Resumé
Helena Marvin
EDUCATION
Queens College of New York, CUNY 8/2008-12/2010
Queens, New York
Graduate School Information and Library Science (ALA accredited) GPA 3.9
City College of New York, CUNY
Macaulay Honors College, CUNY
8/2004-5/2008
New York, New York
B.A., Philosophy
Thesis: Software & the Philosophic Foundation of Intellectual Property Rights
Study Abroad: Spanish in Spain, Madrid 2006
Lawrence Free State High School 8/2000-5/2004
University of Kansas
8/2004-5/2004 (senior year of high school)
Lawrence, Kansas
EXPERIENCE
2010-Present
City College of New York - Cohen Library New York, New York
Government Documents Librarian, Subsitute
2008-2010
Lee Strasberg Theatre And Film Institute New York, New York
Collection Cataloger, Part Time
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Performed original and copy cataloging of books and periodicals published between sixteen hundreds to now
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Cataloged books in English, German, Dutch, Danish, Romance Languages, Russian and Greek.
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Specialized in transliterating Russian books
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Managed, upgraded, performed backups for and utilized ResourceMate cataloging software
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Utilized Worldcat and Library of Congress z39.50 technologies for copy cataloging
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Participated in the organization & digitization of personal papers from the Marilyn Monroe Archive
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Performed reference and digitization of materials from the Less Strasberg Archive
2009
City Tech, CUNY Brooklyn, New York
Adjunct CLT for the Dean's Office of Technology and Design, Part Time
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Selected and implemented Zotero citation software
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Managed and maintained a Zotero citation database of over 120 citations
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Managed 103 citations for a 16 page NSF virtual reality instrumentation grant
2005-2008
CUNY Institute for Urban Systems & University Transportation Research Center New York, New York
Student Intern, Part Time
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Updated the CIUS and UTRC2 websites by utilizing MySQL, PHP and CSS technologies.
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Extended an SQL database for a video digitization project
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Acted as editor and contributing journalist for the CIUS newsletter, duties included coordinating articles with writers, formatting the newsletter and maintaining the contacts database.
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Collected, edited and produced content for the CIUS and UTRC2 websites.
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Selected, installed, upgraded and maintained a Content Management System – Website Baker for the CIUS site.
2005, Summer
Cohen Library City College of New York, CUNY New York, New York
Part Time, Computer Technican
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Preformed tech support on the public and office machines of the main library, science & engineering library, architecture library, and the music library.
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Engaged in hardware and software installation, troubleshooting & maintenance
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Provided computer assistance to library staff
MEDIA EXPERIENCE
2006 – Present Technocolor Radio Show WHCR 90.3 FM whcr.org New York, New York Co-Host, Monday from 7-8pm
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Technology talk show on Harlem Community Radio
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Responsibilities included witty banter, technology reviews, and interviewing
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
2007, Summer Douglas County Law Library Lawrence, Kansas Summer Intern
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Acted as an OPL Assistant
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Participated in Lexis Nexis Training
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Performed integrating resource management tasks
2000 – Present Computer Tutoring and Consultation Lawrence, Kansas & New York, New York Self-Employed
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Engaged in one on one technology tutoring
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Performed web design, updating and site maintenance
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Installed and maintained hardware and software
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Troubleshot hardware and software problems including catastrophic hardware failures and viruses
TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
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Web-Technologies: HTML, CSS, CMS Technologies, JAVASCRIPT, PHP, MySQL
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Platforms: Windows Vista/XP/98/95/2000/ME, Linux, OS X
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Databases: Lexis Nexus, Westlaw, Factiva, Ebsco, Academic Search Premier
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Technology and information literacy tutoring (one on one), software, hardware, web technologies
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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ALA – American Library Association
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NYLA – New York Library Association
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
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American Fight Association: Unarmed Stage Combat Level 1
RELEVANT ACADEMIC COURSES
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General Reference
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Legal Reference
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Business Reference
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Cataloging
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Web Programming
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Human Computer Interaction
Undergraduate
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Decision Theory
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Educational Technologies
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History of 20th Century Science
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Philosophy of Science
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History of New York City
Graduate