
Sukenic
15 Francis
St.
Apt. 32
Brookline,
MA
02446
Phone:
********@*************.***
Current
Position:
Acquisitions Coordinator and Instructional
Services Librarian.
Hebrew
College
Library. August.2002 to the
present.
Overseeing
collection development, including framing guidelines, scheduling and procedures,
working with the library director and faculty on selection of new materials.
Offering
instruction in use of Judaica reference resources and research to patrons and
staff.
Offering
reference and research assistance.
Managing
acquisitions processes including book ordering & invoice processing.
Developing
online modules for instruction in Judaica reference resources.
qualifications:
18+ years experience working in libraries
16+ years of experience in increasingly responsible positions in
the Hebrew College Library
Familiarity with theories and
practices in academic library reference service, cataloging, acquisitions, and
collection development
Working knowledge of Aleph library
automation system; RLIN; and electronic information resources, such as reference
CD-ROM s and web based reference databases
Knowledge of relevant languages: Fluency in Hebrew.
Reading knowledge of Italian, French, German, Yiddish.
Some Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, Aramaic
Solid analytical, organizational,
communication, and multi-tasking skills
Strong customer service orientation/skills
Teaching experience
Experience with MS
Windows computer network; MS Office, internet/web
Education:
Southern
Connecticut
State
University
.
Department of Information and Library Science. M.L.S. expected January
2006.
Brandeis
University
. Department
of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies.
ABD.
Enrolled 1977-1996.
Defense of Ph.d.
thesis,
April 8, 1995
. Hevrot
in the Ghetto of
Venice
in the Early Modern Period.
Passed conditionally, with the need to complete revisions.
M.A. in Jewish
History from
Brandeis
University
--May 1983
A.B. in Judaic
Studies with High Honors and High Distinction,
University
of
Michigan, April 1977
One Year Program at
Hebrew
University,
Jerusalem
--1975-1976
Employment
history:
Acting Co-director,
Hebrew
College
Library, January 2002 to July 2002
Systems Librarian,
Hebrew
College
Library, March 1999 to March 2003
Set-up the first library LAN, implemented acquisition and installation of
Ex Libris Aleph OPAC,
initiated cataloging in RLIN and Aleph
Library Assistant,
Hebrew College Library, December 1990 to February 1999 (full time)
Library Assistant,
Hebrew College Library, August 1989 to December 1990 (28 hours/week)
Free lance
translating (Hebrew to English) 1991 to 1995
Hebraica
Retrospective Computer Conversion Project Aide, Brandeis University Judaica
Library, (cataloging Hebrew and Yiddish books on RLIN library system) August
1987 to June 1989
Setting up an archive
of synagogue papers (under the supervision of Dr. Nathan Kaganoff, librarian of
the American Jewish Historical Society) at
Temple
Israel
of
Natick, Ma. Fall
1988
Research Assistant
for Prof. Jehuda Reinharz,
Brandeis
University
: September
1982-December 1984; June 1985 to July 1989 (topics: Zionism, History of Israel)
Teaching Assistant
for Prof. Jehuda Reinharz,
Brandeis
University
: Winter
Term 1989, Fall term 1988,
Winter term 1987 (courses in
modern Jewish history; history of the State of Israel)
Teaching Assistant
for Prof. Benjamin C.I. Ravid,
Brandeis
University
: 1978-1982
(courses in medieval and modern
Jewish history)
Senior Transcript
Clerk, Office of the Registrar,
Brandeis
University
: 1978-84
Continuing
Education:
Manfred R. Lehmann
Memorial Master Workshop in the History of the Jewish Book, Hebrew Printing 1470
to 1750, Center for Advanced Jewish Studies,
University
of
Pennsylvania
. May
2004.
Continuing Education
Courses at
Simmons
College,
Graduate
School
of Library & Information Science
Managing the Apache
Web Server July 2001
Unix Basics
July 2001
Introduction to
Structured Query Language (SQL) August
2001
COMMITTEE
Work:
2001 Representative to library
strategic planning committee.
2001 Library representative to CIT strategic
planning committee.
June 2001- March 2002 Library representative to
search committee for library director
2004 Representative to library committee
Conference
papers:
Hevrot in the Ghetto
of Venice in the Early Modern Period, presented at the Association for Jewish
Studies Conference,
Boston,
MA, Dec. 1987
Conference
Attendance:
First North American
Aleph User Group meeting at Notre Dame, May 2000.
Second North American
Aleph User Group meeting at McGill, June 2001.
Third North American
Aleph User Group meeting at Boston College, June 2002.
Association of Jewish
Libraries Convention.
Denver,
CO, June 2002.
Member of programming
committee (Research & Special Libraries Group) and chair of committee for
home hospitality for Association of Jewish Libraries Convention,
Cambridge,
MA, June 2006
Book
Reviews:
Review of Toaff,
Ariel. Geto Roma ba-me`ah ha-16. In
The Jewish Quarterly Review LXXIX, Nos. 2-3 (October 1988-January 1989):
281-282.
Review of
Carpi, Daniel.
Between Renaissance and Ghetto. In
The Jewish Quarterly Review LXXXIII, Nos. 3-4 (January-April 1993): 464-466.
Review of
Tirosh-Rothchild, Hava. Between
Worlds: The Life and Thought of Rabbi David Ben Judah Messer
Leon
. In
The Jewish Quarterly Review, LXXXV, Nos. 3-4 (January-April 1995): 638-639.
Membership
in academic societies:
American Library
Association, Association of Jewish Librarians, Association for Jewish Studies,
American Historical Association, Society for Confraternity Studies
COMMUNITY
SERVICE:
Member of the Board of Directors of Cong. Kadimah
Toras Moshe, 1984-1986, 1988-1995; Recording secretary June 1997-1999
Portfolio
Home
Background
to Special Project
Digital History
of Hebrew College
In
partial fulfillment of graduation requirements under
the supervision of Dr. James M. Kusack,
Department
of Information and Library Science School
of Communication, Information, and Library Science
Southern
Connecticut State University
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