About - Helena Marvin

1/2026 - Present Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Provide specialized research consultation and dynamic instruction for all undergraduate and graduate programs within the Chaifetz School of Business.
Partner with faculty to design and embed information literacy into the curriculum, creating targeted research guides, tutorials, and other digital learning objects.
Develop and lead workshops on strategies to enhance research visibility, navigate the scholarly publishing landscape, and utilize bibliometric tools for impact assessment.

1/2016 - 12/2025 Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Launched, organize and am responsible for the promotion and maintenance of the UMSL Institutional Repository Library. Created and implemented policies and workflows, while performing daily management and oversight of all repository operations.
As a liaison to the campus community educated faculty about open access, data management, Open Educational Resources (OER), and copyright and scholarly publication issues. Collection in the subject areas of philosophy, gerontology and gender studies. Aid researchers in one-on-one reference consultations and teach information literacy classes, as needed.
Compiled faculty showcase profiles garnered praise from University Deans and contributed to the development of positive relationships between the Institutional Repository Library and other academic departments.

Spring 2021, Fall 2021, and Fall 2024 Online

Adjunct instructor at the iSchool for an online library science graduate course, Organizing Information in Information Agencies, twice using an OER textbook I helped adapt and once a traditional textbook.
Used Canvas for the course, Zoom for synchronous meetings and panopto to create and edit weekly introduction videos.
Evaluated student performance and provided feedback in a timely fashion. Provided consultation for students when needed.

2/2010 - 1/2016 New York, New York, USA

As Chief of the Government Documents Division was responsible for the documents depository collection, including federal, state and international documents.
Supervised and trained part-time staff to copy-catalog, process and check-in documents. Troubleshoot problem catalog records.
Revised and updated collection development policy. As e-Serials librarian maintained the serials database and the electronic journals lists.
Maintain the library's database list (Libguides), A-Z list (Serials Solutions) and article-linker service (SFX). Analyzed and collected electronic resource usage statistics.
Provided one-on-one reference consultations. Taught information literacy classes as part of the Library Instruction Team.

Helena Marvin