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OBJECTIVE

An entry-level position in book publishing, editing, or library services.

EDUCATION

Averill College
B.A., English, with a minor in History, May 1996
GPA 3.4 / 4.0   (English 3.7)   Dean's List, six semesters
Senior thesis: Plowed Under: Land and Memory in Willa Cather's Prairie Novels

EXPERIENCE

Circulation Assistant, Hale Library, Averill College
September 1992 - present

• Check materials in and out, process holds and overdue notices for a collection of about 300,000 volumes
• Shelve and shelf-read the stacks; handle course reserves each semester
• Closing supervisor on Sunday evenings since 1994
• Trained eleven new student employees

Editorial Intern, The Allegheny Valley Courier (weekly newspaper)
Summer 1995

• Proofread and fact-checked copy for each weekly issue
• Wrote briefs, obituaries and a four-part series on neighborhood libraries
• Typed and formatted the community calendar

Lifeguard, municipal swimming pool
Summers 1993 and 1994

SKILLS

• WordPerfect 5.1 and 6.0, Microsoft Word 6.0, Lotus 1-2-3
• Online library catalogs and OCLC searching
• HTML and the World Wide Web (I made this page)
• Typing, 60 words per minute
• Conversational Greek

ACTIVITIES

• Staff writer, The Averill Record, student newspaper, 1993-1996
• Intramural softball, four seasons, one championship (1994)

REFERENCES

Available on request.

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Last updated: May 2, 1996