Ursula Murphy
Los Angeles, CA
Summary of Qualifications
Over ten years of experience in special, research, public and academic libraries.
Successful experience managing staff of up to twenty.
Nine years experience providing instruction and training to individuals and groups.
Professional communication skills with people of all ages and backgrounds.
High standard of knowledge in a wide variety of scholarly and public information sources.
Competency to meet deadlines on time and ahead of schedule.
Education
Masters of Library and Information Science, cum laude, Simmons College, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Boston, MA, August 2005
Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, Art History, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2001.
Work Experience
Decurion Corporation, Knowledge Management Consultant, May 2011 - present
Provide support and guidance for enterprise content management initiative, document retention policy, document management projects, business classification scheme, etc.
New York Public Library, Senior Librarian, Bloomingdale and Harlem branch libraries, March 2006 - March 2011
Provided reference and reader’s advisory services at children's and adult information desks, including telephone and email reference.
General administrative tasks; trained and supervised student workers, assisted in the budget planning process and monthly reports, and acted as second in command.
Developed curricula for and conducted monthly classes in information literacy, library resources, online searching, introductory Internet and email, social networking, etc. for adults.
Acted as collection development and maintenance manager for the adult collection.
Participated in outreach and the promotion of library services both online through social networking and via traditional methods.
Planned and organized adult and teen program events including monthly book discussion groups, bimonthly teen gaming events, neighborhood history lectures and art exhibits.
Goals and projects achieved:
Acted as interim branch manager for two month period, managing a staff of ten.
Participated in branch renovation and reorganization, including large scale weeding project.
Selected for and completed Managing for Excellence Leadership training program.
Evaluated and updated branch collection development profile.
Emerson College Libraries, Reference Librarian (part time position), October 2005 - February 2006
Provided reference, bibliographic instruction and research consultation to a diverse graduate and undergraduate student population using a broad range of online and print sources via telephone, email, chat and in person.
Taught students research methodologies and strategies.
Coordinated and organized procedure and policy materials.
Social Law Library, Copy Cataloguer (part time position), November 2005 - February 2006
Copy cataloged item records for rare book print collection.
Updated and maintained new and existing name authority records.
Recommended repair or conservation efforts.
Career Resource Library, Simmons College, Reference Assistant, September 2004 – August 2005
Provided reference services, bibliographic instruction and research consultation to a diverse student and alumni population both on the spot and in scheduled reference appointments.
Taught students career research methodologies and strategies.
Developed content for and maintained library website with over 1,600 annotated links.
Created career specific informational packets and gave informational workshops to the student population.
Contributed to collection development and maintenance activities.
Supervised part time student library assistant.
William Morris Hunt Library, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Library Associate for Public Service and Collection Maintenance, August 2002- August 2004
Aided patrons of all educational levels with reference and research on a wide variety of topics related to art and art history, utilizing print and online reference resources.
Gave group and individual orientation sessions and bibliographic instruction to new staff, students and public.
Created and updated library training and instructional materials in print and electronic format.
Hired, supervised, trained and administered payroll for 20 student workers and volunteers
Acted as Circulation and Stacks Manager to nine departmental libraries and managed rare book collection and artists book collection, with special consideration to their preservation.
Trained staff and oversaw data entry of bibliographic information into museum object database.
Goals and Projects Achieved:
Co-curated the first in a series of student art exhibits in the library.
Planned and implemented first successful museum wide library inventory project.
Assisted in planning the library relocation (over 200,000 volumes).
Planned and executed the re-organization of two department libraries and a special collection.
Computer Skills
Windows and Mac OS X Operating Systems, MS Office, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, iWeb, FileMaker Pro, Ariel, ILLiad, Voyager, Millennium, Dynix (including Horizon GUI), Drupal, Web 2.0 (blogs, wikis, social networking, html).
Databases
Extensive Internet and database searching experience. Familiarity with most database vendors including: ABC-CLIO, Proquest, EBSCO, JStor, Gale, Lexis-Nexis, PubMed, WilsonWeb, Westlaw and more.
