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Manager, Information Services
Stikeman Elliott LLP, Vancouver, B.C. 
September 2003 - May 2004 (term position) 

•  Overall responsibility for management of the firm library 
•  Research and reference 
•  Cataloguing 
•  Space planning and collection development
•  Budgeting
•  Library promotion
  

Reference Librarian
University of British Columbia Law Library, Vancouver, B.C.
October 2002 - August 2003 (term position) 

• Reference service to students, faculty, and the public
• Research into Tribunal decision availability free on the web
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• Analysis and cost/feature comparison of databases 
• Creation of user guides 
• Research and creation of guide to court decisions available on the Web
• Review of special collections materials in the law library

Records Management Coordinator
British Columbia Teacher's Federation (BCTF), Vancouver, B.C.
March 2000 - October 2002

• Overall coordination of the records management program through all phases of the record life cycle (including archives) and in all media formats
• Development and writing of orientation and training materials
• Orientation and training of new and continuing staff in records management and in the use of electronic document management software
• Promotion of the Records Management Department
• Project management of the electronic document management software
• Research and implementation of records retention scheduling
• Disaster recovery research and development of Disaster Recovery Plan
• Participation in BCTF web design and other online decisions through the Online Work Group (http://www.bctf.ca)

Information Manager
Allee King Rosen Fleming Inc., New York, N.Y.
April 1999 - Feb 2000

• Reference and research for planners, heritage consultants, and biologists using databases including Lexis-Nexis, Northern Light, internet
• Cataloguing
• Creation of initial classification structure for in-house produced reports

Reference Librarian
White and Case (law firm), New York, N.Y.
June 1999 - Aug 1999

• Legal reference to over 200 lawyers worldwide
• Creation of reference guide of online resources of U.S. state Secretary of State websites

Research Assistant to Assistant Dean
Palmer School of Library and Information Science, Long Island University, New York, N.Y.
Sept 1998 - April 1999

• Research using LISA, Dialogue, and Lexis-Nexis databases for the Asst Dean and other professors at the Manhattan campus
• Liaison and information sharing between the Palmer School and students in the Library program

Cataloguer
NYU University Library (Bobst Library), New York, N.Y.
Oct 1998 - April 1999

• OCLC copy-cataloguing of the general collection

Project Archivist
National Archives and Records Administration, N.E. Sector, New York, N.Y.
Oct 1998 - Dec 1999

• Arrangement and description of Corps of Engineer records ca 1930-40 in the NY/NJ region
• General reference duties

Archival Assistant
City of Vancouver Archives, Vancouver, B.C.
1991 - 1998

• Reference to and orientation of researchers
• Writing of research guides link to archives
• Research, writing, and presentation of local historical exhibits on subjects with current significance including Black History Month, Streetcars and Transportation history in Vancouver, and others; Vancouver Archives History, and others
• Subject authority creation for pamphlet collection