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Frank R. Joslin III
Employment
| Reference Librarian, the Essex Public Library, Tiverton, Rhode
Island, May 1997- present. Overall responsibilty for assisting patrons with
reference questions. Provide internet and CD-ROM instruction.General circulation work, ILL
processing, creating finding aids, maintaining reference collection. Developing local
history collection. Teaching courses on use of the internet and internet searching for
adults.
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| Reference Assistant, University
of Rhode Island Library, S. Kingston, Rhode Island, January-May, 1997. Main
responsibility was instructing students on CD-ROM searching techniques. Worked
concurrently as an assistant in Current Periodicals.
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| Music Manager, Assistant Manager (Book Department), Bookseller, Borders Books and Music, Peabody and Framingham,
Massachusetts, April 1993- July 1996. After a few months as a bookseller in
Framingham, I was promoted to Assistant Manager and helped open a new Borders in Peabody.
During my two years as a manager, I directly supervised 10 people. For most of the time at
Borders I was the Human Resources Officer, in charge of interviews, hiring, scheduling and
benefit issues. For the last year (1995-96), I was promoted to Music Manager.
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| Assistant Buyer, New England Mobile Book Fair, Newton Highlands,
Massachusetts, Fall-Winter 1991. Worked directly with the buyer for remainder
books on purchases, pricing and display.
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| Assistant Manager, Floor Supervisor, Assistant Buyer, and
Bookseller, the Yale Co-op Bookstore, New Haven,
Connecticut, 1986-1991. After a year as a bookseller, was promoted to
assistant buyer of remainder and promotional books. Grew this department by 50% over three
years. Prepared a quarterly catalog and ran sidewalk sales in fall and spring. Added used
and rare books to the stock. Last three years was assistant manager/floor supervisor as
well as a buyer. Supervised 8 people.
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| Assistant Manager, Madison Newsstand and Booksellers, Madison,
Connecticut, 1985-86.
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| Buyer and Assistant Manager, The Book Bear, West Brookfield,
Massachusetts, 1984-85. Large general stock used bookstore.
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| Manager, Assistant Manager and Bookseller, Johnson's Bookstore,
Springfield MA, 1981-84. Managed the Secondhand Book Department. Did all the
outside buying, including at auctions.
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