Joel Jeffrey Rane

3747 Evans Street, Apartment 4

Los Angeles, California 90027

Phone:  (323) 661 6038         Cellular:  (323) 317 2248

E-mail:  [email protected]  Internet:  www.joelrane.com

 

Objective

 

To apply extensive library and composing experience, along with a great interest in art, architecture, film, history and literature, to an academic, public or private institution.

 

Skills

 

• Library Management, Supervision and Budgeting	• Collection Development
• Reference (General and Legal) and Public Contact	• HTML and Dreamweaver Design
• Writing and Editing	• Cataloguing and Automation

 

Experience

• Managed a branch library with a staff of eleven, including all budgeting, maintenance, supervision and scheduling.

• Provided general reference at two state universities, the central branches of three large public libraries, a community college, a graduate film institute and a private high school; in person, by telephone, and by mail.  Provided specialized reference in film history, Southwestern and Native American history and literature, and the law.

• Used and demonstrated CD-ROMs, many OPACs, and on-line databases (including the Internet) for students and the public; also conducted on-line research.  Designed World Wide Web pages using HTML and XML.

• Helped supervise, design and implement automated library databases, networks and a barcoded inventory control system.

• Provided collection development in literature and fiction, particularly Southwestern literature.  Purchased and budgeted for a large regional library children’s collection.

• Organized programming and outreach for children and young adults.

• Full MARC cataloguer using OCLC and original records; familiar with DDC and LCSH.

• Produced and edited with film, video and other multimedia equipment for presentations and several video features.

• Wrote and edited library manuals and reports, annotated bibliographies, legal memoranda and other research.

 

Significant Employment

Reference Librarian              Central Library, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles                           (2001-2006)

Senior Librarian                    Cahuenga Branch, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles                     (2000-2001)

Children’s Librarian             Exposition Park Branch, Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles                            (1996-1999)

Reference Librarian              California State Polytechnic University, Pomona                                           (1995-1996)

Head Librarian                      St. Michael's High School, Los Angeles                                                          (1994-1995)

Reference Librarian              Rio Hondo Community College Library, Whittier                                           (1994)

Library Assistant                 American Film Institute, Hollywood                                                                 (1990)

 

Education

 

Master of Library Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.  GPA 3.6.

Master of Professional Writing, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1989.  GPA 3.7.

Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric, University of California, Berkeley, 1987.  Graduated with honors.  GPA 3.6.

 

Activities

 

Active member of the California Library Association, the Los Angeles Conservancy and the Planetary Society; engaged in film editing, art criticism, creative writing and personal studies of California and Western history since 1980.

 

Personal references and a detailed employment history available upon request.