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redball.gif BONUS: Revenge of The Library Scientist I've been a working information specialist since 1989, in both academic and technical environments. I've developed and implemented secure, user-friendly web-based interfaces, working closely with users and design teams, in complex project management assignments, along with writing extensive support documentation. I have a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science, and a second Masters Degree in Art History . I am currently enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Information Science program at the University of North Texas.
Email: tami.sutcliffe@gmail.com
Most recent update: Jan 2007










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WEB DEVELOPER:
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment, University of North Texas.
Design and maintain sites for the Center for Educational Gaming in the Humanities, in addition to supporting UNT's Center for Teaching, Learning and Assessment projects. Extensive use of WebCT Vista, Dreamweaver, Paint Shop Pro and Flash. Advanced HTML coding in addition to complex project management tasks.

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER:
LE@D: [Library Education @ Desktop]
University of North Texas School of Information Science, Denton, Texas
Design online courseware including multimedia elements using a variety of online Learning Management Systems and authoring systems. Demonstrate an understanding of eLearning courseware communication standards (AICC/ SCORM). Coordinate development and completion of courseware projects including tracking and reporting on project status. Advanced WebCT skills and extensive HTML scripting.

INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNER:
InformationArt.org
Training development, WBT/CBT authoring, technical writing, project management, training delivery and facilitation, online instruction, document management, editing & proofing, taxonomy development, corporate archive creation.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC INSTRUCTION SPECIALIST:
Collin County Community College Library: McKinney, Texas
Develop and deliver a range of traditional and innovative web-based library services, including the design and implementation of the "Research Library RoadMap" for distance education students. Serve as liaison between LRC and teaching faculty/SME on matters of curriculum support, collection development and bibliographic instruction.
Completed Professional Development

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ANALYST:
Verizon Communications Retail IT Division:
Strategy, Planning and Metrics Group - Irving, Texas
Provide information organization for corporate strategy group, collecting and distributing tacit knowledge while coordinating documents throughout a new process development program. Develop technology implementation gap analysis, along with data gathering and verification. Compile accurate information to integrate into reports for analysis. Create Process Flow Charts, while supporting division with presentation materials. Create indices and provide catalog of division projects. Advanced use of Visio, Access and Infrastructure Assessment tools.

DIRECTOR OF LIBRARY RESEARCH:
Taylor Winfield, Inc: Dallas, Texas
Build and arrange information resources to support technical staff. Prepare abstracts and indexes while analyzing background information and presenting reports on areas of particular interest. Develop databases and train users. Design, code and maintain full corporate website, in addition to planning and writing in-house documentation. Extensive use of HTML, Quark, PaintShop Pro and the Microsoft Office suite

TECHNICAL WRITER:
Alcatel, USA: Plano, Texas
Locate and translate scientific and technical information into easily understandable documents. Plan and edit technical reports. Create archive of research databases, in addition to cataloging on-going research efforts. Edit and maintain Web-based materials. Produce style manual for staff. Advanced Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Quark and Windows 95 proficiency

WEB CONTENT AUTHOR:
ithought.com [acquired by ClipsCom Inc: 2001] : Dallas, Texas
Research, write and maintain library of over 100 syndicated consumer research articles published on web site. See partial portfolio here: Create content offerings, prepare electronic copy for site, maintain information quality, identify potential links and edit work of Content Analysts. Maintain library of business requirements documents. Produce corporate HTML e-mail and newsletters on deadline.

SOUTHWEST AREA LIBRARY COORDINATOR:
KPMG [Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdler]: Dallas, Texas
Provide research materials and support for professional consultants via email, electronic document delivery, and internal websites. Responsible for training documentation and distributing specialized information throughout SW system.

LIBRARY DIRECTOR:
Wyoming Technical Institute: Laramie, Wyoming
One-person staff, responsible for creating new Technical Resource Center in private technical college. Developed floorplan, organized and shelved collection, hired and trained student staff, prepared budget and implemented collection development plan. Cataloged 2,500-volume collection, using FileMaker Pro and OCLC. Edited support manuals and prepared electronic training documents. Fluent in both IBM and Macintosh applications (Word, FileMaker, Excel).

ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN:
Central Wyoming College Learning Resources Center: Riverton, Wyoming
Head of Circulation in busy college library. Extensive use of campus-wide LAN, OCLC, CARL and WyldCat. Supervised microcomputer lab and trained colleagues in search techniques. Created award-winning newsletter via Pagemaker. Assisted with retrospective conversion of 40,000-volume collection.




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Geek of the Day: April 12 2005
Operating Systems:Windows 3.1,95/97/98/2000/XP, MAC/OS
Applications: WebCT Vista, DreamWeaver, FrameMaker, Photoshop, Quicksilver, Illustrator, Pagemaker, Quark Express, Adobe Acrobat, Visio, FileMakerPro, Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Outlook)

Languages: PHP, Perl, HTML, BASIC, C, Pascal
On-Line Database Experience: Dialog, Lexis/Nexis, OCLC, ABI/Inform, CARL, Thomas

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American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Association for Computing Machinery [ACM]
Women in Technology International
Art Libraries Society of North America
American Library Association
International Federation of Library Associations
Texas Library Association
National Writers Union

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support my innergeek

Buy Me A Beer
Help save the Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus (Octopus paxarbolis)

I'd rather be driving my MG...
"Information as Social & Intellectual Capital"
My Library Minutia Collection
So where have all the librarians gone???
Neat Tricks Newsletter
A Word A Day
Arts and Letters Daily

Georgia O'Keefe Indiana Jones
Email: tami.sutcliffe@gmail.com
Most recent update: Jan 2007