Ellen Griffin Shade
http://www.oocities.org/~ellengriffin
EDUCATION
M.L.I.S.,
M.A.,
B.A.,
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES
Reads French and Latin.
EXPERIENCE
Librarian/Circulation Manager, 2005-present
Avondale
Regional Branch Library,
Directing staff and operations of circulation department, training and supervising staff, collection development and maintenance, resolving patron complaints, reference services, assistance with computer operations.
Adult Services Department, Reference Desk, 2004-2005
Reference services, locating and processing
materials requested by patrons and other libraries, assistance with reserves
and requests for materials, assistance with computer operations, providing
support with special projects and programs.
Historical Collections Cataloger, 2000-2003
LAII/Collection
Management, Cataloging Unit,
1997-1999
Lister Hill
Library of the Health Sciences
Responsible
for cataloging of UAB’s Historical
Collections, primarily those of the Reynolds Historical Library, a growing
collection of more than 10,000 rare books and manuscripts pertaining to the
history of medicine. Performed rare book cataloging
(including original cataloging),
complex copy cataloging of monographs and serials. Served as Senator for
Lister Hill Library to the UAB Faculty Senate and as Co-Chair of LHL’s Preservation Management Committee, which produced LHL’s Disaster Response/ Recovery Plan, and Chair of the
Preservation Issues Subcommittee, which drafted LHL’s
Preservation Policy. Designed and
maintained the Lister Hill
Library Internet MEDLINE Training Site as instructional design consultant
to LHL's National Library of Medicine MedTrain subcontract team providing Internet training to
minority or unaffiliated rural health professionals.
Teaching: “University
101: The University Experience,” a university-wide course in interdisciplinary
critical thinking,
Fall 2002.
Grant Funding and Applications:
Adult Services, Reference Desk, 1996-97
Duties: assisting patrons with reference questions
and finding materials, locating and processing materials requested by other
libraries, assistance with reserves and requests for materials, assistance with
computer operations, providing support with special projects and programs.
Graduate
Research Assistant, 1995-1996
Department of History,
Duties: research assistance to professors including
selection/compilation of archive & library materials, preparation of class
materials, proofreading of manuscripts; teaching aid with presentations for
classes, administration of exams, etc.; and office support for history
department.
Technical Services, Cataloging Unit, 1992-1995
UAB Lister
Hill Library of the Health Sciences
Duties: searching and editing online computer records
for cataloging of monographs, creating and editing records for dissertations,
proofreading of catalog records, editing of procedures manual, processing of
all monograph bindery work, and conducting supply inventory for cataloging
department; served on Total Quality Management/ Continuous Quality
Improvement Committee and TQM/CQI Survey Subcommittee.
Children's
Services, 1991-1995 (part-time)
Duties: maintaining and supervising department,
assisting patrons and answering reference questions, shelving, assisting with
children's programming.
Operations
Manager, 1990-1992
Environmental
Training Corporation (
Duties: managed office and in-house print shop for
environmental education and consulting company; participated in development and
production of instructional materials, maintained records and rosters; produced
information packets, advertising materials, client reports, and
computer-assisted diagrams of sampling locations. Edited The Green Sheet,
an environmental compliance newsletter.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Editor, The Bridge, newsletter of the Alabama Special Libraries
Association, Fall 2000-2003;
Treasurer, 2000-2002
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Moderator (with Fred Olive), “Marketing Your Library
in a Multi-Media World,”
Association Education Committee
Teleconference,
Freeman, Joseph S.,
Century: The
presentation at the South Carolina Library Association/Southeastern Library Association
Conference,
Statewide
Teleconferences,” URL:<http://www.oocities.org/allaeducationcommittee/guide.htm>
Gordon, Valerie S. and
Reynolds Library
Associates Steering Committee,
“Approaching Chaos and Connectivity: A Look at the Effects of Ongoing
Technological Innovation on the
Library Profession,” award-winning paper
presented at the 2000
Organizations /Southeastern Library
Association Joint Conference,
Libraries Section “New Voices” Program,
Gordon, Valerie S. and
for
Staff), Poster Session, American
Library Association Annual Meeting,
June 2001.
“Hidden in Plain
Sight: Highlights from the Collections
of the Reynolds Historical Library,” The Vulcan
Historical
Review, 2000;
http://www.sbs.uab.edu/history/varticles/reynolds.htm.
Editor, The Bridge, newsletter of the
Alabama Chapter Special Libraries Association, Fall
2000-
“Rare Book Cataloging,”
PowerPoint presentation, Lister Hill Library,
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Den/2560/rarebooks/.
“Local Interest: The Role of Local History
Collections in Public Libraries,”
March 1998.
“`A Foul Crime’ in Early
Association Meeting,
April 1996.
“Southside Wandering,” poetry and
storytelling cycle, Hoover Library Theatre Coffee House Night,
August 1995.
“Goddess Variations: a Celebration of the
Female Archetype,” contributing artist,
Art Gallery, December 1999;
Lodestar, January 2000-.
DISPLAYS AND EXHIBITS
With Katie Oomens, “Preservation
Month Display: Preservation Problems and
Solutions” Lister Hill
Library, May 2002.
“
“Seventy-five
Years: Views from Homewood History,”
Homewood Public Library Gallery, for the
WEB
PUBLISHING AND DESIGN
“Southeastern Library Association Continuing Education
& Professional Development Committee”
designer and webmaster, http://www.oocities.org/selaeducation,
April 2003-.
“Alabama Library
Association Education Committee website,” designer and webmaster,
http://www.oocities.org/allaeducationcommittee,
December 1999-.
"Information & Technology Day 1999 Web
Site,"
webmaster, March 1999-.
"Lister Hill Library Internet MEDLINE Training
Site," designer and webmaster,
http://www.uab.edu/lister/medtrain/, January 1999-.
“Southern Sisters Homepage: The Greater Birmingham Chapter of Sisters in
Crime," designer/webmaster,
December 1998-.
“UAB IAIMS Web Page,” design/graphic art, http://www.uab.edu/iaims/iaims.htm,
August 1998.
“Site of the Crime: A Digital Library of Internet
Resources for Mystery Readers,”
http://www.oocities.org/SoHo/Den/2560/siteofthecrime.htm, August 1998-2001.
HONORS
AND AWARDS
Award-winning paper, Georgia Council of Media
Organizations/Southeastern Library Association Joint
Conference,
National Merit Finalist
International Thespian Society
Golden Key National Honor Society
Phi Alpha Theta History Honorary
Alpha Lambda Delta Scholastic Honor
Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
The Gamma Beta Phi Society
Graduate Student Association Travel Grant,
Acting and Poetry
Interpretation
MEMBERSHIPS/AFFILIATIONS
ALLA
Education Committee
ALLA
Technical Services & Systems Round Table
American Library Association
Association
of College & Research Libraries
Rare
Books and Manuscripts Section, 2002 Preconference Program Planning Committee
ARTS
Section
Phi Alpha Theta, National History Honor Society
Special Libraries Association
Southeastern
Library Association
SELA Special
Libraries Section
SELA
Preservation Roundtable