Coal Dust to Diamonds:
A Patchwork History of Country Music

Author and designer of Perry-Castañeda Library exhibit

a d d i t i o n a l  e x h i b i t s,  1 9 8 9 - 1 9 9 3

PUBLICATIONS

It's a Vision Thing:
A Modest Proposal Concerning Library Exhibits

Paper submitted to the General Libraries Exhibits Committee regarding proposed improvements in the exhibit-producing process, including reasons for supporting more inclusive outreach efforts.

Harry's Place: The Undergraduate Library

World Wide Web exhibit

Light Beacons, Not Bonfires

World Wide Web exhibit

The Garden of ORIGAMI

World Wide Web site

Origami: A Universe in a Single Sheet of Paper

World Wide Web exhibit

(Reviews and Awards)

The Mythical, Mystical Sun

World Wide Web exhibit

HALEAKALA: How Maui Snared the Sun

World Wide Web site

GRAPHIC DESIGN

Undergraduate Library web site design overhaul, 1997 (no longer available)

All drawings, digitization, and design for the new graphics

COMMITTEES / PROJECTS

Undergraduate Library strategic planning committee, October 1998 - February 2000

Task force to design web-based multimedia internet instruction tutorial, September 1997 - September 1999

Task force to redesign Undergraduate Library web pages, September 1997 - February 1998

General Libraries Exhibits Committee, 1993-1996

Produced ephemeral signs as needed at the Undergraduate Library, 1986-1996

Designed new signage for Undergraduate Library, 1999-2000

Designed and produced concert and recital posters, programs, etc., 1981-present

Botanical illustration, 1981-1984

Juried shows: Laguna Gloria Fiesta, May 1985; Texas Union, September 1985

University of Missouri/Columbia Ellis Library Publications Committee, 1979-1981

Assisted in developing a coordinated signage system for the library; planned, wrote, designed, and produced library guides and brochures

Editor, Ruskin High School Hi-Light  (Kansas City, Missouri) 1970-71

Responsible for planning each issue, assigning stories and photos, copyediting and proofreading, lay-out and design, paste-up, and liaison with the printer

i n t e r n e t   e d u c a t i o n  / l i b r a r i e s

EMPLOYMENT

2000 - present

Seattle Public Library
Rainier Beach Branch

Library Associate II

Supervise 2 library associates and 1 student assistant on evenings and weekends


Charge and discharge library materials, count in-house use of materials


Register new patrons; collect fines; assist patrons in locating and reserving library materials


Answer patrons' questions about accounts, hours, meeting room schedule, events, etc.


Assist patrons with library catalog and personal computers


Assist with all other circulation and shelving functions as needed


Assist with readers' advisory and reference services and homework help


Plan and present programs, design library displays, help with special projects


Assist with opening/closing building


Participate in monthly meetings of the Rainier Beach Library staff

1986-2000

Reference Desk / Electronic Information Center
The Undergraduate Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant I (1/2 position; full-time beginning June 1999)

Internet Education (since 1995)


Assist and instruct students, faculty and staff in the Electronic Information Center in the use of all electronic information resources, including online and CD-ROM databases, Internet resources and e-mail applications

Reference


Staff reference desk 10-13 hours per week providing in-person and telephone reference services for students, faculty and staff in all subject areas, utilizing both print and electronic resources; 9 hours per week serve as sole staff member providing this assistance

Teach electronic resources (since 1995)


Participate as an instructor for both the Library Instruction Program and the Electronic Information Classes Program

Create web guides to assist teachers in integrating the Internet in the curriculum

Design finding tools and temporary signs


Web design (since 1994)

Participate in semi-monthly meetings of the reference staff of the Undergraduate Library

1984-1988

Circulation/Reserve Desk Supervisor (Nights / Weekends)
The Fine Arts Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant I (1/2 position)

• Supervise 3 library clerks and clerical assistants on evenings and weekends

• Charge and discharge library materials

• Place holds and recalls

• Search for lost books

• Answer patrons' questions or refer to appropriate bibliographer

• Assist with all other circulation and shelving functions as needed

• Help with special projects

1985-1986

Reference Assistant (Nights / Weekends)
The Fine Arts Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant II (1/2 position, temporary)

