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Martha Barrett
Library Doorchecker (November)
Operations
Harvard College Library
Martha Barrett has been working at Williams-Sonoma in Boston for the past
year. Prior to that, she held several jobs in St. Paul, Minnesota. She
attended high school in San Francisco.
Katherine Bell
Editorial Assistant (October)
Harvard Review
Harvard College Library
Katherine Bell recently completed an MFA in fiction from the University of
Iowa. During that time, she worked as a teacher of creative writing and as
a web developer for the University of Iowa's Office of University
Relations. In addition, she has served as web site director for New Crane
Internet in London and as assistant acquisitions editor at the University
of California Press. In addition to her master's degree, she holds a BA in
English from Yale University.
William Conary, Jr.
Library Assistant (October)
Preservation and Imaging Department
Harvard College Library
William Conary, Jr. worked as a production technician for Analog Devices,
Inc., in Wilmington, Massachusetts, for 22 years. During that time, he was
responsible for maintaining and repairing equipment associated with
semiconductor manufacturing. He attended North Shore Community College and
is currently working towards an engineering degree.
Christie Gilliland
Library Assistant (November)
Collection Development Support Services
HCL Technical Services
Harvard College Library
Christie Gilliland has worked as a reference librarian at Sinclair
Community College in Ohio and as a librarian at Rhodes College in
Tennessee. She holds an MLS from the University of Alabama and a bachelor
of music education from the University of Evansville.
Andrea Goethals
Digital Library Software Engineer (January)
Office for Information Systems
Harvard University Library
Andrea Goethals worked as a Java developer and architect/file formats
specialist at the Florida Center for Library Automation, and before that a
software developer/manager at the GeoPlan Center, University of Florida.
She holds a BA in architecture, an MA in urban and regional planning, and
an MS in computer science from the University of Florida, and is a Sun
Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1.4.
Vesna Gronosky
Preservation Assistant (November)
Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library
Vesna Gronosky most recently worked as an intern at the Archives of the
Archdiocese of Boston. She has also worked in Widener Library as a
temporary access services assistant and in Harvard's Department of History
as a research assistant and teaching fellow. She holds a BA in philosophy,
classics, and German literature from Cornell and an MA in history from
Harvard, and is enrolled in Simmons's Graduate School of Library and
Information Science.
Megan Hurst
Outreach and Evaluation Coordinator (December)
Open Collections Program
Harvard University Library
Megan Hurst founded her own visual communications company, MO Projects, in
July 2004. Prior to that, she worked for MIDIOR Consulting in Cambridge as
a marketing manager and then as a
consultant. She is on the advisory board of the Brattle Film Foundation
and is an advisor to the Art Interactive of Central Square. She holds a BA
in fine arts from Smith, and an MFA in integrated media from the
Massachusetts College of Art.
Adam Johnson
Senior Computer Support Specialist (November)
Information Technology Services
Harvard College Library
Adam Johnson has held a variety of networking and programming positions,
most recently as technical analyst at National Engineering/Liberty Mutual
in New Hampshire. While there, he
contracted to support desktop deployment projects and answered service
calls. He holds many certifications, including MCSE, MCP+I, and A+. He
attended UMass/Lowell, where he majored in
electrical engineering.
Ying Bin (Benny) Li
Microfilm Camera Operator (December)
Preservation and Imaging Services
Harvard College Library
Benny Li has worked as a document specialist for the past 10 months,
during which time he copied, scanned, labeled, and bound various
materials. He holds a bachelor of engineering degree from the South China
University of Technology.
Todd Moody
Library Assistant for Periodicals Acquisitions (November)
Library Technical Services
Baker Library
Harvard Business School
Todd Moody's experience at Baker Library began with summer employment
during high school and college. After graduating from the University of
Maryland in College Park with a BA in economics, Moody worked in a
part-time capacity handling periodicals check-in and routing. In April
2001, his job became full time and expanded to include periodicals
claiming, and research and processing connected to special projects.
Andrew Novis
Staff Assistant (November)
Library Technical Services
Baker Library
Harvard Business School
Andrew Novis comes to Baker with four years' experience of substitute teaching
in Boston, Amherst, and Evanston, Illinois. He holds a master's degree in
Spanish from Boston College and also majored in Spanish as an
undergraduate at Brandeis. His background includes a number of positions
as an administrative assistant in commercial and educational settings.
