Elisabeth Eilir Rowan

eilir.rowan@gmail.com

 

Objective

 

            To obtain a position within an academic, public, or special library valuing patron needs and which will fully utilize my skills and education.

 

Experience

 

Medical Librarian, Shriners Hospital for Children, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

(March 1997 - present, 35 hours per week, later reduced to 20 hours per week)

managed all aspects of pediatric orthopedic library in a tertiary-care facility with a focus on family-centered care, clinical research, and teaching; administered an annual budget of $40,000; provided quality reference service to professionals and consumers; conducted online searches; acquired interlibrary loans; coordinated early literacy project; created family resource center; conducted retrospective conversion to electronic catalog; designed and maintained hospital Web pages; designed library programming for children; supervised student workers and volunteers

Humanities Teacher Assistant, Distance Learning, KET, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

(October 2003 – August 2006, part-time 5-10 hours per week)

designed web-based distance learning materials, researched education standards, created lesson plans

Cataloger, Book Wholesalers, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA [a subsidiary of Follett, Inc.]

(April 2000-June 2000, part-time 12 hours per week)

catalogued children's books for a major distributor serving public libraries

Assistant Manager, Comic Interlude, Inc., Lexington, Kentucky, USA

(January 1996-November 1996, variable hours)

organized and increased access to 10,000 active and back stock serial issues; developed a secure database of titles, items ordered, and customers; managed a database of over 200 reserve files; ordered, received, and claimed weekly shipments from vendors; supervised four part-time workers

Graduate Assistant, M. I. King Library, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

(August 1992-August 1993; part-time 15 hours per week)

catalogued primary records of special collections in OCLC; copy-catalogued from OCLC to NOTIS; maintained integrity of bibliographic records and authority files in NOTIS

Public Records Intern, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA

(June 1992-August 1992)

collated and catalogued three years’ worth of publications; provided reference services to patrons in genealogy and local history

 

Education

Extensive graduate work in medieval and ancient history

MSLS, Library Science; University of Kentucky, 1993

Additional programs completed: Classical Civilization, 1994; Judaic Studies (minor), 1997 

• Medical Library Association, 1998-; Hospital Libraries Section, 1998-; History of Medicine Section, 1998-2002; Consumer and Patient Health Information Section, 2002-2006 (reviewed abstracts for national meeting, 2005 and 2006)
• Bluegrass Medical Libraries, 1997-, president 2002 [now merged into the Kentucky Medical Library Association]
• American Library Association, 1992-1994, 1997-1998; New Member Roundtable, 1992-1994
• Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, 1992-1994, 1997-1998
• Kentucky Library Association, 2000-2002; Children's/Young Adult Section, 2000-2002; Special Library Section, 2000-2002; Information & Technology Roundtable, 2000-2002