Executive Summary:

Over 12 years experience in varoius library services as a Librarian:
Reference, Circulation, Library Instruction, Research, Collection Development, Technical Services, InterLibrary Loan.

Life's Motto: 

Knowledge is Power, therefore, get Powerful.

Education:

1997 M.L.S. Library and Information Studies.  Texas Woman's University, Denton, Texas.  
        Research Thesis: The Internet Training Methods For Academic Librarians.  The purpose of
        the research is to find out which training method(s) the experts prefer and recommend the
        most and why.  This paper uses simple statistical analyses (SAS program) for its
        conclusion.    

1990 B.Ed. Education.  University of Calcutta, India.
        Major: Education    Minor(s): English and History

1989 M.A. English Literature and Language.  University of Calcutta, India.
        Concentration(s): Shakespeare, and Contemporary English Literature 

1986 B.A. Liberal Arts (Honors Student).  University of Calcutta, India.  
        Major: English Literature and Language    Minor(s): History, and Political Science

Professional Experience:

2002 - Present.  University of Texas at El Paso Library, El Paso, TX.  
        Engineering/ Reference Librarian.  Major responsibilities include providing general and
        specialized reference assistance to students, faculty, staff, and community users.  Assisting
        and instructing individuals and groups in using various Library resources for research; conducting
        orientations; preparing instructional materials and bibliographies.  As a specialist in
        Engineering, work closely with faculty and students in the College of Engineering.  Participate
        in collection development for the Engineering Collection in the Library.  Work closely with
        departmental colleagues to provide professional, courteous and timely public services.  Create and
        maintain Virtual Tour of the UTEP Library. 

2000 - 2002  Monroe F. Swilley Library.  Mercer University, Atlanta, GA. 
        Assistant Professor/ Public Services Librarian/ General Education Liaison.  Major
        responsibilities included selecting library materials to support academic and research needs
        of the students and faculty, providing classroom instruction and research assistance.  Major
        tasks include overseeing circulation department as the Head of Circulation, supervising
        paraprofessionals including evening and part-time staff, serving as a liaison to undergraduate
        programs, providing library instruction as needed, providing reference services, and editing
        library web page.

1999 - 2000 Georgia Baptist College of Nursing Library.  Atlanta, GA.
        Evening Librarian.  Major responsibilities included performing functional supervision and
        operations of the library, providing professional and technical assistance to students and
        faculty.  Major tasks included assisting patrons to access varoius databases through
        GALILEO and OVID, using Docline and OCLC for ILL services, providing library instruction to
        students, supervising circulation activities, training new library staff and student assistants,
        developing and maintaining vertical files, performing acquisition activities, cataloging various
        materials for the library collection, and preparing statistical reports.   

1997 - 1998  University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX.
        Evening Librarian.  Major responsibilities included assisting patrons with research and
        reference queries that involved in-depth biomedical knowledge found in print and electronic
        resources.  Major tasks included creating, updating, and maintaining HTML documents,
        patron records, overseeing circulation activities, and reference services, and preparing journals
        for binding. 

1996 - 1997  Blagg Huey Library.  Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX.
        Student Assistant.  Major responsibilities included reference activities, assisting students,
        faculty and staff with reference and research queries, and maintaining reference statistics. 
        Major tasks included assisting reference librarians with various reference projects, handling
        microforms, micro-readers, scanners, printers, printed and electronic sources such as CD
        ROMs, trouble-shooting and problem-solving for electronic resources and computers, shelving
        library materials, cataloging reserves and audio-visual materials, and circulation activities.

1995 - 1996  Graduate School Office.  Texas Woman's University, Denton, TX.
        Student Assistant.  Major responsibilities included assisting staff in maintaining graduate
        students' records and files, answering and transferring phone calls to respective faculty and
        staff.

1990 - 1991  St. Sebastian School. Calcutta, India.
        Senoir Teacher.  Taught English Literature and Language, and History to students in
        seventh to tenth grades.  Helped students organize and participate in various school activities
        and programs such as music, dance, and dramas.

Professional Skills:

Software:  Microsoft Word, Works, FrontPage, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, RefWorks, DNN2 and
        Dbase III Plus.

Language:  SAS (basic), and Basic.

System:  PC Windows, Mac, UNIX, and IBM Mainframe.

Professional Membership:

American Library Association (ALA)

Library Committee(s) Member:

  Employee Excellence Committee (co-chair till 2010)
Library Instruction and Information Literacy Committee (till 2010)

Conferences Attended:

2008 (September)        Reforma National Conference III, El Paso, TX
2006 (March)       Annual Sun Conference, El Paso, TX.
2005 (April)         TLA Annual Conference, Austin, TX.
2005 (March)       Annual Sun Conference, El Paso, TX.
2004 (March)       Annual Sun Conference, El Paso, TX.
2003 (January)    iNet Conference, El Paso, TX. 
2002 (June)         ALA Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA. 
2002 (May)          SoliNet - Southeastern Library Network Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.