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Project Manager Assistant

Location:
Silver Spring, MD
Posted:
February 14, 2018

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Nadya Tsybina

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Silver Spring, MD ****4

301-***-****

************@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

Ten years of progressive experience as a Project Manager and Project Manager Assistant with proven expertise in all processes of Bindery Preparation. Seeking a position in the library field, where I can continue to build my experience as a Binding Preparation Contract Manager Specialist in Technical Library Services with addition expertise in solving bibliographic problems and updating holdings and item records to required library standards.

Abilities

Experienced manager, project manager & supervisor

Excellent communication & organizational skills

Highly motivated self-starter willing to take on new challenges

Able to work independently & as a team member

Applications and Tools

PCM Binding Maintenance System

Knowledge of technical services

Voyager Cataloging, Acquisition & Circulation

LocatorPlus and PubMed

MS Office: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint

Languages: Russian, English; ability to read Bulgarian & Ukrainian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Manager Assistant March 2016 – Sept 2017

A-Team Solutions Silver Spring, MD

Binding Preparation Contract

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Managed multiple work assignments independently and routinely analyzed, planned and executed all work flows

Identified work objectives and determined project approaches, specified project steps, institute required schedules and resources. Met milestones and deadlines

Worked closely with the librarians in the Library's Technical Services Division (TSD) who specialize in cataloging serials and/or monograph.

Promoted by NLM Project Officer as only Assistant Contract Manager to work directly with other NLM librarians to resolve complex bibliographic problems prior to Bindery Preparation include:

oSearched LocatorPlus and the PubMed Central databases for titles to verify correction of bibliographic data

oResponsible for making bindable units for titles with irregular publication patterns and deciphering complete supplementary materials before binding

oContacted publishers regarding frequency of the publications via e-mail

oIdentified and researched complex bibliographic problems and maintained and updated status of missing issues and incomplete items

Assumed responsibilities in absence of Project Manager (PM)

Provided administrative supervision of team of three full-time and one part-time staff.

Managed serials and monographs for Binding Prep as well as bound receipts from commercial bindery

Prepared monthly statistical reports, wrote monthly narrative reports

Responsible for generating shipping manifests for Commercial Bindery and NLM Project Officer

Developed, updated, and documented Bindery Preparation procedures and policies

Created and updated item records in Voyager Cataloging Module, verified and corrected holdings records for inventoried incomplete/complete bindable units

Entered detailed data in Binding Maintenance System, kept accurate track of titles, call number and bindery information such as format type, binding color, leaf attachment and number of binding units

Updated specific bindery information for instructions for commercial bindery and responsible for keeping Index Medicus titles current in the system

Tracked and managed all workflows including quality assurance, performed pre-binding and post-binding Quality Control (QC)

Trained staff in all aspects of serials binding

On-site Manager Nov 2009 - February 2016

CBase Solution Bethesda, MD/

A-Team Solutions Silver Spring, MD

Binding Preparation Contract

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Provided administrative supervision of team of four full time and one part time staff preparing serials and monographs for binding and returning bound serials and monographs to the collection

Prepared monthly statistical reports, wrote monthly narrative reports, and submitted bi-monthly advice-to-bill reports

Was responsible for generating shipping manifests for commercial bindery and NLM Project Officer Developed, updated, and documented Bindery Preparation procedures and policies

Search LocatorPlus and the PubMed Central databases for titles to verify correction of bibliographic data

Was responsible for making bindable units for titles with irregular publication patterns and deciphering complete supplementary materials before binding

Contacted publishers regarding frequency of the publications via e-mail

Identified and researched complex bibliographic problems and maintained and updated status of missing issues and incomplete items

Communicated weekly with Project Officer about bibliographic and other problems and sent physical items with problems to Project Officer

Created and updated item records in Voyager Cataloging Module, verified and corrected holdings records for inventoried incomplete/complete bindable units

Entered detailed data in Binding Maintenance System, kept accurate track of titles, call number and bindery information such as format type, binding color, leaf attachment and number of binding units

