Brian Conlan
[email protected] 95 Nevada Ave. Asheville, NC 28806 507.663.6049 Highlights ● Ten years combined library experience– in both public and academic libraries– in a variety of roles including creative technologies, acquisitions, reference, instruction, circulation, and interlibrary loan. ● Strong interest in educational technology– primarily DIY computing projects, cloud-based collaborative workflows, and the impact of mobile devices on coursework, fieldwork, and research. ● Savvy with web and desktop technology- including Microsoft, Mac, and Open Office suites, social networking software, blogs and basic website design, and Internet searching. Education Master of Library and Information Sciences, December 2008 St. Catherine University, St. Paul, Minnesota Awarded by Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois Bachelor of Arts, English, May 1998 St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota Library Experience Acquisitions and Emerging Technologies Librarian 01/2013–Present Warren Wilson College, Swannanoa, NC Reference and Instruction Librarian 12/2008–12/2012 St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN Provide general reference at the reference desk and via individual research appointments and serve as instruction and collection development liaison to Social Sciences departments including Political Science, Psychology, Nursing, Sociology/Anthropology, Education, Economics, and Exercise Science. ● Provide general, point of need reference service at public reference desk, via email and IM, and in individual research consultations ● Develop and lead assignment-based, curriculum-integrated bibliographic instruction sessions ● Create and maintain general subject and course-specific research guides using LibGuides software ● Serve as 3 year term member of Bridge Consortium Leadership Group ● Serve as reference department member of the Public Access Working Group- a consortial task force comprised of librarians from St.