Fordham Law School, The Maloney Library (New York, NY)
Part-Time Reference Librarian, January 2016 – December 2017

  • Staff the first-point-of-contact Reference Desk during weekly evening shifts.
  • Respond to patron requests for reference and research services via multiple mediums, including in-person, telephone, email, and real-time chat.

Florida Coastal School of Law, Library & Technology Center (Jacksonville, FL)
Reference Librarian and International/Comparative Specialist, June 2011 – February 2013

  • Provided legal reference and research services to patrons in person, via telephone, and online.
  • Bore primary collection development responsibility for the foreign, international, and comparative parts of the library collection, evaluating print and electronic resources for purchase.
  • Assisted with inter-library loan, screening patron requests and fulfilling those requests from existing electronic or print resources when possible.
  • Helped increase the library’s visibility and web presence via Web 2.0 technologies.
  • Led small groups of students through a variety of workshops designed to introduce them to secondary sources, case law, and statutory law through hands-on exercises and step-by-step instruction.
  • Co-taught law school courses
    • Advanced Legal Research
    • International & Foreign Legal Research
  • Provided guest lectures to students involved in experiential learning/clinics, enrolled in doctrinal courses, and participating in moot court activities. Some representative examples include:
    • Clinic: Caribbean Law Clinic; Topic: Jamaican Legal Research
    • Doctrinal Course: Comparative Law; Topic: Foreign Law Research
    • Moot Court: Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; Topic: International Research
  • Served as Adjunct Professor, responsible for teaching Advanced Online Legal Research.

University of Denver, Sturm College of Law, Westminster Law Library (Denver, CO)
Library Assistant, October 2009 – June 2011

  • Trained and supervised hourly employees and JD work-study circulation desk staff during evening hours.
  • Provided research and reference services to evening patrons.
  • Completed training on interlibrary loan procedures and acted as backup ILL resource.
  • Organized, shifted, and shelved law library materials, and completed special projects as necessary.

Law Librarianship Fellow, September 2009 – June 2011

  • Staffed reference desk, providing reference and research services to law students, members of the bar, pro se litigants, and the general public.
  • Prepared substantive and interactive LibGuide research guides, general information sheets for the Colorado Law Project, and posts on assorted topics for the Westminster Law Library Blog.
  • Conducted lectures on available legal resources and gave library tours.

Peking University School of Transnational Law, Legal Research Center (Shenzhen, China)
Intern, April 2011 – May 2011 (Practicum Project)

  • Assisted in collection development evaluation and decisions.
  • Developed a sample GATT/WTO research guide with a re-usable organizational structure.
  • Tested, evaluated, and critiqued the LibGuide software for use as the Legal Research Center homepage.

Native American Rights Fund, National Indian Law Library (Boulder, CO)
Intern, January 2011 – April 2011 (Independent Study)

  • Verified and updated the comprehensive lists of available tribal constitutions and codes.
  • Responded to patron reference questions dealing with Native American legal issues.
  • Created print and multimedia guides to help patrons access digital resources.

University at Albany, University Library (Albany, NY)

Student Assistant, August 1997 – May 1999

  • Processed, shelved, and re-shelved reference materials.