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Curriculum Vitae
Sheeji Kathuria
EDUCATION
Masters of Information Science August 2011
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Thesis: “Content Analysis of Social Tags on Intersectionality for Works on Asian Women: An Exploratory Study
of LibraryThing”
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology; Minor Women’s Studies, magna cum laude May 2006
The University of Georgia
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Librarian, Mississippi State University January 2014-Present
Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State, Mississippi
Provide instruction and consultation services for Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, and Political
Science and Public Administration departments
Develop and maintain subject and course specific research guides
Build collections for Sociology and Psychology departments
Collect and analyze Research Services Department patron data using LibAnalytics
Coordinate and organize campus outreach efforts
Provide in-person and online reference services to Mississippi State University patrons
Reference and Instruction Librarian, University of Alabama, Huntsville March 2012-January 2014
M. Louis Salmon Library, Huntsville, AL
Instruct first-year and upper-level information literacy courses in various departments
Design subject and course-specific online research guides
Develop unique outreach events to specific user groups
Arrange and coordinate library outreach efforts in university-wide and local community events
Manage and maintain library’s social media presence (Blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram)
Provide online reference services through online chat (LibChat) and knowledge base (LibAnswers)
Develop and manage collections for English, Communication Arts, and General Reference
Coordinate reference desk schedule
Reference Librarian, Georgia Perimeter College November 2011-March 2012
Alpharetta, GA
Conduct reference in-person, on the phone, and online (LibraryH3lp)
Provide circulation services using automated system Voyager
Contribute to collection development selections
Process incoming books and periodicals
Write for library blog
Library Volunteer, Mills Springs Academy September 2011- March 2012
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Alpharetta, GA
Conduct collection development on Young Adult fiction
Provide circulation and reference services to students
Design book displays around seasonal holidays
Practicum Student, Hodges Library Research Services Department May-August 2010
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Researched and designed Women’s Studies LibGuide
Assisted in instruction and orientation for summer program students
Developed and implemented outreach programs for local youth groups in East Tennessee
Designed “Life of the Mind 2010” webpage using HTML and Dreamweaver
Conducted weeding of Women’s Studies Collection, comparing collection with JSTOR and Worldcat
CURRENT COMMITTEE WORK AND MEMBERSHIPS
Member, American Library Association (ALA), 2011-Present
Member, Mississippi Library Association (MLA), 2014-Present
Member, Southeastern Library Association (SELA), 2014-Present
Membership Committee for Asian Pacific American Librarians Association, 2012-Present
PAST COMMITTEE WORK AND MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Alabama Library Association (ALLA), 2012-2013
Membership Committee for Alabama Association of College and Research Libraries, 2012-2013
Chair of Hospitality Committee, International Festival of North Alabama, 2012-2013
SXSW Interactive Festival Liaison, Austin, TX 2011
RESEARCH AND GRANTS-RELATED EXPERIENCE
Graduate Assistant on Newcomer Participation in Cyberlearning Environments 2010-2011
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
National Science Foundation (NSF) Funded project
Developed annotated bibliographies on open source software (OSS) user communities
Collected user postings of open source software communities such as Mozilla Firefox, Koha, and Java
Coded and analyzed data using grounded theory analysis
Wrote data collection and methodology narratives for conference and journal submissions
Graduate Assistant on Southern Appalachian Information Node (SAIN) 2010
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
United States Geological Survey (USGS) Funded project
Developed annotated bibliographies on use cases, user scenarios, and user personas
Designed twenty five specific user personas and scenarios for usability of SAIN database
Recommended formal usability changes for SAIN site based on user personas and scenarios
Presented the user personas and scenarios to research team at quarterly meeting (September 2010)
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Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Carol Tenopir 2009-2010
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Managed and distributed secure passwords to department faculty, staff, and graduate students for Factiva,
Dialog, LexisNexis, Westlaw
Created PowerPoint presentations for international and domestic information and library conferences for
NASIG, VALA, and ICAL among others
Copyedited scholarly publications and legal resources such as faculty bylaws
Provided Dialog reference services to graduate students
Researched, compiled trends, and acknowledged in 2010 Database Marketplace article in Library Journal
Undergraduate Sociology Research Assistant 2005-2006
The University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Produced graphs in Microsoft Excel after acquiring data from STATA
Collected and reviewed resources on race and gender wage gaps for literature review
Third author on final journal paper
PUBLICATIONS
Hamblen Richardson, Hillary and Sheeji Kathuria 2014. “Created Equal: Continuing the Civil Rights
Conversation at Mississippi State University” Mississippi Libraries (forthcoming).
