MONIKA SHARMA
# ****/*, ****** **. ** Janta Nagar, Ludhiana (Pb) India – 141003
OBJECTIVE
A highly talented Library professional with huge experience in providing basic information services: ready reference, reader's advisory and community information and referral to the public; staffing the Information Services public service desk; compiling bibliographic aids, and maintaining files; overseeing specific services.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
More than eleven years experience.
Great ability to access, input and retrieve data from the computer.
Uncommon ability to communicate accurately and pleasantly with patrons.
Sound ability to follow directions and complete tasks in a timely manner.
Remarkable ability to handle several tasks simultaneously.
Excellent ability to kneel, lift, push, pull, stoop and crouch.
EMPLOYMENT BACKGROUND
Librarian 2014 – to till date
Sacred Heart Convent School Sarabha Nagar Ludhiana (Punjab) India – 141 003
Resolve sensitive problems with customers such as fines for damaged or overdue materials, inappropriate conduct within the library, issuance of cards, and questions about freedom of information.
Supervise and facilitate the ordering, receiving, processing, and distribution of library materials; prepare information for materials selection; maintain resource files; provide cataloging information; conduct the exchange of materials between library systems.
Supervise, train, assign, monitor, and evaluate the work.
Make recommendations for the selection of materials and participate in the development of the library collection.
Provide customers with basic references and reader's advisory service through a variety of search tools.
Assistant Librarian 2009 – 2014
BCM Arya Model Sr. Sec. School, Ludhiana (Punjab) India – 141 003
Assisted patrons in locating materials.
Assisted with weeding process when assigned.
Maintaine assigned files and collections.
Performed procedures assigned to the public service desk.
Shelf read assigned areas of the collection.
Performed other duties as assigned.
Librarian 1998 – 2000
Maharish Dayanand Adarash Vidyala, Chandigarh India – 160 022
To ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information
To empower students to be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers, and ethical users of information
To instill a love of learning in all students and ensure equitable access to information
SEMINARS, PAPER PRESENTED & INTERNSHIP
Presented a research paper in National Seminar organised by Bhai Gurdas Central Library, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar in collaboration with Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).
Presented a research paper in International Conference 2nd Tecnia SRFLIS India Summit 2015 in collaboration UN Information Centre for India and Bhutan.
Attended one year summer internship in P.G.I.M.E.R, Chandigarh in library department.
EDUCATION
Master of Library and information sciences 2015
Bachelor of Library and information sciences 2010
Bachelor of Arts 1999
Diploma in Library Science 1996
References available upon request