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Meredith Powers [email protected] | 7575530995 | Brooklyn, NY Education Pratt Institute, New York Masters in Library and Information Science, 2015 City College of New York, New York Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 2013 Library Experience Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY 9/2015Present, Senior Reference Librarian Providing reference services at all access points, including inperson, telephone, and chat. Teaching workshops on data privacy and digital literacy, as well as general library instruction, for a diverse range of groups. Serving on the web and social media committee to create and maintain online content. Assessing library programs and instructional sessions. Managing grantfunded projects and programs. Troubleshooting public space technology and access issues. Supervising volunteers and interns. Conducting community outreach to promote library resources and services. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 8/20149/2015, Materials Management/Acquisitions Librarian Managing library web development projects, including a homegrown digital repository. Leading EdLab projects, including library publishing efforts and special collections cataloging. Planning and evaluating library demanddriven acquisitions policies for monographs and serials. Facilitating library assessment efforts, including managing statistics for ARL, ACRL, and CCDA. Collaborating as part of interdisciplinary team to improve library systems and clientside experiences with library products and platforms. Training interns and part time staff in a department that includes acquisitions, electronic services, cataloging, library systems, and interlibrary loan. Developing online instructional content, including tutorials and guides. 6/20148/2014, Library Intern Preparing and inventorying archive materials for digitization. Maintaining statistics and contributing to library assessment efforts. Contributing to library and EdLab projects. Frick Art Reference Library, New York, NY 9/20145/2015, Web Archiving Intern Evaluating web archive content. Creating authority records, including LC name authorities, for archived web sites. Cataloging electronic resources, including serials and web sites. Developing quality assurance workflows.

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Meredith Powers [email protected] | 757­553­0995 | Brooklyn, NY 

Education Pratt Institute, New York Masters in Library and Information Science, 2015 

City College of New York, New York Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, 2013 

Library Experience Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY 9/2015­Present, Senior Reference Librarian 

● Providing reference services at all access points, including in­person, telephone, and chat. ● Teaching workshops on data privacy and digital literacy, as well as general library instruction, 

for a diverse range of groups. ● Serving on the web and social media committee to create and maintain online content. ● Assessing library programs and instructional sessions. ● Managing grant­funded projects and programs. ● Troubleshooting public space technology and access issues.  ● Supervising volunteers and interns. ● Conducting community outreach to promote library resources and services.  

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 8/2014­9/2015, Materials Management/Acquisitions Librarian 

● Managing library web development projects, including a home­grown digital repository. ● Leading EdLab projects, including library publishing efforts and special collections cataloging. ● Planning and evaluating library demand­driven acquisitions policies for monographs and 

serials. ● Facilitating library assessment efforts, including managing statistics for ARL, ACRL, and CCDA. ● Collaborating as part of interdisciplinary team to improve library systems and client­side 

experiences with library products and platforms.  ● Training interns and part time staff in a department that includes acquisitions, electronic 

services, cataloging, library systems, and interlibrary loan. ● Developing online instructional content, including tutorials and guides.  

6/2014­8/2014, Library Intern ● Preparing and inventorying archive materials for digitization. ● Maintaining statistics and contributing to library assessment efforts. ● Contributing to library and EdLab projects.  

Frick Art Reference Library, New York, NY 9/2014­5/2015, Web Archiving Intern 

● Evaluating web archive content. ● Creating authority records, including LC name authorities, for archived web sites. ● Cataloging electronic resources, including serials and web sites. ● Developing quality assurance workflows. 

    

Meredith Powers [email protected] | 757­553­0995 | Brooklyn, NY 

City College of New York Cohen Library, New York, NY 10/2011­6/2014, College Assistant   

● Initiating library projects, including cataloging a backlog of ~5000 monographs.  ● Performing original cataloging and complex copy cataloging for physical and digital resources. ● Identifying conservation needs and consulting with other materials specialists. ● Developing written procedures, guides, and learning documents for internal wiki. ● Training student staff in cataloging and processing procedures. 

