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Summary of Qualifications:

  • Strong skills in database searching, knowledge of health information sources and research. Demonstrated success, academic and professional, with synthesizing research and scientific literature into succinct documents and presentations.
  • Hands-on experience in assessing the needs and challenges of users of health libraries, meeting challenges of providing service to health sciences audiences.
  • Strong academic achievement in graduate courses about health library services, library management, social media, reference services and cataloguing.
  • High motivation to improve existing research and professional skills. As an active social media user, I maintain strong networks of peers and colleagues and a solid understanding of current online research services and developments. Blogging bolsters the clarity and depth of my professional writing.
  • Technical proficiency using (X)HTML, CSS, and Javascript. Thorough knowledge of web applications, content management and social media.
Education:

Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS)
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS)
University of British Columbia
2010

Bachelor of Arts (BA) with Distinction. Major: English
University of Wisconsin – Madison
2008

Relevant work experience:

Assets Manager
Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) Library
October 2008-April 2010
http://www.cihc.ca/library/

  • Worked independently as part of a small-team to create a national online repository for use by health professionals interested in interprofessional education and collaborative practice.
  • Constructed systematic search strategies for retrieval and analyses of interprofessional education (IPE) topics. Extensive searches performed in multiple databases.
  • Responsible for creating internal and external CIHC Library documents that targeted different user groups for the effective communication of CIHC Library’s goals.
  • Helped to facilitate CIHC network growth and teamwork via personal email, conference attendance, marketing efforts and by establishing social media contacts.
  • Hands-on experience with DSpace software, including debugging, server support and social contribution to the DSpace open-source development community.

Student Assistant
Biomedical Branch Library, UBC (Vancouver General Hospital)
September 2009-April 2010

  • Delivered reference and information services in a large hospital library. Provided reference and circulation services working alone and built a solid foundation assessing the needs of hospital library users.
  • Taught user groups how to access library resources such as the UBC Library catalogue and biomedical databases to complete systematic reviews, clinical trials and other research.
  • Assisted in locating specific research and monographs as well as helped to refine medical search strategies for busy health professionals.
  • Completed various projects as assigned by the biomedical librarian, including in orthopedics, pediatrics and other medical collections; reviewed Doody’s and Login Canada recommendations.

Practicum Placement
Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, MN
December 2009

  • Practicum with senior web services librarian, Meg Canada, at a large, 41-branch public library system.
  • Provided transcription and feedback to library staff on the results of usability testing for the Hennepin County Library homepage.
  • Created curriculum and presentation slides for use in a training session on social networking.

Professional Experience Student
Rare Books and Special Collections, UBC
May-July 2009

  • Original cataloguing provided for sixty-three rare maps in the Andrew D. McCormick Collection.
  • Extensive online and print-based research to locate the provenance of historical maps, many removed from atlases before framing.

Lead metadata student
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
February 2007-July 2008
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/

  • Created and edited structural and descriptive metadata for research and literary materials, resulting in a broad range of both full-text and image collections.
  • Created screencasts for use as training materials expanding the training capability of staff.
  • Carried out metadata corrections amidst the departmentʼs over one-million records.
  • Completed internal quality control for both metadata and digital images.

Vital Records Intern
General Mills Inc.
Summer 2005, Summer 2006

  • Conducted daily searches of corporate records library on behalf of staff, while maintaining rigorous corporate preservation and access policy.
  • Fielded additional staff concerns and assisted with record circulation, usage and destruction in addition to conducting the annual record inventory.
Activities:

Blogger
danielhooker.com – Health Libraries, Medicine and the Web
http://danielhooker.com/blog
June 2009-present

Wiki Advisory Member
HLWIKI Canada – A wiki for health librarians
http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/
June 2009-present

Blogger
2nd International mLibraries Conference, Vancouver, BC
June 2009

Volunteer
Research Rescue (Peer-to-peer reference service program)
Fall 2009-Spring 2010

Webmaster
Library and Archival Student Studies Association (LASSA), SLAIS
April 2009-April 2010

Web and Wiki Development
CHLA/ABSC Student Interest Group, SLAIS
January 2009-April 2010

Secretary
American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), SLAIS
January 2009-April 2010

Publications and Presentations:

Academic Awards:

C. William Fraser Prize
Demonstrating highest achievement in the area of health librarianship
School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
Spring 2010

Graduate Entrance Scholarship
University of British Columbia
Fall 2008

Library Service Award
University of Wisconsin – Madison Libraries
Spring 2008

References available upon request.