John B. Swearingen
Portland,Texas
Summary
Knowledgeable Librarian seeks employment with the City of Houston Library System. Fast learner and multi-tasker willing to work a flexible schedule, including weekend and night shifts.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Librarian
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi, Texas
10.2014 - Current
- Participates in the development and delivery of the information literacy instruction and library instructional program.
- Provide reference services.
- Maintains the reference and instructional statistical data.
- Teach library instruction classes to the students.
- Worked with collection development.
- Prepare subject lib guides for students and faculty.
- Librarian 2013-2014 Charlotte Mecklenburg County Public Library Experience providing direct customer service and resolving customer issues.
- Excellent listening, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills.
- Taught computer classes.
- Prepare monthly reports.
- Planned and prepared library programs.
- Experience working with culturally diverse communities.
- Extensive knowledge of a wide range of library operations, needs and issues.
- Experience providing outreach services to communities.
- Knowledge of library organization.
- Knowledge of library automated information systems.
- Knowledge of library classification systems and standard cataloging rules.
Medical Librarian
Carolina Healthcare System AHEC Library
Charlotte, North Carolina
07.2012 - 03.2013
- Assisted the CHS physicians and medical staff in locating books and articles for their research.
- Answered phone and email medical questions from physicians and nurses.
- Prepare monthly reference statistics and reports.
- Provided individual instruction sessions with the nursing and medical staff on the use of the medical library catalog and databases.
- Assisted the CCHS students with locating the medical and science books and how to use the electronic resources for their research papers.
- Knowledge of medical databases (PubMed, CINAHL Plus).
Librarian Associate
Community College of Qatar Houston Community College
08.2011 - 07.2012
- Doha, Qatar Assisted students, and faculty in answering reference questions.
- Taught information literacy instruction classes.
- Scheduled meetings with students for instruction sessions and reference interactions.
- Provided outreach to faculty and students of the campus.
- Cataloged library collections into an ILS Millennium.
- Processed Interlibrary loan requests from students and faculty using ILLiad.
- Planned and prepared an archive collection for the Community College of Qatar.
- Created basic metadata from scanned records and photographs.
- Supervise the work of student workers on library projects.
- Computer literature and familiar with Microsoft Office software to include PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
Library Associate
Lamar University, Mary and John Gray Library
Beaumont, Texas
01.2006 - 08.2011
- Provided instruction to students at the Reference Desk on accessing library materials in the library's online catalog and databases.
- Performed shelf reading, shifting, weeding, inventory scanning and filing (Sirsi Dynix).
- Provided reference services to a diverse population of students, faculty, staff and community patron in person, over the phone, via email and via instant messenger.
Librarian
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
Charlotte, North Carolina
03.2013 - 10.2014
Provided assistance to
the public with reference questions.
Taught computer classes.
Check out books to library customers.
Prepare monthly reports. Experience working with culturally diverse communities. Extensive knowledge of a wide range of library operations, needs and issues. Excellent listening, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Planned and prepared library programs. Knowledge of library organization. Knowledge of library automated information systems.
Education
Master of Arts - Library and Information Science
University of North Texas
2008
Bachelor of Arts - History
Lamar University
1995
Publications
Book: Where is Sam Houston Buried? A Tour of the Gravesites of the Governors of Texas (2016)
PRESENTATIONS:
March 11, 2000 - "How to Find Your Family Roots" (Tyrrell Historical Library)
May 25, 2016 - Genealogy Forum group (Bell Whittington Public Library- Portland, TX) "Where is Sam Houston Buried? A Tour of the Gravesites of the Governors of Texas."
November 10, 2016 - STEM Academy (UTPB campus) "Where is Sam Houston Buried? A Tour of the Gravesites of the Governors of Texas."
November 10, 2016 - University of Texas of the Permian Basin - J. Conrad Dunagan Library Author Presentation Series, "Where is Sam Houston Buried? A Tour of the Gravesites of the Governors of Texas."
Timeline
Librarian
Del Mar College
10.2014 - Current
Librarian
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
03.2013 - 10.2014
Medical Librarian
Carolina Healthcare System AHEC Library
07.2012 - 03.2013
Librarian Associate
Community College of Qatar Houston Community College
08.2011 - 07.2012
Library Associate
Lamar University, Mary and John Gray Library
01.2006 - 08.2011
Master of Arts - Library and Information Science
University of North Texas
Bachelor of Arts - History
Lamar University