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(630) 254-6070 avincent17@gmail.com

EDUCATION

Master of Library Science, Emporia State University August 2010-August 2012Portland, OR

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Bachelor of Arts in Print Journalism, North Central College September 2005-June 2009Naperville, IL

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Communications Manager October 2012-presentUniversity of Chicago Division of the Humanities, Chicago, IL

Coordinate communications for 18 academic departments Direct the divisional website redesign by researching peer institution sites, providing feedback on

designs, and collaborating with site architects on proposed structures Manage two student workers Produce content for divisional news blog and for Tableau, the division’s alumni magazine

Reference Assistant September-October 2012Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Staffed reference desk for 18 hours per week and assist students and faculty with research questions and catalog searching

Co-taught an information literacy session with Michael Weinberg for PSYC 395, an advanced psychology course

Assisted in creating a LibGuide for information literacy session

Serials Assistant December 2011-July 2012Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR

Processed print serials for main library using Millennium ILS Oversaw binding of print journals for main library and Science and Engineering Library Developed training documentation for future serials assistants

Library Assistant March 2011-March 2012University of Oregon Portland Library and Learning Commons, Portland, OR

Provided specialized reference assistance to patrons Assisted in producing weekly pop-up cart displays of topical books and journals for outreach Managed circulation tasks, ILL processing, and course reserves

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Resource Administration Intern October 2010-September 2011One Economy Corporation, Portland, OR

Managed over 300,000 records in a Microsoft SQL Server database Trained two interns on database and data entry procedures Processed all user-submitted data for BeeLocal, a social networking and review website that

seeks to connect users to necessary social services that may not otherwise have a strong web presence

INTERNSHIPS

Collection Development Intern September 2012-presentNortheastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL

Assist with updating the juvenile literature and curriculum materials collection by surveying current collection

Research awards for children’s literature Compile lists of titles for purchase

Cataloging Intern April 2012-May 2012 Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, OR

Cataloged meeting notes, monographs, and serials for health board library Developed a controlled vocabulary for cataloging materials Provided cataloging documentation for future interns

Digital Images Cataloging Intern March 2012 Visual Resources Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Created documentation for VRC wiki on lantern slide cataloging Performed original cataloging of digitized lantern slides using VRA Core and Art and

Architecture Thesaurus in a Filemaker database

TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

HTML/CSS coding Microsoft Office suite/Mac OS Wordpress content management system (click below for example)

o “Librarians Get Graphic” graphic novel subject guide

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

“What you want, baby we’ve got it? Demand-driven acquisitions and e-books.” Lightning talk presentation at Online Northwest Conference, February 10, 2012. View slides

Gilman, S., & Vincent, A. (2013). “Pinteresting possibilities: Rethinking outreach for design students.” Art Documentation, 32(1) (pending publication).

“Future ready through research.” SLA Future Ready 365 blog post, August 26, 2011. http://futureready365.sla.org/08/26/futureready-through-research/