1. LORI A. RINALDI
2400 ZINOW ST.
HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN 48212
(313) 418-5457
Alpha_wolf_studios@yahoo.com
Employment History
Library Clerk Senior, April 2007-present
Wayne State University David Adamany Undergraduate Library, Detroit, Michigan
• Provides excellent customer service to library patrons by assisting them with item searches, reference queries,
item retrieval and in answering questions.
• Helped to teach research for classes COM 1010 and TED 2250.
• Trains new hires in all aspects of the job, and encourages them to improve if/when needed.
• Supervises all bindery issues in the library.
• Supervises all book prep- labeling call numbers to all books, videos, DVDs and CDs, and making sure the
catalog records are correct.
• Supervises over the stacks and media. Maintains an accurate inventory, and supervises over shelf reading and
shifting. Corrects catalog when necessary. Stays in contact with the librarians on any possible weeding.
• Helps with any patron, building or security issue that may come up.
• Helped to create Lib Guides for the library for the Subject of the Month.
Subject of the Month Lib Guides
Wayne State University Library System
Develop topic-based lib-guides using Springshare’s LibGuides, linking users to books, eBooks, online journals,
websites, digital collections, videos and Pinterest boards.
Topics: Zoos and Aquariums (April 2015), National Parks (July 2014)
Clerical Technician, March 2005-April 2007
Wayne State University David Adamany Undergraduate Library, Detroit, Michigan
• Opened and closed library for supervisors when needed.
• Acted as supervisor when scheduled supervisors were unavailable.
• Processed items for MelCat.
• Helped to run the circulation desk and perform stack maintenance.
• Provided excellent customer service.
• Trained new hires.
Graduate Student Assistant, Sept. 2006-April 2007
Wayne State University David Adamany Library, Detroit, Michigan
• Researched and wrote inquires for possible grants.
• Helped organize and put together a Chapbook and Poetry Slam with local K-12 schools.
• Revised and checked references for professors’ syllabi.
Student Assistant, Oct. 2001-March 2005

2. Wayne State University Science and Engineering and David Adamany Undergraduate Libraries,
Detroit, Michigan
• Provided excellent customer service.
• Assisted in managing the circulation desk-checked in/out items; did searches; helped with patron inquires;
shelving and stack maintenance. Worked with both Horizon and Millennium systems. Strong knowledge of the
Library of Congress classification system.
• Completed increasingly responsible tasks, such as helping to train new hires.
Educational Qualifications
Animal Behavior Institute - Durham, North Carolina
Certificate in Zoo and Aquarium Science. Certificate awarded in March 2015. 4.0 GPA.
Wayne State University - Detroit, Michigan
Masters in Library and Information Science. Youth Services concentration. Degree awarded in Dec. 2007.
Wayne State University - Detroit, Michigan
Bachelors in Fine Arts. Concentration in Painting. Degree awarded in May 2005.
Macomb Community College - Warren, Michigan
Associate of Arts. Fine Arts and General Studies Major. Degree awarded in May 1996.
Volunteer Work
Docent, Detroit Zoological Society, 1992-1997
• Assisted in providing tours of the zoo.
• Frequently did “stationaries”-usually the bears-involving information as well as visual items (fur, bones, etc.).
• Worked at the Log Cabin Learning Center when assigned.
Mob Squad and Polk Penguin Conservation Center, Detroit Zoological Society, 2014-present
Works in the Australian Outback informing the public about the kangaroos, wallabies and emu that are housed there and
in the Polk Penguin Conservation Center talking about the penguins and their environment. Also worked the
Dinosauria exhibit during the summer of 2015.