Updated specific bindery information for instructions for commercial bindery and responsible for keeping Index Medicus titles current in the system

Tracked and managed all workflows including quality assurance, perform pre-binding and post-binding Quality Control (QC)

Trained staff in all aspects of serials binding

Project Manager June 2008 – Sept 2009

Library Associates Companies Rockville, MD

Binding Preparation Contract

National Library of Medicine (NLM), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Managed pre-binding activities by allocating tasks to staff to pull complete bindable units, report missing issues, sort by leaf attachment, and create/update item records in Voyager Cataloging Module and data entry in Binding Maintenance System

Was responsible for tracking outgoing and incoming shipments and organized Pre/Post-binding QC

Was responsible for making bindery decisions on problem bindable units

Initiated a project to sort damaged, problem folios not bound for several years, and prepared them for Commercial Bindery

Assessed and updated individual pulling logs for Binding Preparation staff to track and report their pulling activities to Project Manager

Prepared monthly statistics, narrative reports, and advice-to-bill

Trained new personnel in bindery tasks

Managed the review of the entire database in the Binding Maintenance System against the latest publication by adding new IM titles, verifying title changes, and updating status of titles no longer indexed

Checked the Holdings records of inventoried incomplete bindable units and reported errors/problems to Project Officer

Created and managed a spreadsheet of items to track titles that NLM no longer receives

Communicated weekly with Project Officer about bibliographic problems and other problems and sent problem items to Project Officer

Updated procedures for Binding Preparation Contract

Library Assistant/Project Manager Assistant Oct 2004 – May 2008

Library Associates Companies Rockville, MD

Binding Preparation Contract

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Trained to perform monthly statistical reporting and monthly reports for contract and served as a back-up Project Manager

Performed training of new personnel in bindery tasks

Performing Pre-binding and Post-binding QC

Worked on titles with bibliographic complexities, researched solutions, resolved problems and reported results to Project Officer

Was responsible for pulling and processing bindable units from the Reading Room and for inputting data in Voyager and Bindery Management System lot types referred from the Government for oversize and other special formats

Collapsed issues in bindable units in the Voyager Cataloging Module and determined new volumes according to title change information, frequency and other information supplied on the bibliographic record and/or in the holdings record

Input bindery data in the Bindery Management System and generated bindery slips and shipping paperwork

Was responsible for maintaining and updating the status of Missing/Incomplete items needed for binding

Participated in contract Staff Meetings and contributed suggestions during brainstorming sessions about workflow and work problems

Assisted in the coordination of the bindery shipment pick-ups and deliveries

Library Technician Mar 2004 - Sept 2004

Management Support Technology, Inc. Fairfax, VA

Photocopy Contract

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Assisted with processing an average of 1,600 daily requests for library materials by scanning journal articles for transmission via fax, e-mail, and inter library loan requests

Resolved incomplete or incorrect citations received from interlibrary loan requests

Located requested materials using LocatorPlus online catalog and Voyager Circulation module

Library Technician Dec 2001 – Mar 2004

Triumph Technology, Inc. Falls Church, VA

Shelving Contract

National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Trained to perform tasks using Library Classification System

Sorted and shelved library materials in a high-volume circulation environment

Performed basic preservation tasks on manuscripts acquired by the History of Medicine Division

Updated and maintained records using Voyager Cataloging module and set aside

Discharged all incoming library materials charged out to patrons using Circulation Module in Voyager

Assisted in training and guiding new employees as needed

EDUCATION

Strayer University, Rockville, MD 2004 –2008

M.S., Professional Accounting with concentration in controllership

GPA: 3.60

University of Technology and Industrial Design, St. Petersburg, Russia 1993-1998

M.S., Industrial Design and Technology of Leather Production

Continuing Education

Web Search: Thinking Beyond Google – NIH Library May 2011

PubMed: Understanding the Basics –NIH Library April 2011

Microsoft Office 2013 – NLM NIH 2012



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