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Dale Coleman,

Academic Librarian
Tacoma, WA
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dale253@gmail.com
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253.692.8249
Academic librarian interested in human-centered approaches to digital information practice. Experience in information literacy instruction, library reference, historical research, project management, instructional design, data curation, data analytics, writing, Open Access scholarship and Open Educational Resources.
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Work Experience

Tacoma Community College

Adjunct Faculty Librarian
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Apr 2016 - Current
  • Advanced reference and research support for students, faculty, and staff.
  • Instructor: LS 101 - Introduction to Research
  • Instructional services for faculty, including reference one-shots
  • Develop web modules to extend and enhance library services
  • OER Research, Creative Commons licensing and support
  • Instructional design for learning and accessibility
  • Weeding and collection development support

Reference Specialist
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Mar 2012 - Current
  • Reference and Research Support
  • Student technical support
  • Manage library statistics aggregation and analytics platform
  • Automated COUNTER statistics report harvesting via SUSHI protocol
  • Assorted project work in support of reference librarians
  • ArchivesSpace metadata ingestion (EAD)

College History Writer and Researcher
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Aug 2013 - Feb 2015
  • Managed 18-month institutional biography research and writing project
  • Wrote 140-page narrative history of Tacoma Community College
  • Developed working partnerships with local libraries and archives, college alum, and the Tacoma Historical Society
  • Consulted regularly with College History Advisory Council, archivist, and other stakeholders
  • Lectured in support of the book release for TCC and the Tacoma Historical Society

University of Washington Libraries

Circulation Assistant
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May 2010 - Jun 2011
  • coded a wide range of documents from the 18th Century British Naval archives
  • developed a comprehensive knowledge of UW Libraries Circulation System, including Summit and inter-library loan.
  • assisted in the management of a library-wide Dewey to LC reclassification project

University of Washington

Research Assistant - Department of Sociology
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Dec 2010 - Jan 2012
  • Research Assistant for Dr. Steven Pfaff working on an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) Research Grant funded study entitled "Social Order and the Genesis of Rebellion: A Study of Mutiny in the Royal Navy."
  • Coded a range of documents from the 18th Century British Naval archives

Tacoma Community College

Student Marketing Assistant
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Sep 2007 - Dec 2008

Student assistant in TCC's Department of Marketing, Communication and Outreach; Direct involvement in digital asset management, graphic design, web content administration and analytics, media tracking, proofing, publication support.

  • Digital asset management and media tracking
  • Coordinted graphic design for the TCC's Student Art Exhibition
  • Web content administration and analytics
  • Copywriting, proofing, and publication support

Education

University of Washington

Master of Library & Information Science
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Sep 2014 - Mar 2017

3.89 GPA - Recipient of Jeannette M. Privat Endowment for Librarianship and Koon Family Endowed Fellowship

Relevant Elective Coursework: Data Curation, Digital Preservation, Metadata Design, Data Science, Construction of Indexing Languages, Special Librarianship

University of Washington

Bachelor of Arts Communication & Political Science
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Jan 2009 - Jun 2011

3.5 GPA - Double Major. Focus on Public Relations, Communication Technology, New Media, Political Communication

Projects

Flourish (UW DataLab)

Team Member
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Jun 2016 - Mar 2017

Part of the team developing a data API for academic researchers aimed at increasing economic transparency in Open Access (OA) publishing. Contributed to launch strategy, site usability, data presentation, branding, social media and content strategy discussion and analysis. Worked collaboratively with web developers, data scientists and academic publishing specialists. Constructed user feedback surveys to aid in iterative development.

University of Washington Press Backlist Digitization

Project Manager
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Jan 2016 - Jun 2016

Created sustainable backlist digitization solution, with supporting procedural documentation, for the University of Washington Press.

TCC President's Advisory Council on Equity and Diversity

Memeber
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2013 - 2015

Consulted and advised college president on issues of equity and diversity at Tacoma Community College.

Skills

  • Library Reference
  • Information Literacy Instruction
  • Academic Research
  • Writing
  • Project Management
  • Adobe CS
  • HTML & CSS (proficient)
  • JavaScript, React.js, Python, R (conversant)
  • Public Speaking
  • Web Analytics
  • Data Curation