Lexington Pub Resume

1. Jacqueline Nazeri Cooper
3170 Mapleleaf Drive #702, Lexington KY
(205) 436-1598
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
● Over twenty years of Library experience primarily in the areas of collection
development, user services and teaching.
● Strong customer service-oriented and goal-oriented worker with excellent
interpersonal skills, strong problem solving and organization skills.
● An keen understanding of the reference interview as a key component finding
resources for all reading levels.
● Proficient with computer applications and integrated library systems. Comfortable
in the online medium with the ability to troubleshoot and learn new technologies.
● Experience with instruction and actively participated in the development and
design of classes on use of the Internet, electronic resources, the catalog and
Microsoft computer programs.
EXPERIENCE
Children’s Librarian
Albert L. Scott Public Library, Alabaster, Alabama, September 2002 – September 2004.
● Developed children’s and young adult collections and increased circulation
numbers.
● Coordinated, planned, and implemented successful children’s and young adult
programs, which included story time as well as wrote publicity related to
children’s and young adult programs for publication in the library calendar and
newsletter.
● Designed new outreach initiative program for the Storyteller program, which is
now used in several Shelby County Libraries. Designed and implemented a teen
volunteer to meet the demands of the schools’ required volunteer policy.
● Co-authored and received an National Endowment for the Humanities We the
People Grant and planned several programs around the book collection we
received from the grant.
Reference Librarian
Albert L. Scott Public Library, Alabaster, Alabama, September 2004 – December 2007.
● Developed and maintained the reference collection, serials collection, non-fiction
collection, classics, and young adult collections.
● Prepared and coordinated budgets in my collection area, and provided training
and supervision to library page staff pages; supervised library staff on nights and
weekends.
● Prepared genre lists and bibliographies for young adult patrons.
● Provided instruction and actively participated in the development and design of

2. classes on use of the Internet, electronic resources, the catalog and Microsoft
computer programs.
● Designed and updated the Library’s portion of the city of Alabaster’s website and
coordinated with other department heads and the Friends of the Library in order
to keep the site up to date.
Reference Librarian
Lawson State Community College, Birmingham, Alabama, November 2007-December
2015.
● Developed instructional materials on research methods in various formats for
Freshman course on information literacy.
● Developed and taught information literacy classes for students across majors.
● Developed and maintained print collections for two campus libraries
● Organized, planned and delegated tasks for the reclassification of a print
collection from Dewey to Library of Congress.
● Created displays for seasonal and special occasions such as National Poetry
Month, Black History Month, and Banned Books Week. Consulted with campus
colleagues to design and implement meaningful and appealing displays.
● Supervised and trained paraprofessionals and work study students in specific
library duties, including shelving, circulation and special projects.
● Independently developed a new website by adding virtual classrooms based on
the college curriculum, organized scholarly database for easy access to
information that received positive reviews due to the friendly user environment of
the site.
EDUCATION
Master of Library Science, Indiana University, School of Library and Information
Science, Bloomington, Indiana.
Bachelor of Arts, Communication Studies, Indiana University Southeast, College of
Arts and Letters, New Albany, Indiana.
English Studies, 21 hours of Masters-level, post-grad study at University of
Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama
AFFILIATIONS, ACTIVITIES, AND HONORS
● Alabama Library Association Member, 2002-2015
● Indiana University Alumni Association Birmingham Chapter – Secretary

3. REFERENCES
Nan Abbott
Library Director
Albert L. Scott Public Library
100 9th Street N.W.
Alabaster, Alabama 35007
(205) 644-6822
nabbott@shelbycounty-al.org
Sherri Davis
Academic Affairs Dean
Lawson State Community College
3060 Wilson Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35221
(205) 929-6357
sdavis@lawsonstate.edu
Sandra Henderson
Library Director
Lawson State Community College
3060 Wilson Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35221
(205) 929-6333
shenderson@lawsonstate.edu
Frances Smith
Youth Services Librarian
Albert L. Scott Public Library
100 9th Street N.W.
Alabaster, Alabama 35007
(205) 644-6822
alchildren@shelbycounty-al.org
3060 Wilson Road, SW
Birmingham, AL 35221