James Cachey
Mishawaka,IN
Summary
Dependable Coordinator provides excellent office management and administrative support. Possesses strong communication and interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines. Creative problem solver with strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Great interest in maintaining and stewarding collections for future generations. Highly organized and detail-oriented professional with a strong work ethic and dedication to achieving goals. Skilled at developing and maintaining documentation systems, managing calendars, and preparing reports. Knowledgeable in project management principles, business processes, and customer service best practices.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Stacks Coordinator,
Rare Books And Special Collections
06.2022 - Current
- Monitor environment and housing for collections. Set up and used Eclimate notebook software to improve conditions
- Maintained and responded to department email also requests via letters, telephone calls and in-person consultations.
- Entered data, generated reports and produced tracking workflow for collections when used for exhibits, classes, conservation, and other institution loans.
- Coached employees through day-to-day work and complex problem.
- Participated in committees to deal with future space and storage limitations. Also committees to assist in culture and values for the overall library.
- Created work flows and process for pulling and shelving collections for classes, patrons, donor tours, lectures, and curatorial research.
- Assist with Exhibit set up and design.
- Responsible for security and creating policies and procedures to maintain safety of the collections while in use and in storage.
Library Supervisor
Rare Books And Special Collections
05.2016 - 06.2022
- Designed and set up circulation process for front desk and reading room. Introduced softwear to assist with tracking of usage of materials. Streamlined and improved outdated process.
- Handled department outreach and email. Which would include customer complaints, resolved issues and adjusted policies to meet changing needs.
- Set up class and tour visits for curators and faculty.
- Maintained compliance with library policies, objectives and communication goals.
- Created and implemented security practices policies for tours and reading room usage.
- Assisted University development and curators with possible and current donors.
- Acted as curator for Joyce sports collection during the two years it took the library to find a replacement after previous curators retirement.
- Trained and hired student workers for the various needs of the department and curators. Maintaining hours and payment. Around 5 students per semester.
Copy Cataloger
Hesburgh Library
06.2013 - 05.2016
- Focused on cataloging Italian literature books.
- Maintained quotes set for amount of books needed to be cataloged.
- Organized library catalog, supplies, equipment and records.
- Maintained continuous knowledge of current and newly developed industry technology.
- Learned and helped create macros for improving cataloging practices.
- Kept up-to-date records of materials, maintained inventory and corrected cataloging errors.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Double Major
Indiana University
Bloomington, INSkills
- File and Data Retrieval System
- Organizing and labeling archival collections
- Work flow creation
- exhibit prep, installation, and maintenance
- Event Coordination
- Patron and Donor assistance
- Committee work
- Best Practice Implementation
- Social media and outreach
- Customer Service
Accomplishments
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- 2 time Librarian in excellence award winner
- Resolved work flow and tracking of item usage.
- Brought in classes and department that had not used our collections in the pass.
- Created Instagram account.
- Processed and assisted with sports donations
- Maintained relationship with outside researchers and departments
- Worked closely with other departments to upgrade environmental monitor in of collections including architecture.
Languages
Italian
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Elementary
Timeline
Stacks Coordinator,
Rare Books And Special Collections
06.2022 - Current
Library Supervisor
Rare Books And Special Collections
05.2016 - 06.2022
Copy Cataloger
Hesburgh Library
06.2013 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Arts - Double Major
Indiana University
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