Résumé - Librarian

 Elisabeth Rowan

Librarian

eilir.rowan@gmail.com | linkedin.com/in/eilir

History of innovation and flexibility, taking on new roles to better serve institutions and patrons. Twenty-five years of library experience in academic, special, state, non-profit, and commercial settings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Medical Librarian

Shriners Hospitals for Children, Lexington, KY, 1997–2017

• Initiated and oversaw a clinical early literacy program aimed at children six months through five years old; obtained grant money in excess of $35,000.

• Catalogued the collection using emerging technologies.

• Created a family resource centre with materials on parenting, medical conditions, and wellness.

• Updated the collection via $40,000 in grant monies.

• Interviewed patrons and performed literature searches based on their information needs.

• Obtained articles via interlibrary loan and participated in free reciprocal consortia, saving the hospital thousands of dollars in fees.

• Negotiated access to electronic resources.

• Supervised volunteer workers.

Cataloger

Book Wholesalers, Inc. (BWI), Lexington, KY, 2000

• Catalogued children's books for a major distributor serving public libraries.

Assistant Manager

Comic Interlude, Lexington, KY, 1996

• Increased access to 10,000 serial issues.

• Developed a secure database of titles, items ordered, and customers.

• Managed over 200 reserve files.

• Streamlined the process for orders and shipments.

• Provided excellent customer service.

SKILLS

• Cataloguing in Dewey, Library of Congress, and National Library of Medicine classifications and subject headings and MARC format

• Emerging technologies and social media 

• Responsive web design, HTML and CSS coding

• Budget creation and administration

• Grant writing and funding

• Patron education

• Integrated library systems

• Communication and customer service skills

• Microsoft Office

HIGHLIGHTS

• Strong background in all aspects of running a library—administrative; public services including reference; technical services including cataloguing and acquisitions; interlibrary loan

• Won the Medical Library Association Hospital Libraries Section’s “Scroll of Exemplary Service” award twice

• Served on and chaired institutional, regional, and national committees

• Published journal articles, book chapters, collection development aids, finding aids, and book reviews

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Library Science, 1989
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Specialised in cataloguing, archives and preservation, and computer use in libraries

Master of Arts in History [ABT]
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Specialised in ancient and mediaeval European history, social history, and women's history

Bachelor of Arts, 1989
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
History/Sociology/Honours Programme
Also completed programme requirements for Classical Civilisation major and Judaic Studies minor after graduation