Master of Library and Information Science
University of Washington: Seattle, WA
Major Areas: Information Organization, User Needs, Book History

Master of Arts, Art History
University of South Florida: Tampa, FL
Major Areas: Sixteenth-Century Venetian Art, Renaissance Book Production, Early Western Printing
Master's Thesis: "Cesare Vecellio's Costume Book Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il Mondo (Venice, 1598) as an Indicator of the Late Sixteenth-Century Venetian Social Order"

Bachelor of Science
Major: Interior Design; Minor: Art History
Florida State University: Tallahassee, FL

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Librarian (2003-present)
Seattle Art Museum: Seattle, WA (2003 - present)
Oversee two research libraries and one satellite library in support of the museum's object collections and exhibition programs. Responsible for strategic planning, budgets, acting as a liaison between departments and outreach efforts in support of the SAM Libraries. Support the research needs of museum curators and education staff, other museum staff, docents, local college and university students, and the general public as primary librarian for the Bullitt Library (all non-Asian collections). Responsible for: acquisitions, cataloging, research, archiving, collection development and reference. Supervise other professional staff, a large group of volunteers and graduate interns.

Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Allyson Carlyle and Dr. Hur-Li Lee
Univ. of Washington: Seattle, WA (1998-1999)
Assisted Information School professors with various research projects including: analysis of Web-based OPACs and collection development/selection research.

Graduate Assistant to Dr. Allyson Carlyle
Univ. of Washington: Seattle, WA (Summer 1998)
Surveyed and analyzed Web-based OPACs.

Library Staff/Graduate Fieldwork
Experience Music Project: Seattle and Bellevue, WA (Summer 1998)
Worked with EMP music genre thesaurus to organize music-related ephemera and research material for curatorial and research staff; worked with internal users to assess information needs and implemented needs for company intranet.

Graduate Assistant
Department of Special Collections, Univ. of South Florida: Tampa, FL (1995-1996)
Assisted general public with reference and research requests, conducted research on rare and early-printed books, created and organized archives, uploaded OCLC records.

Researcher
Univ. of South Florida: Tampa, FL (1995-1996)
Conducted research and indexing for Daniel Biebuyck, Susan Kelliher and Linda McRae, African Ethnonyms: Index to Art-Producing Peoples of Africa (G.K. Hall, 1996).

Teaching Assistant with Dr. Elisabeth Fraser
Univ. of South Florida: Tampa, FL (1995)
Taught discussion sections for survey class The History of Visual Arts: Renaissance to Twentieth-Century. Consulted with students, proctored exams, assisted with development of tests, paper assignments and other class materials.

Graduate Assistant to Dr. Daniel Biebuyck
Univ. of South Florida: Tampa, FL (1993-1994)
Assisted with the following courses: African Art, Issues in African Art and Art of the Bantu Speaking Peoples of Africa. Prepared materials for class, consulted with undergraduate students, proctored tests and conducted research.

Director
Centre Gallery: Phyllis P. Marshall Center, USF: Tampa, Florida (1992-1994)
Coordinated and installed biweekly exhibitions for university community gallery space. Responsible for all gallery operations. Supervised paid assistants and volunteers. Worked closely with artists, Art Department and university community officials. Created all press release information and marketing materials.

Graduate Assistant
College of Fine Arts Learning Resource Center, Univ. of South Florida: Tampa, FL (1992-1994)
Assisted Art faculty and graduate students with research and course needs. Cataloged, researched and assisted with the maintenance of USF College of Fine Arts collection of over 150,000 slides related to art and architecture. Worked with Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus and home-grown cataloging system.

Graduate Assistant, Special Project
USF Contemporary Art Museum: Tampa, FL (1992)
Developed curriculum guide related to Cuban art exhibition for Hillsborough County High Schools.

Assistant Curator of Education
Polk Museum of Art: Lakeland, FL (1991-1992)
Coordinated and installed student gallery exhibitions and annual congressional district competition; coordinated seminars, workshops, and classes; consulted on and coordinated pre-visit/post-visit materials for elementary school tours; worked closely with museum docent corps and local school board.

