Education
Boston University, Boston, MA • Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and French Literature, January 2017 • Focused on Modernism, French Modernism, and literary theory. Dean’s List 2016
Centre Universitaire d’Études Françaises, Grenoble, France • B2 Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française, December 2015 • Certifies a degree of fluency and spontaneity in regular interactions, an ability to construct arguments to defend an opinion, explain a viewpoint and negotiate in French.
Experience
Reference Specialist, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library at the George Washington University — August 2018 - present
Assisted library patrons with medical research using 124 online databases
Supported ten systematic reviews by optimizing search results and troubleshooting research strategy
Edited two case study articles to be submitted for publication
Updated and maintained two research guides about reference and access
Delivered seven in-depth tutorials on library databases, research guides, and resources
Consulted on APA and AMA citation styles
Library Operations Intern, Boston University Mugar Memorial Library — September 2016 - December 2016
Led acquisition of resources from start to finish for the University’s Open Access research repository
Coordinated with donors and collaborated on requirements documents for collections
Digitized resources and designed metadata scheme
Provided office support to three librarians in the Digital Scholarship Services group
Summer Associate, Terren Landscapes, Philadelphia — May 2014 - September 2014
Organized and compiled a database of 50 employees’ records, often using state databases to retrieve information
Efficiently processed immigration and vehicle registration as per institutional procedures
Developed a client database of over 200 active clients and managed a working list of job leads and task updates in Salesforce
Staff Assistant to the Assistant Deans and Director of Programs, Questrom School of Business, Boston University — September 2013 - May 2014
Maintained a faculty recruitment website using WordPress
Assisted in the facilitation and preparation of four faculty tenure cases
Filed, scanned and updated faculty records, and dealt professionally with sensitive information
Coordinated with other front office staff and assistants to ensure a productive work environment
Provided direct support to the Assistant Deans and the Director of Programs
Projects
“Op-Ed: What Libraries Should Become,” Advocacy statement for Boston University Mugar Memorial Library, 985 Words, 2016
“Le Budget Participatif à Grenoble,” Ethnographic research project analyzing the results of an informal study relating to Grenoble’s participatory democracy initiative, 2015
“Comparing French and English Modernism”, Independent Study (four credit course), Boston University, fall 2016
Skills
DublinCore Metadata Language, Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator, Salesforce, Wordpress