Professional Experience

WORK EXPERIENCE IN LIBRARIES

• Librarian. Nassau County Academy of Medicine Library, Garden City, NY (1967-1970)
• Cataloger/Assistant Acquisitions Librarian. Augusta Regional Public Library, Augusta, GA (1974-1978)
• Collection Development Librarian. Medical College of Georgia Library, Augusta, GA (1978-1980)
• Chief, Collection Development. Medical Center Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (1984-1985)

WORK EXPERIENCE OUTSIDE OF LIBRARIES

• Library Consultant. Augusta, GA (1973-1974)
• Teaching Fellow, Columbia University, School of Library Science, New York, NY (1980-1981)
• Consultant, Program Development, Readmore Publications, New York, NY (1982-1983)
• Visiting Instructor, Pratt Institute, School of Library and Information Science, Brooklyn, NY (1982-1983)
• Visiting Adjunct Professor, University of South Carolina, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Columbia, South Carolina (Spring 1993)
• Visiting Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina School of Infomation and Library Science, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Fall 1997 and Spring 1998)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL CONSULTATIONS

• Consultation on collection development policy creation and use. Louis Calder Library, School of Medicine, university of Miami, Miami, FL. July 1984
• Consultation on the organization of the collections of the Mathematics Education Resource Center of UNCG. School of Education, Greensboro, NC. October 1986- February 1987.
• Consultation with the Business and Science Division of the Forsyth County Public Library on collection analysis and budget requests. Winston-Salem, NC. April-May 1987.
• Consultation with the North Carolina Zoo on appropriate software for organizing the zoo library collection, organization and arrangement of furniture and equipment in the new library facility, cataloging and accessing information in the collections, acquiring materials and equipment for the library, and related matters. Asheboro, NC. 1988-1990.
• Consultation with the Middle Tennessee University Library on the best method to organize the rare book and special collection department of the music library. February 1989.
• Ventana Press, for Diane Lenox, a consultation on some effective ways for this small publisher to market their books, etc., to libraries and librarians, February 1993.
• Consultation on teaching via the electronic classroom, for the librarian of the Institute of Government, regarding appropiate design and function of interactive video classroom, March 13, 1995.
• Consultation for handling water-soaked materials for the Southwest Elementary school media center, February 10, 1996.
• Consultant. Organize and create a computerized catalog of the collections; developing a policy for the collection; and providing guidance in the provision of future access to collections. Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library, High Point, NC. January-July, 1996.
• Consultation on methods and personnel to assist the Curating Department in the development of, access to, and organization of identification files for manufacturers and style patterns. Replacements Limited, Greensboro, NC Fall 1997.

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