University of Wisconsin--Madison School of Library and Information Studies, May 1995
Degree: Master of Arts in Library and Information Studies (ALA-MLS)
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, June 1993
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in French with interdisciplinary area in linguistics
Received: Estelle Ray Reid Scholarship in Library Science
| 2007-present | Mendota Mental Health Institute Librarian Responsibilities: All aspects of running Patients' Library including circulation, interlibrary loan, managing periodicals, budgeting and purchasing, reference, bibliographic/internet instruction, supervising patient worker, cataloging, etc. |
| 2004-2006 | Wisconsin Reference & Loan Library Library Services Assistant Senior Responsibilities: interlibrary loan, original cataloging/metadata work for Wisconsin Digital Archive Project |
| 2000-2003 | Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center Consumer Health Librarian Responsibilities: consumer health information reference, webpage management, collection management including acquisitions and cataloging, medical reference, volunteer supervision, community outreach |
| 1999-2000 | Dental Hygiene Association of Wisconsin Webmistress |
| 1997-2000 | Northern Wisconsin Area Health Education Center, Wausau, WI based at Marshfield Clinic Medical Library, Marshfield, WI Project Librarian Responsibilities: consumer/patient health, supervision of assistant, rural outreach, medical reference, Internet/bibliographic instruction, cataloging, website design and maintenance |
| 1996-1997 | North Dakota State Library, Bismarck, ND Reference/Cataloging Librarian Responsibilities: reference, cataloging, government documents, website design |
| 1996 | Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library, Madison, WI Library Assistant I Responsibilities: interlibrary loan, collection management |
| 1995-1996 | Monona Public Library, Monona, WI Page |
| 1995-1996 | Wisconsin Peer Review Organization Library, Madison, WI Librarian Responsibilities: original cataloging, bibliographic instruction, database and Internet searching, medical reference |
| 1994-1995 | University of Wisconsin--Madison, Mills Music Library, special project: Student cataloger, Pakistani Music Cassettes Collection Responsibilities: collection management, copy cataloging |
| 1993-1995 | University of Wisconsin--Madison, Memorial Library Special Collections Student worker/indexer Responsibilities: indexing, periodicals, alternative/small press materials |
| 1993 (summer) | State of Wisconsin Law Library, Madison, WI Student worker Responsibilities: circulation and ready reference, government documents |
| 1992-1993 | Outagamie County Historical Society, Appleton, WI Archival assistant Responsibilities: cataloging, indexing, archival activities |
| 1990-1993 | Lawrence University Writing Lab, Appleton, WI Tutor Responsibilities: written/oral communication, teaching writing skills |
| 1992 (summer) | University of Wisconsin Extension Library Student worker Responsibilities: collection evaluation, special collections |
Professional service includes:
Computers: Word processing and other software, many automated catalog types, OCLC searching/cataloging, Internet resources and searching, MEDLINE and other online searching, HTML/webpage design
Foreign languages: Fluent in French, reading knowledge of Italian
1989-1991: Edison Elementary School Library, Appleton, WI, library aide
1995-1996: UW-Madison Mills Music Library, Madison, WI, Wisconsin music history indexing project
1995-1996: Wisconsin Reference and Loan Library, Madison, WI, fiction last copy project
1995-1997: Internet Public Library online reference project
1999-present: Various offices including newsletter editor, webmaster, public relations specialist, and event planner/manager in several local chapters of the Society for Creative Anachronism, a medieval re-creation society
Other interests include: historical costuming and needlework, choral and early music, computers, historical re-enactment, traveling, reading, swimming.
Other information available in credentials packet on file at the School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 4217 Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park Street, Madison, WI 53706, or call (608) 263-2900.