Librarian
Resume:
Library Technician II – Cataloging and Processing
Qualifications Profile
Performance-focused and detail-oriented professional, offering hands-on experience in library management and services. Armed with exceptional communication, organizational, and presentation skills. Adept at administering and maintaining library materials, slides, and information, as well as completing multiple tasks and initiatives without compromising results. Knowledgeable of database and online searching. Technically proficient with Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, and SharePoint), Polaris, and BiblioCommons.
Core Competencies
Cataloging Collection Development Information Retrieval Inventory Control
General Administration Bibliographic Database Management
Relevant Experience
Confidential, Seattle, WA
Slide Librarian 2017–Present
Assume full responsibility to maintain slide library that facilitates easy retrieval
Take charge of filing pathology slides and histology tissue blocks according to laboratory standards
Manage and process both pathology slide and histology tissue block requests for pathologists and laboratory workers
Participate in and support special studies and projects as needed
Career Highlights:
Served as driving force in the packing up and transfer of more than 100,000 pathology slides over four months from various locations during the merging of Cellnetix and Puget Sound Institute of Pathology
Drove efforts in developing new processes that enhanced efficiency in filing pathology slides and histology blocks by 50% through close collaboration with other slide librarians and support services supervisor
Achieved higher accuracy in ordering material from the correct location by updating and optimizing spreadsheets, which indicates where pathology slides and histology tissue blocks are located
Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA
Library Page 2016–2017
Employed keen attention to detail in checking in and out of library materials
Held accountability in overseeing, shifting, and transporting various materials to assigned areas
Kept records of materials according to numerical and alphabetical order
Fulfilled wide array of tasks which involved sorting and shelving library materials; as well as providing answers to basic patron reference questions
Expertly utilized Polaris and BiblioCammons for checking in/out material, weeding collections, updating patron information, registering new patrons, and locating material
Expertly utilized BiblioCammons for locating material and reader’s advisory
Career Highlights:
Significantly decreased amount of material needed to be sorted and shelved each working shift by 100%
Succeeded in implementing a successful story time for toddlers
Efficiently located 50% of missing materials by close shelf reading
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Intern – Architecture and Fine Arts Library 2016
Rendered assistance in processing, rehousing, and rearranging the Gin Wong collection
Proficiently used the ArchiveSpace for the Gin Wong collection organization
Other Experience
CVS/Pharmacy, Torrance, CA
Shift Supervisor 2006–2016
Los Angeles Fire Department, Wilmington, CA
Intern 2014
Educations and Credentials
Master of Management in Library and Information Science: 2016
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing: 2011
California State University–Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Associate of Arts in English: 2009
El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
Associate of Science in General Studies: 2009
El Camino Community College, Torrance, CA
Certifications
Professional Librarian’s Life Certificate: 2017
Washington State Library, Olympia, WA
Technical and Professional Writing Certificate: 2014
California State University–Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
Professional Development
ALA Publishing
Introduction to Metadata Linked Data Course
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