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Nicole Barajas
Work Experience
October 2013-Present Graduate Student Assistant Co-investigator on Big Orange STEM Symposium: High School Outreach project Prepare materials and provide library instruction to visiting school groups. Represent University Libraries at outreach and orientation events for prospective students. May- August 2013 Library Practicum Student Created Selection Lists and Reports] Provided assistance across many departments and branches Preserved and digitized documents at Metropolitan Archives Knox County History Center Knoxville, TN Nashville Public Library Nashville, TN University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN

Dec 2011- March 2012

Volunteer- Smoky Mountain National Park Postcard Project Organized, classified, and processed a collection of 1,000 postcards. Dec. 2010- Present Knox County Public Library- Burlington Knoxville, TN

Desk Assistant/Page Assisted students in computer classes.

Asses patrons information needs, locate resources, and manage accounts. Managed Spanish language and ESL collection Complete daily procedures Yeongcheon English Town Yeongcheon, S. Korea

Oct. 2009- Oct. 2010

English Teacher Created and organized teaching materials. Teach English classes to students of all ages.

Jean & Alexander Heard Library Sept. 2006- May 2009 Student Worker Worked in Collection Development. Assistant to the French, Italian and Fine Arts Librarian. Retrieved and sent documents for Interlibrary Loan.

Nashville, TN

Education
August 2012- Present University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN Masters Degree in Library & Information Science Studying user experience and collection development in public, academic and corporate libraries. August 2004- May 2009 Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN BA in Anthropology Studied cultural anthropology and took courses in linguistic anthropology.

Student Contributions:
Member: SIS-ALA/TLA, SIS-SLA, YALSA, PLA, Reforma- Southeast President of SIS-SLA (Special Libraries Association), Technology Secretary ALA/TLAUTK

Skills
Collection Management & Evaluation Community Analysis Social Research- Data Collection & Analysis Library Programming Processing Materials Web Development Public Library Service Evaluation

References
Jeff Johnston Branch Manager- Knox County Public Library 865-525-5431 jjohnston@knoxlib.org Dr. Devendra Potnis- Faculty Advisor- University of Tennessee dpotnis@utk.edu Noel Rutherford- Manager of Collection Development- Nashville Public Library 615-862-5779 noel.rutherford@nashville.gov