Senior Reference Librarian,
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
New Orleans, Louisiana
August 2002 to Present

• Coordinates and supervises all reference services for the law school library. Schedules the reference desk and oversees the services of three reference librarians.
• Created and runs the faculty liaison program, a pro-active service tailoring reference and research assistance to the specific needs of all law school faculty.
• Continues to serve as a reference librarian, staffing the reference desk 20-24 hours a week, teaching seminars as needed, and helping to shape reference policies for the law library.

Evening/Weekend Reference Librarian,
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law
New Orleans, Louisiana
August 1999 to July 2002

• Provides reference services to faculty, students, and public patrons of the Law School Library. Primarily responsible for reference services on Sunday and in the evenings, Monday through Thursday.
• Co-teaches skills seminars, research tutorials, and CLE courses as needed on topics including basic legal research, using the internet for legal research, and subject-specific legal research.

Reference/Computer Services Librarian,
Mississippi College School of Law
Jackson, Mississippi
August 1996 to July 1999

• Shares reference desk duties with other librarians, two to six hours a day, serving the reference needs of faculty, students, and public patrons. Performs special research projects for faculty as needed. Provides assistance and training to all patrons, students, faculty, and staff with electronic resources including Lexis, Westlaw, CD-Rom titles and various Internet applications. Makes recommendations on collection development for electronic resources, including CD-ROMs and database subscriptions.
• Teaches the research instruction portion of the required first year Legal Research and Writing course for half of the first year class. Planned and coordinated a "Practical Application" legal research exam, Fall 1999. Teaches the required introductory classes in Westlaw and Lexis to all First Year Students, Spring Semester. Co-teaches an optional six-part legal research refresher course, once each semester.
• Knowledgable of a wide variety of computer applications. Maintains a fifteen-PC student Word Processing Lab and a ten-PC CALR Lab. Supervises three student computer lab assistants, beginning February 1999. Troubleshoots hardware and software for the entire law school. Created and maintains the Law School Computer Labs Web Page (Archive.Org copy) and the library Government Documents Station Web Page (Archive.Org copy).
• Teaches optional training classes in Pine and WordPerfect 6.1 for students. Conducts staff training classes on various computer applications as needed.

Library Student Intern
Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law
Seattle, Washington September 1995 to July 1996

• Reference: Worked various shifts in the reference office, both solo and together with staff Reference Librarians, assisting patrons from the law school and university communities, as well as members of the general public.
• Circulation: Worked several hours a week at the circulation desk and shared responsibilities for serving the circulation needs of all library patrons.
• Technical Services: Processed all formats of new library material and surveyed the other areas of technical services through one-on-one instructional sessions with the technical services staff.

Library Technician (Part Time)
Karr, Tuttle, and Campbell, P.S.C.
Seattle, Washington August 1995 to July 1996

• Shared responsibilities for sorting and routing of daily library mail.
• Was primarily responsible for processing and filing of library materials.

Corporal, Infantry and Reconnaissance Units
United States Marine Corps
May 1987 to July 1992

• Honor Man (First in Class), 2nd Marine Division Amphibious Reconnaissance School, Norfolk, Virginia, June l989.
• Participated in Operation Provide Comfort, (post-Gulf War Kurdish Refugee Relief effort in Northern Iraq), April - July 1991.