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53 <br />Varian, Inc — contract position through AIM —10 months <br />Palo Alto, California <br />Reference Librarian <br />Cataloged new material, and continued retrospective conversion of older material, downloaded catalog <br />records to OCLC. Checked -in journals. Conducted on demand research and patent searches for scientists <br />using Dialog. Filled article and book requests using interlibrary loan or document delivery vendors. <br />Failure Analysis Associates — 5 years (Currently known as Exponent) <br />Menlo Park, California <br />Research Associate (Reference Librarian) <br />Conducted on demand research for scientists using Dialog, and Nexis. Researched articles and industry <br />standards. Filled from in -house collections or placed requests for document delivery using Stanford <br />University Socrates, UC Melvyl, OCLC, and RLIN. Filled requests with appropriate Document Delivery <br />vendor, based on library holdings: Researched photographs, commercials, and videos for PR materials. <br />and annual reports. Researched vehicles and mechanical. parts for accident reconstruction. Part of <br />research team for U.S. v. Lee Harvey Oswald mock trial for the 1992 ABA meeting, including obtaining <br />copyright permission to use the Zapruder film. Part of research team for various episodes of NBC Series <br />"What Happened ?" <br />Pittsburg State University — 3.5 years <br />Pittsburg, Kansas <br />Reference Librarian —1 year; Managing Reference Librarian —1.5 years <br />Managed Reference Desk; assisted patrons with reference queries conducted Library Tours for lasses <br />and individuals. Scheduled Librarian staff for evening and weekend shifts. Scheduled, trained, and <br />supervised 2 -3 student assistants. Moved annual mailings from paper file to computer mailing list. <br />Trained professional and paraprofessional staff to use Word Perfect. Conduct training session on CD- <br />ROM products: Medline, CINAHL, ERIC, Disclosure, INSPEC, and other databases. Member of CD -ROM <br />Committee selected database to test and purchase for library. Member of the Faculty- Author <br />Committee helped organized Faculty- Author reception twice a year. Faculty- Library Liaison for <br />Engineering, History, and Fine Arts Departments. <br />Circulation Librarian —1 year <br />Managed circulation desk; scheduled, trained and supervised 25 -30 student assistants and 2 employees. <br />Maintained collection for general college collection of 75,000 books for a student population of 6,000 <br />undergraduate and graduate including Business School and Engineering School. Conducted and <br />managed major shift of about 80% of the book collection. Increased professor book renewal rate to <br />100% in one year. <br />Community College of Allegheny County — Allegheny Campus — 6 years <br />Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania <br />Circulation Assistant — Assistant Cataloger <br />Assisted in copy cataloging and retrospective conversion of older material, assisted in filing card catalog; <br />weeded books and cards from the catalog. Assisted at circulation desk, managed circulation desk in <br />absence of Circulation Manager. Maintained the college catalog collection and annual mailing for.new <br />catalogs for collection. Update Pathfinders for History, Social Sciences, Sociology, and Anthropology. <br />Education: <br />University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA M.L.S. <br />Chatham College (now Chatham University), Pittsburgh, PA B A. History /Anthropology /Sociology <br />Community College of Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, PA A.A. Social Sciences <br />