Employment History

 

Library Administrator, Jan. 2004 – Present

Adelson Library, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY

See www.birds.cornell.edu/Adelson

 

• Solo Librarian, supervising 1 to 12 part-time and volunteer staff persons
• Opened the 20th Library at Cornell University, Adelson Library
• Developed a budget framework
• Established Steering Committee
• Established all library policies and procedures
• Created all position descriptions
• Hired or recruited all staff
• Created workshop series for staff, students and Lab members
• Managed teams and projects to create library resources
  Web site <www.birds.cornell.edu/Adelson>,  outreach literature, art gallery database coordinator <www.birds.cornell.edu/About/art.html>, workshops
• Created collection development policy
• Investigate online and paper resources both free and fee-based
• Manage 200 serials exchange program
• Manage donations
• Binding
• Perform technical services functions including create and update;
• holding records
• item records
• brief bibliographic records
• acquisitions records

 

Various Library Positions, 1986 - 2004

Ithaca College Library, Ithaca NY 

• Increased responsibility and independence with each position obtained

 

Cataloging Specialist, Aug. 2000 – Jan. 2004

Ithaca College Library, Ithaca NY

• Perform original and copy cataloging of monographs and serials, paper and electronic
• Database management
• Authority control
• Student supervisor responsible for hiring, training and training materials

 

Independently Contracted, Jan. - Dec.  2001                                                       

Groton Public Library, Groton NY 

• Cataloged and re-housed historical documents using archival techniques and supplies

 

 

Access Services Assistant / Reserves, 1997 – Aug. 2000

Ithaca College Library, Ithaca NY 

• Cataloged reserve materials in brief MARC format.
• Created and maintained; reserves procedures guide, holdings database of an "offline" reserve collection, ILL statistics database
• Interpreted copyright law and informed faculty members of restrictions
• Coordinated correspondence with copyright holders
• Coordinated materials appropriate for electronic reserve with electronic reserves assistant
• Supervised the Circulation / Reserve desk, directed and monitored the work of student assistants as needed

 

 

 

Education

 

Masters Degree in Library Science, State University of New York, University at Buffalo, Buffalo NY ♦ 2003

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, minor in Art History, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY ♦ 2001

                    Archaeology Field School, Ithaca College, Dr. Mary Ann Levine Director ♦ summer 1998

A.A.S. in Musical Instrument Technology, SUNY Ag & Tech College, Morrisville NY ♦ 1984

 

 

Professional Activities

 

 

Workshops Presented

 

• Birders Resource Workshop – Alumni Weekend – June 2008
• Sharing your Photos via the Internet – Oct 2007
• Introduction to PowerPoint – Feb 2007
• RefWorks, citation management database - recurring since 2006
• Library and Lab of Ornithology Resources - recurring since 2005
• While You’re Away  - recurring since 2006
• Spring Field Ornithology guest lecturer - Library Resources - recurring annually since 2006
• PowerPoint Basics – Feb 2005
• “Birds in Groton” Groton Public Library - March 31, 2007

SCRLC Workshops Presented

• SCRLC, Library Assistants’ Special Interest Group, Professional Development: a Library Assistant’s Quest, April 13, 2005

 

• SCRLC, Library Assistants’ Special Interest Group, Effective Reference Skills, May 17, 2006
• SCRLC workshop series “Library Outreach Redefined: It’s a Wide New World!” Library: Place, Service, or Both? Presented with Jill Hurst-Wahl,  February 17, 2006

 

Publications

 

Bulletin, UNYSLA editor November 2007 – present
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cuny/bulletin.html

 

“Burning” J. Spoon. Finger Lakes Community News ‘07

“My mentor experience”. J. Spoon. Bulletin, UNYSLA  ‘06

http://units.sla.org/chapter/cuny/bulletin/UNYBulletin2006_Summer.pdf

“Using the “Mobile Lab”.” J. Spoon. Inside CUL Nov ’05 http://www.library.cornell.edu/insidecul/200511/mobile.html

 

“On July 12, Adelson Library hosted and ice cream social” J. Spoon. Inside CUL Sep. ‘06

http://www.library.cornell.edu/insidecul/200609/events.html

“Welcome back Meredith.” J. Spoon Inside CUL Sep. ‘06
http://www.library.cornell.edu/insidecul/200609/newstaff.html

“Things Fall Apart, new student reading project.” J. Spoon. Kaleidoscope Oct ‘05 http://www.library.cornell.edu/staffweb/kaleidoscope/volume14/October2005.html

“A library with 10,000 bird books.” J. Spoon Birdscope ‘04 http://www.birds.cornell.edu/Publications/Birdscope/Autumn2004/Library.html

“Adelson Library Opens.” J. Spoon. Kaleidoscope May ’04

http://www.library.cornell.edu/staffweb/kaleidoscope/volume12/AprilMay2004.pdf

Other Activities

2008 Special Libraries Association DSOC/MAHD poster contest winner "Flying Solo at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Development of the Gallery of Bird and Wildlife Art." 

Search Participation, Director of Education, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2008

Search Participation, Library Director, Cornell University, 2008

UNYSLA 2007 Spring Meeting Hostess and Planning Committee, 2008

Search Committee Participation, Visitor Center Manager, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, 2006

Organized at Cornell Lab of Ornithology – Keeping your Copyright – Presenters Peter Hirtle, John Sailor Cornell University – 2006

SCRLC Annual Meeting Hostess, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, May 2004

Conferences Attended

Copyright Law and the Digital Library, SCRLC, 2007

Voyager Reporter Training, Lidia Pettis, Cornell University Library, 2006

Preventive Care of Historic and Artistic Works on Paper, and Photographic Material, Sep. 11-14, 2007
Tatiana Petrocova, Cornell University Department of Preservation and Collection Maintenance

Spring Field Ornithology, Steve Kress, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Mar.- May 2004

New Supervisor Training, Cornell University, Sep. 2004

Memberships

Special Libraries Association, 2004 –

·                     Local Area Coordinator Ithaca area 2005 –

·                     UNYSLA Bulletin Editor November 2007 –

·                     SLA Upstate New York Chapter, Spring Meeting Host 2008

 

American Library Association, 2003 –

·                     New Member Round Table member

·                     Library Administration and Management Round Table

New York Library Association Member, 2001 –

·                     Library Administration and Management Section

 

Tompkins County

·                     County representative to Central New York Resource Conservation and Development Project           member 2008 -

 

Environmental Management Council

·                     Representative Village of Groton 2005 -

·                     Representative Town of Groton 2007-

·                     EMC Web site committee member 2005 -

·                     EMC Invasive Species committee 2006 - , chair 2008

·                     EMC Election committee 2006, 2007

 

Scouts

·                     Girl Scout volunteer, Groton NY, leader Senior Troop 9027, 2007-2008

·                     Boy Scout volunteer, Groton NY, various positions 1994-2007