Library and Information Science Experience

Health Literacy and Dental Medicine Librarian

University of Pennsylvania Libraries

May 2022 - Present

• In this inaugural position, I primarily support capacity-building efforts at the Leon Levy Library inside the School of Dental Medicine. Outside of serving Penn Dental community, I continue to serve the Philadelphia Community Engagement Alliance Against COVID-19 and the Penn Medicine Patient & Family Education Committee. I will continue to contribute to health literacy initiatives and STEM education initiatives via partnerships with the Penn STEM Alliance, Women in STEM Symposium Planning Team, Center for Public Health, EduCare, and Greenfield Intercultural Center FruiTea to encourage credible health information seeking behaviors.

Instructor

Library Juice Academy

October 2021; April 2022

• I will be teaching an online asynchronous course titled "Introduction to Career Paths in STEM Librarianship," a course that I personally designed.

Mentor

Library Juice Academy

October 2020

• I was a mentor in Introduction to Health Sciences Librarianship, a course sponsored by the Network of the National Library of Medicine Mid-Atlantic Region Office, based out of the University of Pittsburgh.

Part-Time Lecturer

Rutgers University School of Communication & Information

September 2020 - Present

• Each semester, I teach one or two online asynchronous sections of the Master of Information 550 Information Technologies course for about 20 to 50 graduate students.

Tabletop Freeplay Enforcer/Game Librarian

PAX Unplugged

December 2019; December 2021 - December 2022

• At an annual board game convention, I utilized my librarian skills to help attendees find, borrow, and return games from the Game Library in the Tabletop Freeplay Section of the Expo Hall.

Community Health and Engineering Librarian

University of Pennsylvania Libraries

November 2017 - July 2022

• In this inaugural position, I liaised with the School of Engineering and Applied Science (along with the Assistant Director of Science Libraries), the Perelman School of Medicine (along with the Biomedical Library Information Services Team), Penn Health-Tech (along with the Director of the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School of Business, Penn STEM Alliance and other health sciences & engineering-related collaborations as well as build community health engagement and wellness partnerships on and off campus (including the Free Library of Philadelphia, Sayre Health Center, Penn Medicine CAREs, the School of Nursing, the Netter Center, and the Center for Public Health Initiatives) and across the country to encourage credible health information seeking behaviors. I occasionally created content for the Biomeditations, the official Biomedical Library blog.

Tech Tutor

September 2016 - August 2018

Rutgers University School of Communication and Information

• I provided supplemental virtual support (via email, Google Hangout, Slack, Canvas, and PBWorks) for graduate students taking the Master of Information 550 Information Technologies course

Eugene Garfield Resident in Science Librarianship

November 2015 - November 2017

University of Pennsylvania Libraries

• As a resident science librarian, I conducted instruction sessions and research consultations. I also answered questions through online, phone, and in-person reference services and participated in project teams and committees that focus on technology, collection development, research services, outreach initiatives, and much more. I served on several strategic committees that are piloting and rolling out innovative library services such as Library Lounge (a customizable set of multimodal interactive information literacy modules embedded in a learning management system), Expertise@Penn (a faculty profiling system), Group on Library Diversity, Community Outreach, R Learning Group, Data Services Interest Group, etc. I updated the Biomedical Library Facebook page and redesigned the homepages for the Biomedical Library and Engineering Collection

• To learn more about the residency, visit https://www.library.upenn.edu/hr/residency/garfield.html

CV Inputter/Categorizer

May 2015 - September 2015

Rutgers University Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning

• Recorded faculty CVs and categorize specific elements such as publications and instructional experience in the Faculty Survey database, which is connected the RUCore system developed by Rutgers University Libraries

• Searched for DOI/URLs for each publication that a faculty member lists on CV and verify the bibliographic data and citation format used are correct

• Assisted with data aggregation of the demographics of the 2014 - 2015 student body

• Edited and kept track of faculty promotion schedules and forms

• Communicated with faculty over the phone and via email

Outreach and Engagement Intern

May 2015 - August 2015

Rutgers University Libraries

• Collected information about how to best serve undergraduate population via literature reviews

• Collaborated with Undergraduate Experience Librarian on a research project involving how Undergraduate/First Year Experience Librarians at large public colleges in the United States are serving undergraduate students in academic libraries

• Suggested possible tools and methods to improve online information literacy instruction

• Revised library-related trivia questions to be used at student orientations

• Staffed library booth at first-year and transfer student orientation programs.

• Publicized events at the various libraries through printable and digital flyers

Resource and Learning Center Intern

January 2015 - May 2015

Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

• Staffed the reference desk

• Promoted health information on social media

• Weeded medical and consumer health literature

• Ordered new materials

• Developed current collection

• Visited patients in the treatment rooms

• Troubleshooted computers and tablets

• Created multimedia presentations and webpages on the following topics: Kidney Cancer, Mesothelioma, Multiple Myeloma, Sarcoma, and Talking to Children about Cancer

• Updated the website

• Created YouTube videos

Metadata Logger

October 2014 - November 2014

Dodge Poetry Festival

Newark, New Jersey

• Collected data about poets and poems at a live festival

• Organized and cleaned up the metadata collected

Research Assistant for Reference and Instruction

August 2014 - August 2015

Rutgers University Libraries - Research and Instructional Services

• Assisted a wide variety of patrons at the Alexander Library Reference Desk

• Completed special projects according to librarian needs

• Maintained an organized desk

• Used SirsiDynix/WorkFlows to check bibliographic data, availability, and check-out status for old and new books as well as books published in other languages

• Explored assistive technology options for patrons with low vision

• Staffed special events

• Led and observed information literacy workshops for undergraduate students

• Updated LibGuides for a variety of subjects

• Provided feedback to subject specialist librarians

• Selected books and journals to be added to various collections

AmeriCorps Member

August 2013 – July 2014

Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County

Boynton Beach, Florida

• Aided in the development of the Adult Literacy Services Department at the Boynton Beach City Library

• Taught over 200 adult English Language Learners and adult GED students during the AmeriCorps service year

• Coordinated tutors for English, mathematics, and other academic subject areas

• Trained in emergency disaster relief services

• Helped in weekend service learning activities

• Organized staff social events

• Contributed to The Literati, the AmeriCorps newsletter

• Purchased materials on a budget