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Manager Assistant

Location:
Chico, CA
Posted:
September 01, 2014

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Courtney Welborn

Phone 530-***-**** Email **********@*******.***

**** ******** ****, *******, ** 96002

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

. Eleven years working as a Library Specialist in an academic library

. Ability to multitask and work efficiently under pressure and in a fast-

paced environment

. Competent working independently and with others

. Demonstrated ability to interact with patrons of all ages, status, and

backgrounds

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FALCONER BIOLOGY LIBRARY, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA

Library Specialist - Circulation and Acquisitions May 6, 2002 -

November 7, 2013

. Checked catalog records and proofread bibliographic information of newly

acquired books

. Maintained and updated Biology Library web pages using Drupal

. Worked with faculty to process quarterly course reserves for the Biology

Department

. Processed and submitted interlibrary loan requests

. Conducted missing book searches and filled out replacement requests for

missing books

. Provided front desk information and reference assistance to faculty,

staff and students

. Instructed patrons on how to use library resources such as the on-line

catalog and life science databases

. Responded to library e-mail, handling renewal requests and questions

about circulation policies

. Wrote, maintained and updated the Circulation, New Acquisitions, and

Student Assistant Procedures manuals

. Performed pre-order searching of titles for potential acquisition

. Assisted the Head Librarian with keeping reference collection current

. Processed large book donations from faculty

. Assisted the Operations Manager and the Head Librarian with special

projects

. Kept daily records of materials received for annual statistics reports

. Trained student assistants and helped supervise student projects

. Assembled book displays in the front entrance display case

. Maintained weekly new book shelf

MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS LIBRARY, Stanford, CA

Library Specialist III January 6, 2003 -

August 29, 2003

. Assisted Head Librarian with compiling annual library statistics report

. Assisted Head Librarian with various projects, such as measuring space

occupied by low-use serials, shipping books to SAL (Stanford Auxiliary

Library), and evaluating duplicate monographs or gifts received from

other libraries.

. Updated procedures manuals

. Created student assistant schedules for each new academic quarter

. Totaled hours on student assistant timecards and submitted them to

Payroll

. Ordered staff supplies

. Posted job listings for Student Assistants

. Interviewed and hired Summer temps

. Supervised stack shift

FATBRAIN, Santa Clara, CA

Subject Classification Administrator November 2, 1999

- October 26, 2001

. Assigned subject codes to new and unclassified books for on-line book

vendor

. Maintained subject categories by declassifying misplaced and out of print

books

. Assisted with the development of the Biomedical and Life Sciences

category

DADE BEHRING, INC., Cupertino, CA

Administrative Assistant August 1998 - October

1999

. Generated, proofread, formatted, and revised protocol documents for the

Validation Department

. Processed documents for electronic storage

. Tracked status of documents and projects for the Validation Manager

. Wrote and distributed meeting minutes for the Validation Steering

Committee

GLOBAL SEMICONDUCTOR SAFETY SERVICES, Sunnyvale, CA

Publications Coordinator January 1998 - July 1998

. Proofread, edited, and formatted semiconductor safety reports for

clientele in the semiconductor manufacturing industry

. Prepared slide presentations

. Served as receptionist, answering and directing phone calls and greeting

clientele

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

REDDING LIBRARY, Redding, CA May 2013 - Present

. Responding to patron requests for copies of obituaries and newspaper

articles on microfilm

. Searching for and scanning articles on microfilm

. Assisting with proofreading and updating reading guides for patrons

. Shelf reading the local historical collection to ensure that books are in

order by Dewey number

. Searching records on Polaris for journals with unclaimed issues

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating systems: Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8

Software & Databases: Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,

Publisher, Picture Manager, Outlook), Drupal, Dreamweaver, SirsiDynix

Symphony WorkFlows, ILLIAD (for interlibrary loans), Thunderbird E-mail

EDUCATION

Master of Library Science (MLS), San Jose State University, 1994

Bachelor of Arts, English, University of California, Davis, 1991

REFERENCES

Michael Newman

Head Librarian, Biliographer

Falconer Biology Library

650-***-****

Zeynep Buyukonal

Assistant to the Librarian

Falconer Biology Library

Mathematics & Statistics Library

650-***-****

Nancy Mayo

Operations Manager (retired)

Biology Library and

Mathematics and Statistics Library

650-***-****



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