- Develop and maintain several core websites in collaboration with marketing, compliance and IT departments
- Research, define, test and implement web projects in order to advance the organization’s overall communications strategy
- Identify opportunities for technology or content design improvement and suggest creative solutions
- Provide support to internal and external site users
Archive of posts filed under the CV category.
Website Specialist
Regional Librarian
- Coordinate user-centered revamp of the library’s web presence, working across business units to meet challenges and ensure internal acceptance
- Create web-based information products and services tailored to the specific needs of unique user groups at various academic and administrative levels
- Serve on the university’s cross-departmental web committee, and on the director’s council of the regional library consortium
- Teach a three-credit conversational Spanish course
Information Analyst/ Webmaster
- Coordinate front-end development and maintenance of a prominent departmental website to meet the goals of the CIO
- Serve as liaison between business units and developers, ensuring that client needs are effectively communicated to and met by offshore developers
- Prepare site requirements, test cases and data models according to CMM Level 3 standards
- Submit detailed change instructions via an issue management tool, track actual versus requested software performance and conduct usability analysis
- Modify content presentation and structure according to site usage analysis
Computer Skills
Expertise: DHTML, CSS, XML, Adobe Fireworks, Photoshop, Visual SourceSafe, MS Visio, Dreamweaver, Omniture SiteCatalyst, multiple content management systems.
Familiarity with MySQL, PHP, CGI and Java.
Expertise in searching a wide variety of library databases including Dialog, Lexis-Nexis, EBSCOHost, First Search, ProQuest and Gale. More…
Education
Masters Degree in Library and Information Studies, May 1998. University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA.
Bachelors Degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences (concentrations in Geography, Spanish, and Sociology), July 1991. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Post-Graduate Courses:
- Information Architecture and Knowledge Management in Context.
Kent State University, Fall 2008 - Human Computer Interaction Design I.
Indiana University — Purdue University Indianapolis, Fall 2009
Additional:
- New Horizons Learning Center & International Webmasters Assn., 2005-present. Completed courses in XML, MS Project, Photoshop, Dreamweaver
- Graphic Design for the Web, Webpage Design and Java.
Reference Librarian
- Meet the information needs of diverse international development specialists through provision of reference service and strategic dissemination of information; subject areas include: energy, engineering, environment, transportation, telecommunications, mining, agriculture, and health.
- Serve on a team dedicated to designing and developing user-centered intranet websites
- Author and publish an electronic current-awareness newsletter for Education staff
- Conduct general and focused information literacy sessions for various user groups
Qualifications Summary
Highly motivated information professional skilled in organizing and providing access to high-quality information. Adept in authoring, managing and disseminating electronic content in support of institutional objectives. Excellent communicator with experience in presenting and teaching, successful in teaming with persons from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Deadline-driven with a strong focus on meeting enduser needs and maintaining high standards. More…
Assistant Director of Technical Services
- Trained and coordinated a team of indexer/abstractors on the proper technique for assigning controlled vocabulary terms from a large taxonomy and writing concise summaries of scholarly works
- Edited, processed and coordinated weekly submissions of bibliographic records for inclusion in the ERIC database
- Created numerous scholarly online “virtual libraries,” repositories of top-quality educational resources
