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Colette M. Elick
Wilkes-Barre PA 18702
cmelick@anglefire.com

Objective/Qualifications/Career History/Relevant Experience/
Related Training/Education

Objective

A challenging position which will provide the forum for me to use my eclectic assortment of skills in the Information Services/Education fields.

 Qualifications
  • Ambitious, highly energetic, detailed-oriented Information Specialist with five years experience in a medical library setting.
  • Macintosh and PC proficiency, Internet savvy and experience with HTML and design.
  • Manage multiple complex projects and priorities efficiently and delegate when necessary.
  • Interact independently and as a team member with all organizational levels.
  • Initiate communication and establish successful relationships with patrons and co-workers.
  • Take initiative to plan, organize, evaluate, follow-up, and resolve problems in a timely manner.
  • Keep a positive, flexible attitude and readily adapt to change.

Career History

  • Sales Assistant
    WBRE, Wilkes-Barre PA.   November 2000-Date.

  • Assistant Librarian
    Mercy Hospital Medical Library, Scranton PA.    April-November 2000.

    Tasks include interlibrary loan, literature searches (PubMed), Internet searching, binding, serials, and statistics. Created library webpage. Teach Residents PubMed searching techniques.

  • Interlibrary Loan Technician
    Talbot Research Library, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA.    April 1996-February 2000. 

    Plan and supervise the daily operational and administrative functions of all Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery services for the library. Tasks include lending and borrowing materials using Quickdoc, OCLC and a variety of commercial vendors.  Responsible for verifying references, copyright reporting, preparing customized computer reports detailing requests and ILL usage, develop procedures, write and maintain documentation and keep and evaluate records and statistics, process rush/clinical emergency requests, prepare billing invoices and monitor payments, giving new-employee-orientation library tours, and answering reference questions.  Member of the Health Science Libraries Consortium Interlibrary Loan Task Force.  Knowledge of print and online resource sources (Internet, Medline, Science Citation Index, Chemical Abstracts, etc.), Macintosh and PC experience (Wordperfect, Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Word 97, Microsoft Publisher 98, Microsoft Excel, Powerpoint etc.).

  • Library Technician I
    Talbot Research Library, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia PA.    November 1994-April 1996. 

    Responsible for maintaining journal holdings (print and online).  Tasks included binding journals, holdings list, inventory of journals and abstracts and updating Union Catalog of Medical Periodicals.  Supervised 3-4 volunteer workers and 1 part-time employee, answered reference questions, maintained reprints file and in charge of general maintenance of library.

  • Teachers' Assistant 
    Beacon Center for Children, Philadelphia PA.  January-November 1994. 

    Assisted teaching staff in establishing lesson plans, group activities and bulletin boards for approximately 30 children.

  • Manager 
    Reader's Market, Kmart,Wilkes-Barre, PA.  August 1987-September 1993. 

    Responsible for over-all maintenance of book department.  Tasks included customer service, merchandising, marketing, supervision of staff, loss prevention and basic operations.  Created original designs for flyers, signing and displays.


Relevant Experience
  • Poster Session Nursing Grand Rounds. Visual display detailing library services. May 1999.
  • Intensive analysis of Interlibrary Loan users' needs and satisfaction with turnaround time and fill rate. Developed a user needs survey which was distributed to all patrons. Tracked the turnaround time and fill rate of six libraries.  October 1998.
  • Proctor for University of Phoenix Online.  August 1998.
  • Help Reference Librarians teach courses on Internet Searching.  1998-To date.
  • Taming the Web: Tactics for Evaluating the Quality of Breast Cancer Sites on the Internet. innovations in Breast Cancer Care. 1998; 3:3.  April 1998.
  • Designed personal webpage.  February 1998.
  • Maintenance of Talbot Research Library webpage.  1995-96.
  • Selections of art work published, The Manuscript, Wilkes University literary magazine.  1990.
  • T-shirt design, Young Democrats of Luzerne County, PA.  1990.
  • Artwork published in chapbook, Meanderings Minus Music,  1988 and Premeditative Improvisations.  1989.
  • Artwork for slide presentation, Get Out and Vote!  1989.
  • Poster designs for Manager's Training Session, Reader's Market. August 1989.

Related Training
Education


M.S. in Education, Wilkes University, Focus in English.   August 1993. 

B.A., King's College, English and Secondary Education.  May 1987. 

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