• Staff reference desk 8 hours per week during hiring freeze

• Assist music bibliographer with orders

• Assist with filing cards in the public card catalog as well as in the accession catalog

1979-1981

Reserve Desk Supervisor
Ellis Library, The University of Missouri at Columbia

Library Assistant II

• Hire, train, and supervise Clerk I (1/2 position) and 20 student assistants

• Maintain payroll records and administer budget

• Revise and rewrite training manual

• Special projects as needed

• Assist as needed in other areas of the Access Services department

PUBLICATIONS

It's a Vision Thing:
A Modest Proposal Concerning Library Exhibits

Paper submitted to the General Libraries Exhibits Committee regarding proposed improvements in the exhibit-producing process, including reasons for supporting more inclusive outreach efforts

Harry's Place: The Once & Future Undergraduate Library

World Wide Web exhibit

Light Beacons, Not Bonfires

World Wide Web exhibit

The Garden of ORIGAMI

World Wide Web site

Origami: A Universe in a Single Sheet of Paper

World Wide Web exhibit

(Reviews and Awards)

The Mythical, Mystical Sun

World Wide Web exhibit

HALEAKALA: How Maui Snared the Sun

World Wide Web site

COMMITTEES

Undergraduate Library strategic planning committee, October 1998 - February 2000

Task force to design web-based multimedia internet instruction tutorial, September 1997 - September 1999

Task force to redesign Undergraduate Library web pages, September 1997 - February 1998

General Libraries Exhibits Committee, 1993-1997

Produced ephemeral signs as needed at the Undergraduate Library, 1986-1996

Produced ephemeral signs as needed at the Fine Arts Library, 1984-1988

University of Missouri/Columbia Ellis Library Publications Committee, 1979-1981

Assisted in developing a coordinated signage system for the library; planned, wrote, designed, and produced library guides and brochures

m u s i c  /   c o s t u m e   /   p e r f o r m a n c e

EMPLOYMENT

1992-June 1999

Music Cataloguing
The Perry-Castañeda Library, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant II (1/2 position)


• Catalogue and edit MARC serial records using Pre-AACR2 and AACR2 standards

• Perform subject, title and name authority searching on OCLC

• Assign Library of Congress call numbers

• Search library records for scores and monographs, compact discs, cassettes, phonodiscs, videocassettes, and videodiscs using local interactive OPAC and INNOPAC systems

• Create, edit and maintain local MARC records

1988-1992

Performance Library Assistant
The Performance Library, Department of Music, The University of Texas at Austin

Library Assistant I (1/2 position)


• Catalog and file all scores and music, including orchestral, concert band, marching band, choral, jazz ensemble, and chamber music

• Type and file catalog cards

• Check out and return music to/from individuals and ensembles

• Assist with overdues and billing

• Assist patrons with audio equipment and tape archive

• Assist with reference service

• Answer telephone

• Assist with FAX

• Assist with photocopying, music repair, assembling music folders

• Research music orders

• Insert bowings in string parts of orchestral music

• Assist with maintenance of active collection and archives

• Assist with special projects (such as collection restructuring and reorganization)

1985 - present

Flutist

• Artistic director of the performance ensemble  SPRINGKEEPER
• Freelance performance with various local musical ensembles, including Springkeeper, the Orchestra of St. David's, the Austin Handel/Haydn Society, the Barton Strings, Aeolus, the Austin Civic Orchestra, Kaleidasound, and the Austin Symphonic Band
• Recording: Joyance (1989)
  Christmas carols arranged for flute and guitar, performed by  AEOLUS
  (Victoria Beatty, flute, and Jerry Dadap, Jr., classical guitar)

RELATED SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Flute performance
• Music research
• Music cataloguing
• Attention to detail
• Creating venues for new music
• Commissioning new chamber works

1991-present

Costume Design

Costumer for  SPRINGKEEPER

ALEC, UT College of Engineering patron saint, commissioned by the Friends of ALEC in 1999. Click here to see a recent appearance by Alec at the 25th anniversary of the Friends of ALEC (also his own 98th birthday party)!

Oak Tree costume commissioned by storyteller Peter "Treeman" Jenkins in 1999