CORE COMPETENCIES:
Information Literacy
Copyright & Licensing
Program Evaluation
Cataloging
Preservation & Repair
Public Policy
Public Management
Stakeholder Analysis
Education:
University of Kentucky – Master of Science in Library and Information Science (December 2013)
The Ohio State University – Master of Arts in Slavic and East European Studies (August 2012); Master of Arts in Public Policy and Management (June 2012)
University of Georgia – Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (December 2002); Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (December 2002)
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• Web Development: HTML, CSS, XML
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
• OpenOffice & LibreOffice: Writer, Base, Calc, Draw, Impress
• Screencasting/Video Editing: Adobe Captivate, Apple iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, CamStudio
• Publishing: Adobe InCopy, vjoon K4
LIBRARY SKILLS:
• Integrated Library Systems: Millennium, Voyager
• OCLC Connexion, MARC, AACR2, RDA, Dublin Core, FRBR, LCSH
• Expertise in database and Web searching
• In-depth knowledge of government information resources
• Aerial
LANGUAGE FACILITY:
• Georgian Language (formal study 2009-2011) Oral Proficiency Interview rated at Intermediate Mid
• Russian Language (formal study 2007-2011) Oral Proficiency Interview rated at Intermediate Mid
• French Language (formal study 2001-2002)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Content Licensing Coordinator, McGraw-Hill Education
Columbus, OH | July 2014-current
• Coordinates legal permissions for textbooks and digital projects to determine proper licensing prior to strict product release dates
• Manages external vendors by providing project documentation, including training and guidelines, and holding vendors accountable to budget and schedule requirements
• Communicates permission decisions to various internal and external content stakeholders, including permission status reports and licensing and budget approaches
Fellow, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, UK Libraries
Lexington, KY | August 2012-August 2013
• Created a thesaurus of public policy terms for future indexers
• Enhanced accessibility of interviews with Kentucky politicians by applying appropriate metadata
• Evaluated useability of the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)
Intern, Office of American Spaces, US Department of State
Washington, D.C. | October-November 2011
• Researched privacy guidelines for Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of foreign national patrons
of State Department-sponsored libraries
• Authored white paper proposing new privacy guidelines for PII of foreign national patrons
• Created extensive budgetary documentation for American Spaces expenses of $8M worldwide
Technical Services Assistant, Ohio Dominican University Library
Columbus, OH | October 2006-June 2009
• Copy cataloged a complete back-log of donations, including reference resources, theological texts and
childrens’ monographs
• Updated and maintained catalog records on a daily basis
• Aggregated and analyzed ordering/cataloging information to create statistical reports to improve
departmental workflow
• Rewrote job manual and revised department manual
• Supervised and trained student assistants, including informal mentoring for personal growth
Library Assistant II, Science Library, UGA Libraries
Athens, GA | July 2002-July 2006
• Built a reputation as the go-to helper for departments short on staff
• Managed shift projects for both reference and general collections
• Adapted training and instruction to researcher needs at the Reference Desk
• Operated Circulation Desk by performing fee transactions and charging items to patrons
• Repaired over 2,000 monographs & journals
Intern, Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program
University of Ghana Department of Agricultural Economics, funded by USAID
Accra, Ghana | June-August 2004
• Collaborated with Ghanain agricultural economists to perform field research
• Interviewed small-scale farmers to collect data on seed varieties planted and their crop yields
• Consolidated collected data into SPSS, then analyzed and summarized data in a report
• Traveled to various regions of Ghana for research purposes and personal vacation.
ACADEMIC HONORS:
• Earle C. Clements Fellowship at UK (2012-2013)
• Foreign Language Area Studies Academic Year Fellowship Recipient at OSU (2009-2010, 2010-2011)
• Dobro Slovo National Slavic Honor Society Member at OSU (inducted Spring 2010)
• Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship Recipient at OSU (Summer 2009, Summer 2010)
• Hope Scholarship Recipient at UGA (1997-2002)
PRESENTATIONS:
• OSU Libraries Lecture Series (May 2012) – Presented ‘Discretion in Russian Librarianship: Soviet and Post-Soviet’
• Midwest Slavic Conference (April 2012) – Presented ‘Ethos of the Russian Librarian: Soviet and Post-Soviet’
• Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe & Central Asia Conference (February 2012) – Presented ‘Ethos of
the Russian Librarian: Soviet and Post-Soviet’
•Midwest Slavic Conference (April 2011) – Presented ‘Textbook Production in the Former Yugoslavia’
•Midwest Slavic Conference (April 2010) – Presented ‘Reasons for NATO’s Expansion’