Librarian/Metadata Specialist
Resume:
Sarah Sooknanan
I strive to obtain a position where my experience can be applied in a professional environment so that I can continually aid in the management of digital and print content to enable discovery and access for users.
sarah.sooknanan
@ryerson.ca
EXPERIENCE
Markham Public Library, Markham — Library Services Associate August 2022 - Present`
● Delivers front line information services both in person and virtually, including assisting customers with databases and catalog searching.
● Provides information literacy instruction to customers.
● Demonstrates readers’ advisory skills. Maintains an awareness of current trends in literature, genres and formats.
● Delivers MPL’s programs in person and online.
UTSC Digital Scholarship Unit, Scarborough (Remote) — Emerging Professional Internship
November 2021 - March 2022
● Checked digital objects metadata for quality control to be ingested into Islandora.
● Maintained information on digital platforms.
● Made corrections and revisions to digital media material metadata to the style guide of the DSU.
● Created workflow documentation and OER’s using digital tools that are a part of the DSU’s digital pedagogy.
● Contributed and created linked data for the Wiki edit-a-thon. Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Toronto (Remote) — Practicum Placement
May 2021 - September 2021
● Created metadata from Hansard scrapbook clippings from the 1800’s.
● Researched information pertaining to clippings that documented the readings and passing of bills.
● Ingested metadata in the VITA platform.
Scholars Portal - Metadata Team, Toronto (Remote) — Student Library Assistant
January 2021 - October 2021
● Updated new incoming journal titles in Spotdocs.
● Implemented unfinished metadata for new journal entries.
● Compiled missing issue reports to vendors for the journals team.
● Sorted through URI retractions to remove duplicate or retracted data from SKILLS
Microsoft
Word/Excel/Power
Point/Teams
RAD/MARC/RDA
/LCSH
SharePoint
Time Management
Customer Service
Cataloging
Organization Skills
Communication
Project
Management
the database.
● Sorted through a Canadian map collection to input unfinished metadata. University of Toronto Mississauga Library, Mississauga — Graduate Reference Student Assistant
September 2019 - April 2020
● Answered reference and research questions from the UTM community.
● Used the ExLibris’s Alma/Primo platform.
● Performed searches in multiple databases on di erent subjects based on students' individual assignments.
● Provided instructions in using electronic and print resources and tools.
● Assisted in creating informational displays for the library. National Ballet of Canada Archive and Library, Toronto — Volunteer September 2018 - March 2020
● Organized and stored documents and photographs according to the NBoC archival standards.
● Added and edited accession records to the NBoC Soutron multimedia database.
● Appraised and preserved records for Karen Kain’s ICON exhibition. Blink Optometry, Scarborough — Receptionist/Optometric Assistant September 2015 - Present
● Provide customized services to clients in a fast-paced o ce environment.
● Facilitate pre-testing methods and note taking for patients.
● Keep clear communication between doctors and clients through phone calls, meetings, and the booking of appointments.
● Set up and maintain schedules using RevolutionEHR.
● Provide information and answer patient inquiries in a clear and patient manner.
● Researched and implemented SEO for marketing.
● Organize files (hard copy, faxes, and emails), balance settlements and invoices.
● Performed training for contact lens insertion and new employees. EDUCATION
University of Toronto, St. George Location — Master of Information September 2019 - August 2021
Archives and Records Management and Library Science. Ryerson University, Toronto — Bachelors of Fine Arts September 2013 - April 2017
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