Publications Book Chapter: 

● Costello, L., Powers, M., & Haugh, D. (2016). Pedagogy & Prototyping in Library Makerspaces. In E. Kroski (Ed.), The Maker Librarian's Sourcebook: A LITA guide.  Manuscript in preparation. 

Online Publications: ● User Experience at Pratt Blog (http://ux.prattsils.org/), 2014­2015 ● Teachers College Record (http://www.tcrecord.org/), 2014­2015 

○ Staff editor for Book Reviews  and Commentary . ● EdLab Blog (http://edlab.tc.columbia.edu/index.php?q=blog), 2014­2015 ● Pressible Network (http://pressible.org/), 2014­Present 

○ Writer and manager of Archival Revival  (http://archivalrevival.pressible.org/) ● New Learning Times (https://newlearningtimes.com/), 2014­2015 

○ Managing editor for Research Digest , New Learning Sector , and EdLab Review . ○ Staff writer and artist for Research Digest , EdLab Review , Visualized , New Learning 

Sector,  and High Five .   

Presentations ● Haugh, D., Powers, M., & Costello, L. (2015, October). 3D Printing and Education . Presented at 

the New York Library Association's Annual Conference and Trade Show, Lake Placid, NY.  ● Powers, M., Haugh, D., & Costello, L. (2015, October). Gettin’ GIFfy with It . Presented at the 

New York Library Association's Annual Conference and Trade Show, Lake Placid, NY. ● Costello, L. & Powers, M. (2015, June). Building the Future of Libraries with #Homemade 

Digital Tools  (Poster Session). Presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. 

● Powers, M. (2015, June). Service Experience Design  (Discussion Facilitation).  Presented at the American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA. 

● Powers, M. (2015, April). Crowdsourcing Culture: Instagram as Curation, Participation, and Documentation.  Presented at the Personal Digital Archiving Conference hosted by New York University, New York, NY.  

● Duncan, S., Powers, M., Seegers, J., Persons, S., Harrington, C., Han, T., & Welte, A. (2014, November). Web Archiving Art Resources  (Panel Discussion). Presented for the Society of American Archivists at Pratt Institute School of Library and Information Science, New York, NY.  

Teaching ● 2015­Present, library instruction sessions (at Brooklyn Public Library, Pratt Institute, and MS 

492 Academy of Arts & Letters) ● 2016­Present, Digital Privacy & Data Literacy, METRO workshop series 

Meredith Powers [email protected] | 757­553­0995 | Brooklyn, NY 

Recent Projects New York State Archives Website Redesign, Fall 2014 

● Designed a new website from scratch based on user experience design principles.  Asia Society Museum Information Experience Design, Spring 2015 

● Explored how museums approach the challenge of engaging young adults and college students.  

● Observed how the Asia Society Museum currently utilizes technology. ● Interviewed stakeholders to develop goals and strategies for engagement. ● Prototyped touchscreen kiosk and visitor feedback interfaces.  ● Created presentation, reports, and other design deliverables. 

Technical Skills & Software Expertise ● HTML, CSS, Python ● Microsoft Office Suite, FileMaker Pro ● Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch ● Axure, Balsamiq, InVision, OptimalSort, SPSS, R ● Library systems (Aleph, Millennium, Sierra) ● Library software (Serials Solutions Summon, 360 Suite, CollectionHQ, MarcEdit, ILLiad, 

QuestionPoint)   ● Cataloging tools (OCLC Connexion, Cataloger’s Desktop, RDA Toolkit, Oxygen XML Editor) ● Content management systems (Wordpress, LibGuides, D­Space, contentDM, Shared Shelf, and 

other custom CMS software) 

Professional Affiliations & Service American Library Association, 2014­Present Art Libraries Society of North America, 2014­Present 

● March 2016­March 2017, ARLIS/NA Membership Committee Member  Metropolitan New York Library Council, 2013­Present New York Library Association, 2015­Present Association of College & Research Libraries New York (ACRL/NY), 2016­Present 

Honors & Awards Pratt Circle Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2015 Fecke Endowment Scholar, Pratt Institute, 2014­2015 LACUNY, Dália Leonardo Library School Scholarship, 2014 Mabel Bogardus Scholarship, Pratt Institute, 2014