Student Assistant
Florida State University Gallery and Museum: Tallahassee, FL (1989-1990)
Staged and installed exhibitions, received, packed and shipped artwork, set up and cataloged materials for student art library.

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Web Editor
Moss Adams LLP, Seattle, WA (2001-2003)
Responsible for development and maintenance of the Moss Adams intranet, corporate Web site and affiliate company sites. Worked with dispersed company-wide content providers and marketing group to develop appropriate content for internal and external use. Developed and implemented templates for all Web content. Developed style guides and procedure manuals for all sites. Contributed original content and edit all incoming content for Web sites. Participated in department's annual strategic planning process.

Information Architect/Site Content Manager
ClaimsDesk Corporation, Seattle, WA (2000-2001)
Managed all content for large fee-based portal site. Researched, abstracted and edited all content for site. Worked closely with product management and engineering teams to define product requirements and use cases for site administration, navigation, and search systems. Supported and responded to user needs, defined and implemented usability standards, and ensured consistency and accessibility. Developed procedures manual for site and trained co-workers as back-ups.

Enterprise Knowledge Manager
eProject.com, Seattle, WA (2000)
Created and maintained corporate intranet: interviewed internal customers to assess and satisfy internal company needs, worked with departmental representatives to created pertinent corporate and original content. Managed company-wide knowledge through various tools: electronic and print library and weekly information trade shows. Continually interviewed internal customers to assess and satisfy a variety of additional information needs.

Freelance Designer/Partner
Artemisia Web Design, Seattle, WA (1999-2000)
Web design company started by two college friends and myself; acted as liaison between client and designers and participated in design work.

Intranet Development Intern
Visio/Microsoft Corporation , Seattle, WA (1999-2000)
Conducted in-depth user studies, developed taxonomy and classification scheme along with information architecture for corporate intranet.

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Volunteer
Wyckoff Teacher Resource Center, Seattle Art Museum: Seattle, WA (2001-2003)
Assisted teachers and parents in locating appropriate educational materials, answered "Ask a Docent" questions, cataloged materials, conducted Internet research, and participated in various workshops and educational events.

Volunteer
Digital Libraries Initiatives, Univ. of Washington: Seattle, WA (1999)
Assisted with digitizing, uploading and cataloging the Alfred Henry Barnes collection of historic Northwest photographs for the UW CONTENT database.

Independent Study Project - Furniture Slide Collection
Art Slide Library, Univ. of Washington: Seattle, WA (1999)
The goal of the project was to improve the existing furniture slide collection - long unorganized and neglected - and make it useful. Responsibilities for the project included: analyzing the current slides, working with Art faculty to develop the collection to meet curriculum needs, organizing and cataloging the slides in a manner consistent with the art slide collection at large.

Exhibition Committee Member
Florida Center For Contemporary Art (Artists Alliance, Inc.): Tampa, FL (1994-1995)
Created, reviewed and selected exhibitions by local and national artists for alternative art space; also responsible for staging, lighting and shipping exhibitions.

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"The Lark: Bamboo Paper and Nonsense." The Journal of the Book Club of Washington: Volume 8, Number 1, Summer 2007.

"Default Record Displays in Web-based Catalogs" Co-authored with Allyson Carlyle. The Library Quarterly: Volume 72, Number 2, April 2002.

"Selection Behavior on the World Wide Web for LIS Students " Co-authored with Fred Brown and Heather Wilder (1999). Winner of the 1999 ASIS Pacific Northwest Chapter Student Paper Competition. [.pdf file]

"Cesare Vecellio's Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il Mondo and the Myth of Venice," Athanor: XV (1997). [.pdf file]

"Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il Mondo as an Indicator of the Late Sixteenth Century Venetian Social Order," paper presented at The Printed Page, Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Symposium. The University of South Florida, Tampa (1996).

"Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il Mondo and the Myth of Venice," paper presented at the 14th Annual Florida State University Graduate Art History Symposium. Florida State University, Tallahassee (1996).

"Gender and Power in Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, " paper presented at the USF 2nd Annual Interdisciplinary Symposium Women/Men. University of South Florida, Tampa (1994).

Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
College Art Association (CAA)
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP)
Florida State University Alumni Association
UW Information School Alumni Association

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