The pretty though less updated version
EDUCATION
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)
Master of Library and Information Studies
- Graduate Assistant to Department Chair, 2010-2011
- Presidental Management Fellows Nominee, 2010
The University of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA)
Bachelor of Arts in Multimedia of Arts and Sciences
- Developed a 3D animated video that was selected in the MMAS Showcase, 2007
- Directed a film that was featured in the Video Production Showcase, 2008
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
- CMS Software: Drupal, LiveJournal, Tumblr, WordPress
- Database Technologies: Beginner: MySQL, PHP, Microsoft Access
- Digitization: Adobe Bridge, Adobe Acrobat, CONTENTdm, Dreamweaver, OmniPage
- Graphics and Multimedia: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Camtasia, FinalCut Pro HD, iMovie, PowerPoint, InkScape, Keynote
- Internet: WWW, Email, FTP, IRC, IM
- Languages: Intermediate: HTML, CSS Beginner: XML, JavaScript, AJAX
- Web 2.0: Google application suite, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Flickr, LinkedIn, Tumblr, RSS, screencasting
SELECT WORK EXPERIENCES
Darien Library; Darien, CT; User Experience Librarian; 07/2011 — Present
Description from an email to a library director about what I do in my position
- Knowledge of basic graphic design principles (e.g. grid systems)
- Spearhead conversations with staff about how to improve their website sections (e.g. Children’s Library) and how you can support their work
- Administer vendor relationships with setting up new products
- Teach classes to staff and patrons on various topics
- Produce/edit videos and photos
- Create documentation (of everything)
- Website design and information architecture
Department of Library and Information Studies (LIS), UNCG; Greensboro, NC;Graduate Assistant; 01/2010 — 05/2011
- Supervised two assistants and trained them in website management
- Converted the LIS department website from static HTML to a customizedWordPress themed website (http://lis.uncg.edu)
- Increased traffic to LIS website by 191%
- Built the multilingual International and Comparative Librarianship (ICL)Communitas website in Drupal (http://www.lisuncg.net/icl)
- Photographed and filmed LIS events and published media to the website
- Taught workshops in WordPress, Drupal and Social Networking
ARCHIVAL & DIGITAL COLLECTIONS EXPERIENCE
University Libraries, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Practicum; 01/2011 — 05/2011
- Lead a digitalization project on 300 UNCG student newspapers from 1919-1930
- Created PDFs and manipulated the embedded OCR text
- Wrote the metadata and uploaded the collection to CONTENTdm
- Wrote the contextual essay to describe the collection
- The newspapers are available at: http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/Carolinian.php
- Produced four customer service training videos for new library employees
University Libraries, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Digitalization Intern; 12/2010 — 01/2011
- Processed the UNCG 1919-1930 student newspapers into individual issues
- Ran quality checks and edited metadata on the student literary magazine Corradi, the State Normal Magazine, and the Alumni News Magazines
University Libraries, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Digitalization Intern; 06/2010 — 08/2010
- Converted 76 historical University documents to OCR PDFs
- Described and uploaded the above documents into CONTENTdm
- Repeated the above process for 80 UNCG yearbooks
- Selected photos for the Library’s social media project on Flickr
Greensboro Historical Museum; Greensboro, NC; Archival Intern; 06/2010 — 08/2010
- Produced a finding aid for the Guy Jr. and Joseph Thomas collection
- Digitalized and input the metadata for 2 feet of photograph negatives
- Transcribed audio recordings
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Using WordPress to Build Library Websites; ALA TechSource Class Online; Co-teacher; 01/2012 — 02/2012
- LIS Mentor, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Mentor; 01/2012 — Present
- Graduate Student Association (GSA) Representative, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Representative; 2010 — 2011
- iDEALS Planning Committee, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Webmaster and Social Media; 2010 — 2011
- Library and Information Studies Faculty Organization, UNCG; Assistant; 2010 — 2011
- The Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association for UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Focus groups; 2010 — 2011
- Library and Information Studies Student Association, UNCG; Greensboro, NC; Vice President; 2009 — 2011
PRESENTATIONS
Goodman, Amanda L. (2010, November). Screencasting Tools to Teach Distance Education and Promoting Your Lessons via Social Media. Poster session presented at Information, Engagement, Access and Libraries Summit, Greensboro, NC.
- Won Outstanding Poster Award.
Goodman, Amanda L. (2011, March). Parallel Future: The LIS Website Redesigned. Poster session presented at Un-Hushed: Speaking Up in theLibrary and Information Science Profession, Greensboro, NC.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Library Association; 2009 — Present
- Student to Staff member for the 2011 annual meeting in New Orleans, LA for theOffice for Information Technology Policy (OITP)
- Membership in the New Member Roundtable (NMRT) and the Library andInformation Technology Association (LITA)
- North Carolina Library Association, 2009 — 2011
- Society of American Archivists, 2010 — 2011
- Society of North Carolina Archivists, 2010 — 2011
