2009 to present  Systems Administrator Analyst, AARP

• Wrote original, in-depth analyses/syntheses of reports and journal articles for the Surveys and Statistics site of the AARP.org Research Center http://www.aarp.org/research/surveys and the AgeLine Database (now owned by EBSCO Publishing). Clearly and succinctly related the purpose of the research, methods of analysis used, and major findings and implications. For non-research literature, summarized the major points and focus of the document.
• Wrote, indexed, and edited descriptions of Internet sites for AARP's Internet Resources on Aging guide on AARP.org (http://www.aarp.org/internetresources/ and the AARP's intranet.
• Assigned key subject headings from the Thesaurus of Aging Terminology to Surveys and Statistics/AgeLine and Internet Resources on Aging records.
• Assisted in the creation of site taxonomies for the external Surveys and Statistics site and for a SharePoint-based internal research portal site.
• Worked as part of a team to tag Surveys and Statistics content for a relaunch of the AARP.org site, using the PRISM and Dublin Core metadata standards, as well as applying the newly created site taxonomy.

2008 to 2009  Senior Information Products Editor, AARP

• Wrote original, in-depth analyses/syntheses of books, reports, journal articles, and videos for the AgeLine Database (http://www.aarp.org/research/ageline/). Clearly and succinctly related the purpose of the research, methods of analysis used, and major findings and implications. For non-research literature, summarized the major points and focus of the document.
• Wrote, indexed, and edited descriptions of Internet sites for AARP's Internet Resources on Aging guide on AARP.org (http://www.aarp.org/internetresources/ and the AARP's intranet.
• Assigned key subject headings from the Thesaurus of Aging Terminology to AgeLine and Internet Resources on Aging records.
• Assigned keyword and rights management metadata to images published in the AARP Bulletin.

2007  Library Systems Administrator, Research Information Center, AARP

• Worked as part of team to tag content for new aarp.org web site launch, using controlled vocabularies and the PRISM and Dublin Core metadata standards.

2001-present   Freelance Indexer, Costello Indexing

• Performed back-of-the-book indexing for various clients, producing professionally prepared indexes that are comprehensive, accurate, and delivered on time.
• Subject areas include: engineering, social sciences, library and information sciences, and computer-related subjects.
• Titles indexed include: Standard Practice for the Design and Operation of Precipitation Enhancement Projects, America Transformed, and Managing and Leading: 52 Lessons Learned for Engineers.

1999-2001   Systems Librarian/Index Editor, News Library, U.S. News & World Report

• Indexed and abstracted issues of U.S. News & World Report in bibliographic database as needed.
• Edited indexing and abstracting work of Index Librarian.
• Wrote procedures manuals, installation instructions, and software and task cheat sheets as needed, including adding and cropping screen shots from applications.
• Indexed procedures manuals.
• Edited article abstracting and documentation created by other units of library.
• Designed database reports to export bibliographic information from indexing database to provide metadata for U.S. News external web site articles.

1994 - 1999   Index Editor, News Library, U.S. News & World Report

• Indexed and abstracted weekly issues of U.S. News & World Report in bibliographic database.
• Edited indexing and abstracting work of Index Librarian, as well as contents of database.
• Maintained thesaurus of subject terms, and served as active member of Thesaurus Development Committee.
• Wrote documentation for index unit procedures and indexed procedures manuals.

1993-1994    Indexer, News Library, U.S. News & World Report

• Indexed and abstracted weekly issues of U.S. News & World Report.

1988-1993   Librarian/Indexer, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland

• Indexed collection of computer science technical reports, using thesaurus based on the ACM Computing Classification System.

• SharePoint site taxonomies
• Back-of-the-book indexing
• Database indexing
• Periodical/magazine indexing
• Abstracting
• Technical writing & editing

• B.A., Sociology - University of Maryland
• Masters of Library Science - University of Maryland

• System administrator analyst, AARP, 2009-present
• Senior information products editor, AARP, 2008-2009
• Library systems administrator, AARP, 2001-2008
• Library systems administrator, U.S. News & World Report, 1999-2001
• Index editor, U.S. News & World Report, 1994-1999
• Indexer, U.S. News & World Report, 1993-1994
• Librarian, Department of Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, 1988-1993

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Updated: April 16, 2010