Archivist/Librarian/Researcher

EDUCATION

B.A. English, B.A. German University of Utah 1990

MLS Emporia State University December 2009

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Presented a paper on the online presence of county archives in Utah to USHRAB April 6, 2010 at the invitation of Samuel Passey, Uintah County Library Director.

EXPERIENCE

Legal Assistant Edwin S. Wall LLC (November-December 2008)

Records management

Case research using WestLaw and Lexis-Nexis

Some general clerical tasks

Product Placement Assistant “Red Canyon” (July-August 2007)

Assist the Wardrobe Coordinator with various tasks, including shopping, contacting companies via e-mail with requests for items for the film, following up on contacts

Lead Writer “The Usual Stuff” (April 20-22, 2007)

Writing and editing a “48 Hour Film Project” short movie in about 12 hours

Supervising two other members of the writing team

The Salt Lake Tribune Archives (March 1993 - October 2006)

Archiving articles and photos published in The Salt Lake Tribune using Newsview and Photoview software

In house research using Factiva, Nexis, Internet, microfilm, clipping files, books and other sources

Training new employees on archiving software and job duties

Training reporters and other staff on use of archives, microfilm reader etc.

Managing republication of copyrighted photos

Creating timelines

Fulfilling photo orders from the public

Handling research requests from the public by phone, e-mail, regular mail and in person

Utah State Tax Commission Human Resources (July 1992 - November 1992)

Temporary position scanning paper file human resource documents

COMPUTER SKILLS

Mac OSX and older versions assorted software including AppleWorks

Windows ME, XP and NT as well as older versions back to Windows 3.2 assorted software including WordPerfect and Excel

NONPROFIT EXPERIENCE

Chapter head (Worthy Matron) Radiant Chapter Order of the Eastern Star of Utah 2001-02 and 2005-06, 2011-12, duties include running meetings, organizing two fund raising events annually.

Distinguished Guests committee Grand Chapter (State organization) Order of the Eastern Star of Utah 2000 to present. Duties include making name tags for out of state visitors, checking credentials of visitors, helping organize visitors for introduction at formal meetings.

Volunteer Friends of the City Library book sales

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Member SLA (Special Libraries Association), News Division, Rocky Mountain Chapter, Baseball Caucus

Member ALA (American Library Association)

Member ULA (Utah Library Association)

INTERESTS

Film, Literature, Baseball, University of Utah athletics, Travel, Photography, Hiking, Camping

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