Singh V, Kathuria S, Johri A. Newcomer integration and learning in technical support communities for
Open Source Software. ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work Annual Conference.
2012
Renzulli, Linda A., Linda Grant and Sheetija Kathuria. 2006. “Race, Gender, and the Wage Gap:
Comparing Faculty Salaries in Predominately White and Historically Black Colleges and Universities”
Gender & Society. 20:491-510.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Mississippi Library Association in Vicksburg, MS (Forthcoming October 2014)
o Panel titled “Created Equal: Civil Rights Outreach @ Mississippi Academic Libraries”
Tennessee Library Association Annual Conference in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (March 2011)
o Presented “A Content Analysis of Social Tags: A Case Study on Intersectionality”
Southern Sociological Society Annual Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana (March 2006)
o Presented Published Paper “Race, Gender, and the Wage Gap: Comparing Faculty Salaries in
Predominately White and Historically Black Colleges and Universities”
CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Mississippi State University Libraries eResource & Emerging Technologies Summit (July 2013)
o Presented Poster “New Technology Assessment and Adoption”
Joint Conference of Librarians of Color (JCLC) in Kansas City, Missouri (September 2012)
o Accepted Poster “Content Analysis of Social Tags on Intersectionality for Works on Asian
Women: An Exploratory Study of LibraryThing”
HONORS AND AWARDS
Graduate Assistantship, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2009-2011)
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Diversity Scholar, Association of Research Libraries (2009-2011)
Scripps Minority Scholarship, Scripps Network (2010)
Phyllis Jenkins Barrow Scholarship, University of Georgia (2006)
COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Huntsville Community Free Clinic (May 2013-December 2013)
Mississippi State University LGBTQ Awareness Safe Zone Ally - Completed training February 10, 2014
COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES
Course Management System – Blackboard, Angel
Integrated Library System – Voyager, SirsiDynix
Microsoft Office Software – Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher
Screencast and Podcast Production Software – Audacity, iTunes, Jing, Camtasia, Panopto
Web – Drupal, HTML, Dreamweaver, Springshare, WordPress, Prezi
OFFICE EXPERIENCE
Imports Resource Proofer 2008-2009
burton+Burton, Athens, GA
Indexed search terminologies for company database and website
Reviewed back-end of company database for improving information retrieval on user side
Reviewed company print catalog and website for pricing and accurate representation
Calculated shipping costs on incoming products from China using freight, duty, and inspection fees
Organized shipments into 40 Ft. containers coming from China, Indonesia and India
GIS Technician 2006-2007
Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., Athens, GA
Digitized land sale legal deeds (i.e. warranty deeds, covenant deeds, easements, etc.)
Developed metadata schema for company repository, Central Title System (CTS)
Manipulated timberland spatial data using ArcInfo and ArcGIS
Initiated organization system for preservation of print legal deeds once digitized and electronically
accessible
Customer Service Associate 2006
Goshen Trading, Inc., Atlanta, GA
Corresponded with customers regarding shipment notifications, claims, and general furniture inquiries
Produced sales contracts and commercial invoices for various international furniture retail stores
Managed account receivables and account payables
Created weekly reports to update President on status of weekly shipments, warehouse inventory, and
accounts
Trained and supervised summer student interns