20 St. James Rd.
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
508-842-5602
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EXPERIENCE
1994 -
Present A to Z Indexing, Bibliographic
and Research Services. Provide computer-assisted
Freelance
indexing for a variety of clients. Write captions for book illustrations.
Recent research
Indexer
projects include completely updating a 600 page almanac using various sources such as
Researcher 2000 U.S. census data. Other projects include being team leader on a project that
created 150,000 internal links for the electronic edition of Encyclopedia Americana
and another that developed an electronic thesaurus for the Internet by creating a classification scheme for several reference
books. Directed electronic research efforts for a team producing 3 weekly newsletters for a major international pharmaceutical company.
1986-1991 Clark
University - Center for Technology, Environment and Development. Provided
Research information in
a highly specialized graduate research library; duties included database
Librarian
creation and maintenance, using various software packages, on-line searching using OCLC and Dialog.
1985-1986 University
of Massachusetts Medical Center - Center on Aging. Complete responsi-
Education/ bility for developing and maintaining
Resource Center collection specializing in aging.
Information Coordinated education and training activities
including two-day annual national
Coordinator conference
and monthly workshops; designed and implemented public relations campaign; edited quarterly newsletter.
1983-1985 Fitchburg
Public Library. Position included funding, coordinating and producing
Librarian/ 15-performance annual
Performing Arts series; grant writing; selecting and cataloging
Performing Artsentire music collection and general reference activities. Served as reference department
Coordinator automation specialist.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE 1972-1983
University of Michigan Medical Libraries - Reference Librarian Resident
The Memorial Hospital. Family Care Center - Research Associate
University of Rhode Island. School of Library Science - Research Assistant
University of Rhode Island Library - Reference Assistant
Central Mass. Regional Talking Books Library - Intern
University of Rhode Island. Pell Marine Science Library - Reference Assistant
Assumption College Library - Work-study student/Catalog Assistant
EDUCATION
Proofreading
Essentials workshop, presented by nSight
Basic Indexing Skills workshop, presented by Susan Holbert
University of Rhode Island, MLS. Concentration in Library Technology
Assumption College, BA with honors
MEMBERSHIP
American Society of Indexers; New England Society of Indexers;
Indexers Unlimited
