Library & Archival Management
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Feb 2016-Present University of Hawaii School of Law Library, Honolulu
Evening Supervisor/Archives Manager
Sept 2015-Feb 2016 World Medicine Institute, Honolulu
Head Librarian
Aug 2014-Mar 2016 Stevenson Middle School Library, Honolulu
Assistant Librarian
Oct 2014-Aug 2015 World Public Library, Honolulu
Community Education Coordinator
Jan 2014-May 2016 Hawaii Peace and Justice, Honolulu
Project Director for the Archives Project
Sept 2009-July 2014 University of California Los Angeles, AERI
Project Manager
Jan 2008-Jan 2009 Manilatown Heritage Foundation, I-Hotel Center
Archival Coordinator
Aug 2003-Dec 2004 UH Mānoa Hamilton Library, Hawaii Congressional Papers
Student Archivist
Feb 2016-Present University of Hawaii School of Law Library, Honolulu
Evening Supervisor/Archives Manager
- Designed visual timelines to assign staff projects
- Supervised and trained Evening Circulation Department in shelving, loose leaf/pocket part, periodicals, reserves, course reserves, reference, archives processing and shelving, and closing procedures
- Cataloged in MARC on Voyager OPAC
- Used OPAC to clear fines and fees, change location status,
- Communicated with patrons about library rules and regulations;
- Assisted patrons on public computers; taught use of library databases
- Updated LibGuides and Policies for Circulation and Public Services Departments
- Updated policy and procedures for Public Services department
- Designed print and online marketing to promote collections and events
- Published program booklets using MS Publisher
- Outreached to other academic units and organizations to co-sponsor events
- Published in Library blog and university news to promote collections
- Coordinated spatial arrangement, decor, food/refreshments, breakdown of exhibit or event
- Served in committees to address facilities, websites, marketing, collection management
- Coordinated boxing and reshelving of books before and after library renovation
- Updated Policy and Procedure manuals for Archives Departments.
- Served as Chair of the Archives Committee, updated Archival policies
- Raised $5,000 Hawaii Council for the Humanities Grant to purchase supplies and hire assistance
- Experience establishing donor relations to acquire personal papers
- Coordinated the acquisition, physical preservation, digitization and exhibition of collections (Exploring the Scholarship of Jon Van Dyke and Pacific Island Legal Institute Exhibit)
- Trained and supervised staff according to archives workflow: archive description, digitization and OCR (using Adobe Acrobat Pro 9.0), processing archival materials into acid free and climate control environments
- Created procedures for archival access and reference services
- Created digital archival collections on Omeka, using Dublin Core metadata standards; made finding aids and indexes searchable online; sandbox experience with ArchivesSpace, CollectiveAccess
- Worked with vendors to digitize analog a/v items to electronic formats
Sept 2015-Feb 2016 World Medicine Institute, Honolulu
Head Librarian
- Taught Information Literacy and Dissertation Research Writing Courses
- Lectured a synchronous, hybrid course using Go-to-Meeting software to teach students across Hawaiian islands and China
- Taught research proposal writing such as literature review of physical and electronic resources on Traditional Chinese Medicine and Integrative Medicine; also research design, data analysis, citation and format
- Designed, delivered and assessed mid quarter and end of quarter surveys
- Curriculum Development experience for Doctoral Program on Contemporary Chinese Medicine; compiled credit hours to calculate total requirements for doctoral program completion
- Compiled and analyzed course syllabi to develop program learning objectives for accreditation report
- Assessed the accuracy of library catalog; trained and supervised Library Assistant to carry out reconciliation of library records with physical collection
- Created subject guides and reference services for Biomedical, Nutrition and Taoist Studies courses
Aug 2014-Mar 2016 Stevenson Middle School Library, Honolulu
Assistant Librarian
- Utilized Destiny and LS2 OPAC and circulation database to teach catalog searching, researching patron history, and posting fines and fees
- Organized library space for book fairs, science/history fairs and faculty meetings
- Trained and supervised library aides on circulation desk, item reservation and reference services
- Facilitated teen book club each semester
- Led class workshops on how to search the OPAC, navigate shelves and Dewey Decimal, citation, bibliography construction.
- Developed Library website using weebly and posted online instructional manuals on how to use OPAC to find physical and electronic resources
- Presented library rules to students & staff during orientations
- Processed new acquisitions
- Conducted inventory of collection; shelf reading; re-barcoded books during database transition; stack maintenance; deaccessioned cassette media items
- Created map of library floor plan and stack classification system
Oct 2014-Aug 2015 World Public Library, Honolulu
Community Education Coordinator
- Researched and created title lists on World Public Library databases
- Trained & supervised catalogers to index eBook metadata into Excel spreadsheets
- Marketing experience; designed and delivered presentations and media packets to market eBooks platform and license to Department of Education & K-12 schools
- Published children’s eBook Lam-Ang and the Fire Giant in Project Gutenberg
Jan 2014-May 2016 Hawaii Peace and Justice, Honolulu
Project Director for the Archives Project
- Use FaceBook to promote events and engage community on issues
- Grant writing experience to develop archive and research programs; raised $24,000; exhibit archival collections and indexes on Omeka (hawaiipeacearchive.info)
- Develop educational and leadership programs that outreach and recruit student and community volunteers to process organization archives, research and represent organization at international conferences
Sept 2009-July 2014 University of California Los Angeles, AERI
Project Manager
- Project Manager for the Archival Education Research Institute international conferences; coordinated conference program across eight universities; coordinated conference calls with steering committee members, took notes.
- Managed the 2012 conference agenda, application forms & registration processes
- Managed $100,000 federal budget; reserved sleeping room, meeting room, meals and transportation; point-of-contact for logistics, vendors and scholarship disbursal; collaborated with accountant to oversee funds transfers
- Developed press releases, managed contact database, and updated web presences
- Collected and collated application information; created database to record information of registered attendees; reported statistical data for grant report
- Trained and supervised student volunteers to video document the conference
- Developed planning manual to provide benchmarks for organizing future conferences
- Created finding aid and digital archive of conference speakers using Moving Image Archives descriptive standards
Jan 2008-Jan 2009 Manilatown Heritage Foundation, I-Hotel Center
Archival Coordinator
- Managed the preservation and digitization of historical records pertaining to Filipino-American history in San Francisco’s Chinatown
- Edited photos and created flyers using Adobe PhotoShop
- Updated collection development policy for the acquisition, digital management, and access of community archives
- Inventoried and digitized historical records (paper, photo and A/V); created finding aid
- Trained staff & volunteers to support digitization and transcription of items
- Provided reference services to researchers
Aug 2003-Dec 2004 UH Mānoa Hamilton Library, Hawaii Congressional Papers
Student Archivist
- Processed papers of Senators Hiram L. Fong and Spark Matsunaga; removed staples & paper clips; transferred records into acid free folders and boxes
- Contributed to finding aid creation