Meghan Kowalski
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Resume

Experience

Management
  • 10 years experience in library department management
    • Management of teams of up to 4 full-time employees and 15 part-time employees
  • Developed departmental guidelines, policies, and procedures for Preservation Department, Stacks Inventory Project, and Stacks Management
  • Large Project Management
    • Stacks Inventory Project - Researched, developed, and implemented all policies and procedures for the inventory of 600,000+ print items 
    • Branch Library Relocation - Established procedures and managed the relocation of 60,000+ items from four branch libraries
  • 5+ years experience serving on consortial committees (Washington Research Library Consortium)

Social Media
  • 3+ years experience managing all social media accounts for the John K. Mullen of Denver Library (see accounts below) including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Pinterest
  • Developed all social media management policies and guidelines

Outreach and Marketing
  • 3+ years experience serving on the Outreach and Marketing committee for Mullen Library
  • Event planning for library programs including idea development, consulting, management, and marketing

Instruction
  • 7+ years experience teaching librarian instruction to First Year Experience undergraduate students
  • 6+ years experience teaching librarian instruction to Media Studies undergraduate students
  • 4+ years experience teaching library instruction to Drama undergraduate and graduate students

Reference
  • 5+ years experience as Liaison Librarian for Media Studies
  • 3+ years experience as Liaison Librarian for Drama
  • One-on-one reference consultations via email, phone, and in-person
  • Developing and maintaining research guides (online and print)
  • Collection development for Media Studies and Drama collections (print, AV, and online collections)

Preservation
  • 2+ years experience as Head of Preservation 
  • 2+ years experience in digitization and digital preservation
  • 4+ years experience in preservation consultation
  • 6+ years experience in disaster planning and recovery including the handling of a large scale water disaster in the stacks
  • 6+ years experience in hands-on preservation including simple item repair
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Related Experience
  • 5+ years experience as a Sales and Inventory Assistant at a used and rare bookstore
  • 1 year experience as a Scheduling Intern for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
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Education

The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Master of Science in Library Science, 2010
            Committees: Student Standards Committee for ALA Accreditation
 
B.A. in Media Studies and Politics, 2006, Summa cum Laude
            Honors: University Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Eta Sigma, Pi Gamma Mu
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Skills

Software: Canva, Hootsuite, Evernote, Weebly

Languages: English (Native), French (Conversational)
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Other: Photography
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Social Media Accounts Managed

University of the District of Columbia - Learning Resources Division, Library
udc_library (Instagram) - Managed from January 2019 to present 

@udc_library (Twitter) - Managed from January 2019 to present

The Catholic University of America - University Libraries
@CUALibraries (Twitter) - Managed from January 2014 to September 2018
CUA Libraries (Facebook) - Managed from January 2014 to September 2018
CUA Libraries (Pinterest) - Created August 2015 to September 2018
CUA Libraries (Instagram) - Created August 2015 to September 2018
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Organizations

American Library Association (ALA)
​Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
DC Library Association (DCLA)
​Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA)

Honors

​Edward J. Belanger Jr. Staff Award for Excellence in Service, 2013 (Catholic University Libraries)
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