Experience

WHAT I HAVE DONE

We all invariably have more life experiences than resumes can hold. Some highlights of my professional experience are below.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Principal Librarian and Team Lead, Library and Information Services
September 2003 – Present
Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Librarian
July 2002 – August 2003
Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND

Electronic Records Project Archivist
April 2000 – April 2002
University Archives, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

English Language Instructor
January 1996 – May 1997
The Kids Club Korea Ltd., Anyang, South Korea

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

I have served the archives and library profession on the local, state, and national level through a number of different positions.

HOW I PREPARED FOR IT

I believe that learning never ends and that we can only become master builders when we open ourselves to new things.

EDUCATION

Graduate Capstone Certificate in User Experience Design, August 2018.
Department of Computer Science an the iScience, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

Archives Leadership Institute, June 2008.
School of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin (Madison, WI)

Master of Library Science, May 2000.
Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)

Master of Arts, December 1995.
Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, May 1993.
Ball State University (Muncie, IN)

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Certified Archivist, 2006, recertified in 2012 and 2017

AIIM Certifications: Capture Practitioner, February 2013; Business Process Management Practitioner (BPMp), June 2012; Email Management Practitioner (EMMp), December 2011; Information Organization and Access Practitioner (IOAs), 2010; Information Organization and Access Practitioner (IOAp), 2009; Electronic Content Management Practitioner (ECMp), 2009

LEADERSHIP
Leadership is more than management. It is having a vision and taking your group there. I was extremely honored to be recognized as a leader in the archives profession when I was asked to serve at the Academy of Certified Archivists representative to the Nexus: Leading Across Boundaries project.

UX METHODOLOGY
Card sorting; Competitive Analysis; Content Analysis; Contextual Inquiry; Ethnographic Studies; Personas, Semi-structured Interviews; Survey Design; Usability Testing; User Story Mapping; Wireframes; and Lo- and Hi-Fidelity Prototyping

INSTRUCTION
I teach multiple workshops for the Society of American Archivists (SAA) and have also taught a webinar for the Council of Library and Information Resources (CLIR). I also frequently present at conferences.

UX DESIGN SOFTWARE 
Adobe Creative Cloud especially XD, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Spark

Mentor
I am at the point in my career where I have become the mentor instead of the mentee. I find it very rewarding to give back to my profession in the same way that others helped me.

ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE
IDM’s Dictionary Production Software; MS Office; iWork; G-Suite; and other smaller in-house systems for records and contact management