Whitni Watkins
Tel: 480.217.1372 | Email: whitni.watkins@gmail.com | Website: http://nimblelibrarian.com
Education
Masters of Library and Information Science | GPA 3.97
May 2014
San José State University, San José, CA
Special Courses: Online Searching, Info. Organizations & Management, Info. Technology Tools & Applications, Social
Media tools, Information Reference Tools, Cataloging & Classification, Drupal, Peer Mentoring, Virtual Internships
Bachelors of Arts in Liberal Arts/ Philosophy and History | GPA 3.6
Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, VA
Special Courses: Spanish I, II, III, IV, Historical Methods & Research, Technology Tools
May 2010
Related Work Experience
Graduate Assistant (Virtual), San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Sept 2013 to Present
 Acting Canvas Instructure liaison for all SJSU SLIS faculty and staff
 Acting primary for conducting all canvas training for SJSU SLIS faculty and staff
 Acting primary for Panopto training documentation for SJSU SLIS faculty and staff
 Responsible for back end and front end knowledge of LMS systems: Desire to Learn (D2L) & Canvas Instructure
 Develop webpages in CMS Drupal with use of HTML, PHP, & CSS, SFTP, Dreamweaver & Photoshop
 Conduct training sessions in Blackboard Collaborate to SJSU SLIS faculty & staff
ILS Administrator, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA
Feb 2013 to Feb 2014
 Acting primary ILS Scotty/Millennium (web and character-based) support for technical services, circulation, course
reserves, and e-reserve issues; general support of all Scotty/Millennium administrative functions
 Work directly with staff in training and troubleshooting ILS client issues; including both software and hardware issues
 Run and create multiple review files using Boolean search techniques to keep the ILS system records clean and up to
date; helping maintain over 2 million bibliographic records; knowledge of MARC & RDA
 Maintain frontend and back end of ILS client using CSS and HTML
 Support for all Millennium peripherals including barcode scanners, label printers, barcode duplicators, dot matrix
printers, and receipt printers
 Develop and maintain sound and clear technical documentation for ILS responsibilities in Confluence Wiki
 Microsoft 2013 support liaison for all UCR library staff
Social Media Intern, Santa Clara County Library District, Santa Clara, CA
Aug 2013 to Dec 2013
 Completion of 144 volunteer hours.
 Development of 6 month social media strategic plan for Library district
 Daily involvement with Library Facebook page, Instagram & Twitter feeds
 Use of Facebook Insights & Hoot Suite for aggregated statistics on Facebook posts & Twitter feeds
 Lead on Facebook Campaign development
 Daily use of Google Drive & Wiki’s for collaboration
Library Director – All Campuses, West Coast Ultrasound Institute, Ontario, CA
Oct 2011 to Feb 2013
 Created and maintained the school’s first student website using Joomla, CSS, HTML, Javascript, Widgets and
Photoshop
 Designed first ever campus curriculum tailored electronic research guides; included 16 guides across 6 majors & 12
courses by matching syllabi to available resources in the library including databases and circulating items as well as
providing credible websites and links to open access material
 Implemented remote access authentication with OCLC’s EZproxy software
 Managed and supervise 3 campus locations through the use of virtual tools including WebEx, email, Google chat;
 Designed over 200 web-based and print documents for advertising campus events, graduations, career services and
recruitment needs using of Photoshop, Illustrator, and Publisher
 Head of collection maintenance and development which involved weeding collection of outdated and irrelevant items
as well as researching and selecting new items to keep our collection up to date and suitable for accreditation
requirements.