Erik Olivenza
Computer Support Specialist (November)
Information Technology Services
Harvard College Library
Erik Olivenza has been employed at Harvard since 1998. For the past year
he worked at the Harvard Medical School, most recently as an IT-client
support representative. In that role, he provided two-tier support to
staff members of the Countway Medical Library and worked closely with the
system administrator to resolve library software issues. He holds a
bachelor's degree in computer science from the Wentworth Institute of
Technology.
James Perlman
Government Documents Processing Supervisor and Senior IT Liaison
(December)
Social Sciences Program
Harvard College Library
James Perlman has been given the new title of government documents
processing supervisor and senior IT liaison to recognize the increased
complexity of technical support demands in the Social Sciences Program
(SSP) and the specialized skills required of this position. In his new
role, he spends half of his time performing tasks related to US documents
processing and the remaining half performing senior IT liaison duties. He
has been working in Littauer since December 1999 as the
processor of US documents for the Social Sciences Program.
Allison Powers
Systems Librarian (October)
Office for Information Systems
Harvard University Library
Allison Powers comes to Harvard from EBSCO Publishing in Ipswich,
Massachusetts, where she worked as senior database designer and as
director of licensed database origination. She has also served as head of
bibliographic services at the Minuteman Library Network and as head of
cataloging at Emerson College Library. She holds a BA in philosophy from
Reed College, an MS in film production from Boston University, and an
MSLIS from Simmons.
Sarah Wharton Smith
Digital Processing Team Leader (November)
Office for Information Systems
Harvard University Library
Sarah Wharton Smith previously worked as an archivist at the Boston
Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and prior to that was an intern with
the Harvard University Art Museums Archives. She earned her BA in English
literature from Skidmore College and holds an MSLIS from Simmons.
Ruth Tucker
Preservation Project Cataloger (November)
Weissman Preservation Center
Harvard University Library
Ruth Tucker has held a part-time position at the Weissman Preservation
Center since 2003, and prior to that worked as a project cataloger at
Houghton Library. She has also worked for the libraries of Boston College,
the University of California at Berkeley, and Cornell, and she operates a
solo legal practice. She earned her BA and MLS degrees from the UCLA, and
holds a JD from Suffolk University Law School.
Sherrie Whang
Senior Human Resource Consultant (October)
Human Resource Services
Harvard College Library
Prior to joining HCL, Sherrie Whang worked for Kemper Insurance Companies
in several capacities, most recently as human resource manager, Eastern
Region, in Braintree. She filled similar roles at the company's New
England branch and Northeast Division. She has extensive HR experience in
employee relations, leadership development, and recruitment. She holds a
BA in communications and public relations from Simmons College.
Leanne Williams
Staff Assistant (November)
Lamont Library
Harvard College Library
Leanne Williams is a recent graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa, where
she earned a BA in history. While in school, she worked as a student
assistant at Grinnell College's Office of Admissions. She has also served
as a museum intern at the Middlesex County Historical Society in
Middletown, Connecticut.
Michelle Williams
Assistant Editor/Indexer of Anthropological Literature (September)
Tozzer Library
Harvard College Library
Michelle Williams previously worked at Tozzer for 10 years as an
acquisitions assistant. Since leaving HCL last year, she has worked as a
cataloger at the Andover–Harvard Theological Library and at Harvard's
CONSER office, where she will continue part-time. She earned an MSLIS from
Simmons College and her BA from the University of Toledo, where she
majored in anthropology.
Vitaly Zakuta
Technical Information Specialist/Senior IT Liaison (December)
Fine Arts Library
Harvard College Library
Vitaly Zakuta's position as technical information specialist for the Fine
Arts Library (FAL) has been expanded to include "senior IT liaison" duties
and to recognize the increased complexity of
technical support demands in the FAL, the specialized skills required, and
the systems planning responsibilities of this position. With this change,
Zakuta has a closer working relationship with HCL's Information Technology
Services department, collaborating with ITS on the analysis, planning and
implementation of systems in the Fine Arts Library. Zakuta has been with
FAL for five years and holds an MSLIS from Simmons.
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