Data Entry Clerk
Resume:
S E I D A Y I S H A K
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S U M M A R Y O F Q U A L I F I C A T I O N S
Seasoned and well-educated Information Science leader and English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor with valuable, hands-on experience in academic libraries and information centers.
Excellent project management and information center management skills, building relationships with patrons and colleagues.
Experience communicating effectively with key personnel across multiple departments, as well as leading teams.
Proven track record of improving services and creating programs for library patrons that enhance learning.
Ph.D. in Leadership for Innovation and Cont. Improvement with Honors, Concordia University-Wisconsin
MS, Information Science with Honors, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
MA, Pedagogies; graduated with honors, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture in Ukraine.
Proficient with Microsoft Office; Microsoft Access; Microsoft PowerPoint; Microsoft Excel; Scalar Presentation software; Network operating systems; and Spreadsheets.
Authorized to work in the U.S.A.
Fluent in Amharic, English, Russian, and Siltighna. P R O F E S S I O N A L E X P E R I E N C E
Project Management:
Experience creating best practices, including organizing a library by internationally recognized systems.
Co-developed a new online catalog to improve student and faculty research.
Designed and developed a coding system for better classifying library materials.
Organized elementary and high school libraries, as well as more than 50 academic libraries and information centers, including 10 reading rooms for poor farmers in remote areas.
Generated many displays that highlighted the diversity of an Information Center collection.
Library Management:
Served as Head Librarian, including interviewing, hiring, training, and supervising a staff of library personnel.
Collaborated with colleagues to improve and generate monthly displays on various academic topics.
Spearheaded the selection of books and journals to improve the library’s collection and diversity.
Established an inter-library loan program that enhanced the experience of library patrons.
Served as a Medical Librarian/Supervising Librarian, including interviewing, hiring, training, and supervising a staff of library personnel.
Served as a Research Librarian, including supervising a staff of library personnel.
Worked as a Reference Librarian and Readers’ Advisor in Academic Libraries
Worked as a Teaching / Learning Librarian and a Cataloger in Academic Libraries Patron Communications:
Served as an Instructional Services Librarian, facilitating student use of library catalogs, databases, and indexes to locate books and other materials.
Taught key courses to educate patrons, including computer literacy and applications, study methods, English as a Second Language (ESL), and library and information science courses.
Led several initiatives at schools, universities, and public libraries to feature child storytelling, plus different kinds of adult programming to increase understanding and interest in local and world issues.
Library Administration Teaching Experiences:
Catalogued thousands of new acquisitions using cataloging tools such as Resource Description and Access (RDA); the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules (AACR2r); Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH); Library of Congress Classification
(LCC); MARC21 formats for bibliographic authority data; and Dewy Decimal Classification System (DDS).
Abstracted and indexed research works and entered and managed information in a library database.
Taught key courses like study methods and English as a Second Language (ESL) W O R K H I S T O R Y
Director and Researcher of the Not-for-Profit Organization to Support Literacy among Rural Ethiopian Women: Silite, Ethiopia.
2018-2024.
English as a Second Language Instructor: Part-time instructor at different institutions. 2016-2017.
Organizer of the Not-for-Profit Organization to Support Literacy among Rural Ethiopian Women: Silite, Ethiopia.
2015-2016
Organizer and Head of The Ethiopian Rural Women’s Library in Silite Region, Silite, Ethiopia
2014- 2016.
Volunteer (Reference Librarian/Computer Instructor), Champaign Public Library – Champaign, IL, USA
2013-2014
Mix IT Up Fellowship Scholar, the University of Illinois @ Urbana – Champaign, IL, USA
2011-2013
Reference / Adult and Youth Service Librarian, ARTE – Ethiopian College – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2004-2006
Rare books Librarian/Head of the Library, Office for Revision of Master Plan – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2001-2004
Medical Librarian/ Acquisition Librarian and Supervising Librarian, American School of Addis Ababa – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1999-2001
Library Organizer/ Research and Reference Librarian, Ethiopian Community International School – Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
1997-1998
Head of the Library/Technical Consultant, St. Joseph School – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 1996-1997
Chief Librarian and Reference Librarian, Ethiopian Civil Service College – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1995-1996
Information and Documentation Center Head, National Urban Planning Institute – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1989-1994
Appointed Library Coordinator and Supervisor, Kennedy Library, Addis Ababa University – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1987-1989
Library Head and Archivist, Arba Minch Water Technology Institute – Arba Minch, Ethiopia
1986-1987
Reference Librarian and Library Supervisor, Kennedy Library, Addis Ababa University
– Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1983-1985.
Assistant Reference Librarian: National Library of Rome-Rome, Italy 1982-1983
E D U C A T I O N
Ph.D. in Leadership for Innovation and Cont. Improvement with honors Concordia University-Wisconsin
2020-2023
Ph.D. Student Transformational Leadership
Concordia University, Portland, OR
2017-2020
MS, Library, and Information Science; graduated with honors University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA 2011-2014
General Studies / Intensive English language English as a Second Language (ESL): Parkland College-Champaign, IL, USA.
2009-2011
MA, Pedagogies; graduated with honors.
Kharkiv State Academy of Culture – Kharkiv, Ukraine 1978-1982.
Certificate, Methods of Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language Kharkiv State Academy of Culture – Kharkiv, Ukraine 1982
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