EDUCATION:

Master of Library Science, 1991 - San Jose State University
Bachelor of Arts cum laude, Anthropology, 1978 - Florida State University

WORK EXPERIENCE:

4/92 to present
Ricoh Innovations, Inc., California Research Center, 2882 Sand Hill Road, Suite 115, Menlo Park CA Research Librarian, Information Systems Manager

• Conduct intellectual property and competitive intelligence searches using commercial databases and the Internet.
• Participate in research projects in color image processing and document & information management.
• Maintain a small corporate library containing books, journals, technical reports, papers and patents.
• Create WWW-based service pages for patrons. Maintain the RSV website.
• Participate in Technology and WWW Committees. Evaluate software and hardware for CRC, especially Apple Macintosh computers. Participate in hiring decisions for system administration personnel.

2000-2003
PlaneTree Health Library, 98 N.17th Street, San Jose, CA 95112 Per Diem Librarian

• Redesign and maintain their web site.
• Provide medical reference services to walk-in patrons.
• Maintain the journal collection.

• Perform professional duties of a librarian on a temporary basis

10/91 to 3/92
Community Affairs Department, Lucille Packard Children's Hospital, 520 Sand Hill Road, Palo Alto, CA. Consultant

• Research and recommend a Macintosh-based system to provide access to photographic collection
• Design filing system and procedures for cataloging the collection
• Assist in thesaurus construction

5/91 to 8/91
Corporate Library, Apple Computer, Inc., [4 Infinite Loop], Cupertino, CA. Reference Intern.

• Provided reference desk service
• Performed online literature searches (Dialog and other vendors)
• Assisted in conducting a user survey

1/91 to 5/91
Division of Library and Information Science, San Jose State University, One Washington Sq., San Jose, CA. Online Lab Assistant

• Assisted students in using online services, primarily Dialog, and in using CD-ROMs products, primarily in Dialog, UMI or Wilson format

5/85 to 1/90
Campbell, Warburton, Britton, Fitzsimmons & Smith, 101 Park Center. Plaza, 12th Floor, San Jose 95109 Word Processor July 1988 promoted to Word Processing Systems Administrator

• Typed and transcribed legal documents
• Administered IBM PC based Lantastic local area network
• Trained operators to use Lantastic network and WordPerfect 4.2.
• Evaluated and acquired a scanner and OCR equipment.

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:

1996-1998 Ran Fairgrove Conjureworks, a web consulting and page design business. My clients were generally small businesses and non-profits.

1996-99 Webweaver for Special Libraries Association Gay and Lesbian Issues Caucus. Design and maintain home pages.

1996-present Webweaver for Earth Religions Legal Assistance Network. Design and maintain organizational home pages.

1995-2000 Art/layout director of the print edition of The Witches Trine, and webweaver for the web version.

1995-97 Webweaver for Interfaith Center at the Presidio Design and maintain organizational home pages.

1995 Associate editor for Crossing Over: a Pagan Manual on Death and Dying, by Reclaiming Collective.

1994-95 Net Officer and Director for Celebrating the Spirit: Toward a Global Ethic Assist board members to find commercial Internet connections and maintain an organizational home page.

1994-1999 Webweaver for Bay Area Pagan Assemblies. Design and maintain organizational home pages.

1994-present Net Officer for Northern California Local Council, Covenant of the Goddess. Assist members to find commercial Internet connections and maintain an organizational home page.

2/91 to 4/91 Main Library, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA. Sixty hour Special Libraries course internship. Twenty hours of observation and forty hours of cataloging books and technical standards.

5/91 to 8/91 San Andreas Chapter, Special Libraries Association. Special Project: organized Chapter archives following national SLA standards.

Fall 90 to Spring 91 Editor of The Underground Librarian, the newsletter of Library and Information Science Students, the student organization at San Jose State University.

8/89 to 3/91 Literacy Tutor with Literacy Volunteers of America and then the Partners in Reading program at the San Jose Public Library

PUBLICATIONS

"Electronic Discussion Lists for Librarians," FaultLine, Vol. 13, #4, March 1993
"An Interview with Nancy Honig," FaultLine, Vol. 15, #2, November 1994
Three WWW articles, including "Simple Home Page Construction" FaultLine, May 1995
"SLA and the Web, FaultLine, Vol. 16, #2, November 1995
In addition, assorted smaller news clips and articles have been published in the FaultLine .

Featured Speaker - "The Web Within - Creating Your Company's Intranet" a continuing education course hosted by San Andreas Chapter SLA, February 7, 1997. I spoke mainly on the technical aspects of intranets.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Special Libraries Association

1990-1998

Offices held:

National
1996-1997 Co-covener of the Gay and Lesbian Issues Caucus

San Francisco Chapter

San Andreas Chapter
1990-1991 Mailing Committee member
1991-1992 Archives Committee member
1992-1993 Archives Committee Chair
1992-1996 FaultLine Associate Editor
1994 Guest Editor for FaultLine Internet Special Issue
1996-1998 Chapter Treasurer

American Society for Information Science

Character References and pre-1985 resume available upon request. >