 Provide IT support as needed
 Built MySQL database queries for pulling special statistical reports
Director of Learning Resources, West Coast Ultrasound Institute, Ontario, CA
March 2011 to Oct 2011
 Initiated and took lead on the evaluation and integration of new ILS system (Mandarin Oasis) that saved over
$100,000 over the process of 10 years
 Developed cataloguing policy and procedures for the library collection
 Presented information literacy and research workshops to over 2,000 students & faculty through use of PowerPoint,
Prezi and Jing
 Developed an excel library usage tracking system to provide information on potential areas of grown and made
recommendations
 Streamlined new student orientation program that was adapted across all campuses, introduced conducting quarterly
surveys using Survey Monkey; resulting in a more efficient program
 Promoted after 6 months of work to Library Director over all campuses
Library Intern, Von Canon Library, Buena Vista, VA
May 2010 to July 2010
 Volunteered over 150 hours of work in archives and special collections
 Digitized over 400 historical documents for a budget friendly digital archives initiative using Adobe Acrobat
 Developed multiple resource guides for University courses in history, philosophy, theatre and law
Library Student Assistant, Von Canon Library,
Buena Vista, VA
Jan 2010 to July 2010
 Commended often of my strong work ethic and superb eye for detail by my supervisors
 Provided excellent customer service to a diverse population in a fast-paced academic environment
 Managed the circulation desk and served patrons as needed
 Collected fines & handled cash box
 Responsible for closing the library
 Helped plan and implement strategy for more efficient use of library space through use of surveying and collaborating
with colleagues
 Individually selected for internship in resource management and digital archives
Awards/Community Activities
ALA Midwinter Conference Attendee/Volunteer
UCR Staff Assembly Scholarship recipient
St. Saffold Leadership Scholarship recipient
Innovative Users Group Conference Attendee
ALA Annual Conference Attendee/Volunteer
California Library Association Attendee/Volunteer
Volunteer Teacher, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Gear-Up Scholarship Award
Academic competitiveness Grant
2014 – present
2013
2013
2013
2012 – present
2011
2008 – present
2006 – 2010
2006 – 2007
Professional Affiliations
American Library Association (ALA), California Library Association (CLA), History Honors Society (Phi Alpha Theta),
Library and Information Science Students to Encourage Networking (LISSTEN), Library Leadership & Management
Association (LLAMA), Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
Committee Participation
Graduation Committee (WCUI), Student Orientation Development (WCUI), Library Staff Association (LSA– UCR)
representative, Access Services Advisory Committee (ASAC-UCR), ILS/OPAC Management Committee (Scotty Team UCR)
Certifications/Training
Google Power Searching, Google
Leadership Training, ALA Annual 2012 LLAMA
III WebOpac (Basic & Advanced)
III System Coordinator Basics (including ASAA)
III Reports and Statistics for Millennium System Coordinators
III Create Lists (advanced)
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
Comprehensive list of Skills & Technology
Operation Systems: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
Browsers: IE, Mozilla, Chrome, Safari, Opera
Web Development tools: HTML (XHTML, HTML 4.0, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 5), CSS, PHP (novice),
JavaScript (novice), MySQL, Dreamweaver (CS3, CS6), Notepad ++, SFTP clients (FileZilla, Putty, GitBash)
Graphic Development Tools: Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 & 9, Photoshop (CS3, CS6), Photoshop Elements 8.0, Illustrator
(CS3, CS6)
Learning Management Systems: Desire2Learn, Canvas Instructure, Blackboard, Moodle
Content Management Systems: Drupal, Joomla, Wordpress, Centaur (UCR homegrown system)
Integrated Library Systems: Innovative Interfaces Millennium, Mandarin Oasis M3, Sagebrush Jenzabar
Office application: Microsoft Office Suite (1998-2003, 2007, 2010 2013), OpenOffice
Hardware: Printers (USB, Wireless), scanners, fax machines, copiers, workstations, Laptops, Digital video and still
cameras, web cameras, barcode scanners (Zebra, Motorola), barcode duplicators (Zebra), Label Printers (Okidata,
Epson, Zebra)
Cloud Storage: DropBox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, Slideshare, Flikr,
Multi-Media Presentation tools: PowerPoint (2007, 2010, 2013), Prezi, Glogster, Google Presentations
Screen Capture: Techsmith Jing, Camtasia, Panopto
Collaborative Tools: GoToMeeting, WebEx, Google Hangout, Blackboard Collaborate