Librarian/Information Scientist

Seida Shifa Yishak

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E DUCAT IO N

University of I llinois at Urbana-Champaign, I L, USA

2011 - 2013

M aster of Science in L ibrary and Information Science

Specialized on Information Fields

G.P.A. 3.81

P arkland College, Champaign, I L

2009 –2011

A.A. in General Studies

G.P.A. 3.9

K harkov State Academic of Cultu re, U k raine

1978- 1982

M aster of Arts in Pedagogies with Honors

G.P.A. 4

P ROFESSIONAL EXPER I ENCE

Pa r t T ime Volunteer Sept,

2013- Present

Champaign Public L ibrary, Champaign, I L, USA

• Worked as an Information and Computer L i teracy Cyber Navigator

• Worked as a computer li teracy instructor

• Worked as a Reference L ibrarian

M ix I T Up Fellowship Scholar

2011-2013

U niversity of I l linois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• Assisted the middle-school librarians at three schools and many branch libraries

• Guided students with computer li teracy and applications

• Helped the librarian by facilitating students’ use of the library catalogs, databases,

and indexes to locate books and other materials

Volunteer M arch-Dec.

2007

University of California Library, Berkeley, CA, USA

• Helped the librarian by facilitating students’ use of the library catalogs, databases,

and indexes to locate books and other materials

• Answered basic reference questions

• Consulted with colleagues to improve and generate monthly displays on various

academic topics

• Co-developed new online catalogue (MARC) to develop well-organized student and

faculty research

Technical Consultant of the I nformation Center

2004- 2006

ARTE – Ethiopian College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Planned, developed and systemized the new library

• Produced many displays that highlighted the diversity of the I nformation Center’s

collection

• Co-taught a course on study methods for freshmen

• Catalogued thousands of new acquisitions using different cataloguing tools such

as: Resource Description and Access (RDA), the Anglo-American Cataloguing

Rules (AACR2r), L ibrary of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH),Library of

Congress classification (LCC), MARC21 formats for bibliographic authority data,

and Dewy Decimal Classification System (DDS)

Head of the I nformation and Documentation Center

2000- 2004

Office for the Revision of Addis Ababa Master Plan, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Abstracted and indexed the research works

• Supervised daily client services and assisted clients with research questions

• Catalogued thousands of new acquisitions, preserving the correct data on

electronic materials

C hief L ibra rian

American School of Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1999- 2000

• Organized the elementary and high school libraries

Lib ra ry Organizer

1997- 1998

Ethiopian Community In ternational School, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

• Organized the library by internationally recognized system

• Taught Mathematics and Social Science to fourth and six graders

T echnical Consultant and Head of the Libra ry

1996-1997

St. Joseph School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Entered and managed information in the library database

• Was elected and worked as a chairperson of the Teacher’s Union

C hief L ibra rian and Reade r’s Advisor

1995-1996

Ethiopian Civil Service College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Coordinated the selection of books and journals

• Established inter-library loans

• Recruited and t rained library staff

• Developed skills in reference, periodical, and special collections through controlled

cycles

Head of the I nformation and Documentation Center

1989-1994

National Urban Planning Institu te, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Designed and developed a coding system for classifying plans

• Organized and recorded data as a research assistant

Appointed Libra ry Coordinator

1987-1989

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Worked as a library coordinator and as a chairperson for the Kennedy L ibrary, the

main library of the university

H ead of the libra ry

1986- 1987

Arba Minch Water Technology Institute, Arba Minch, Ethiopia

• Worked as library organizer and chief librarian

Readers Advisor and L ib ra ry Supervisor

1983- 1985

Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Assisted the academic staff and the students by selecting the appropriate

materials for their papers

• Advised the blind students in their educational and social life

• Worked as a library coordinator

• Administered daily readers services and answered research questions

• Worked as a L ibrary Supervisor for the Kennedy Memorial L ibrary of the Addis

A baba University

N ational L ib ra ry of Rome, Rome, I taly

J uly-Dec.1982

• Assisted the librarians by t ranslating Russian articles in to English

F E L LOWSH I PS AND SCHO LARSH I PS

Kharkov State Academic Scholarship, Ukraine

1978-1982

C O MP U TER SK I L LS

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint

• Network Systems, Scalar

O T H ER SK I L LS

• Communications, Information Retrieval, Management

L ANGUAGES

• English - speak, read and wri te

• Russian - speak, read and wri te

ACADE M I C AWARDS

• Available upon request

P UBL ICAT IO NS

• Available upon request

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