Thursday, March 17, 2011

My Introduction to HTML Formatting!

So, I have just spent the past two hours working on formatting my resume for my website. My brother is kindly helping me with the majority of the site, but I wanted to try my hand at HTML formatting. I am pretty happy with the results. It took me awhile, but alas, it is done! Click through "Read More" to see my resume.
 
Kate Frances Wilson
kfwilson10@gmail.com
Education
Master of Library and Information Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, July 2011
• 3.8 GPA on a 4.0 Scale, Fall 2010
• Recipient of a two merit scholarships
Bachelor of Arts in English with Minor in Art History, University of Houston, Houston TX, May 2009
• 3.6 GPA in English Literature
• 3.8 GPA in Art History
Related Work Experiences
Intern, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh PA, 2010-2011
• Worked in the Museum’s Archives on the Time Capsule Project.
• Processed and cataloged various art and archival items including art, paper, photographs, and unique 3-D objects.
• Created DACS compliant item level finding aids with Library of Congress Authority Headings.
Assisted in editing and maintaining Wiki resource for interns and project catalogers.
Created digital surrogates of select Time Capsule materials.
 
Intern, The Frick Fine Arts Library, Pittsburgh PA, Spring 2011
• Provided reference and instruction to undergraduate and graduate students on the subjects of visual art, art history, and architecture.
Created LibGuides used in daily reference and instruction sessions.
Assisted Public Service Librarian with art materials collection development.
Designed various library exhibitions including New Books and Artist Books collections.
Assisted Catalog Librarian with rare book and special collections cataloging.
• Received three hours of graduate level elective credit for participation in the Internship.

Volunteer, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Hirsch Library, Houston TX, 2008-2009
• Processed over 1,500 printed materials donated to the Library, including creating an Excel spreadsheet of each materials bibliographical information.
Sorted and classified mailed materials for artist and museum ephemera files.
Sorted and copy cataloged rare book gift collection.

Intern, University of Houston Special Collections Library, Houston TX, Summer 2008
• Researched history and wrote original descriptions of archived material pertaining to University buildings
for an online exhibition.
• Edited short descriptions of photographs of early Houston cityscapes for an online exhibition.
Created metadata for archived photographs pertaining to University buildings and Houston history for an online exhibition.
Utilized archival, special collections, and rare books for primary source research for University buildings and Houston cityscapes online exhibitions.
Received three hours of advanced English credit for participation in the Internship.

Other Work Experiences

Manager, Sugarbaby’s Cupcake Boutique, Houston TX, 2008 to 2010
• Responsible for small bakery’s daily functions including managing the activities of all counter staff and handling store financials.
• Provided excellent customer service to customers and catering clients in person and over the phone.

Writing Consultant, University of Houston Writing Center, Houston TX, 2007 to 2009
• Taught remedial English Composition and Information Literacy to approximately fifteen freshman and sophomore students each semester in both small group and peer-to-peer formats.
• Developed resources and led workshops to assist other consultants with teaching English Composition to nonnative speakers and Information Literacy Skills.

Skills

Extensive experience with Voyager, OCLC, Jing, Microsoft Office Suite, and Mac OS software.
Mastery of general academic research databases (EBSCO, Academic Search Premiere, JSTOR) and specialization in art research databases (ARTstor, Oxford Art Online).
Extensive knowledge of modern and contemporary art history.
Fundamental comprehension of the written German language.

Awards
2010-2011 University of Pittsburgh Pitt Partner
2010-2011 University of Pittsburgh Merit Scholar
2011 University of Pittsburgh Student Travel Award to the VRA + ARLIS/NA Annual Conference
2011 University of Pittsburgh GPSA Travel Grant to the VRA + ARLIS/NA Annual Conference
2011-2012 ARLIS/NA & VRA Career Mentoring Program

Professional Organizations
ARLIS/NA, Student Member
ALA, Student Member
University of Pittsburgh SCALA

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