1. sarah jayne voels
319 558 7993 sjvoels@gmail.com
education
August 2011 - August 2012 (in progress)
University of Pittsburgh, School of Information Science - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Masters of Library and Information Science
Individualized Course of Study
September 2006 - December 2009
Wartburg College - Waverly, Iowa
Bachelor of Arts in English (Literature)
Minor in Women’s Studies
internship
August 2011 - present
Community Library of Castle Shannon, Castle Shannon, PA
Children and Youth Services Pitt Partner Intern
 Plan, implement, and supervise educational and entertaining programming for teenagers
including a specific marketing campaign for Teen Literature Day
 Develop children’s programming for ages 18 months to preschool age
 Manage collection by weeding and partaking in acquisitions
 Maintain regular on-going activities and attractions for the library
June - August 2008
Waverly Public Library, Waverly, IA
Intern
 Designed promotional materials for library resources and wrote press releases
 Cataloged daily periodicals and processed interlibrary loan requests
 Researched reference questions and contacted patron with answer in timely manner
 Supervised teen night activities for 15-45 students including an overnight lock-in
work experience
November 2011 - present
University of Pittsburgh – Hillman Library, Pittsburgh, PA
Part-Time Student Worker
 Organize and retrieve library materials and shelve them according to Library of Congress
classification
 Assist users in finding materials throughout the library including special collections
 Support other departments in the library by providing additional staffing and help train new
employees
April 2010 - July 2011
Cedar Falls Public Library, Cedar Falls, IA
Library Assistant
 Updated records and create new patron records within electronic circulation system
 Exchanged positive dialogue in order to best assist patrons and maintain high quality
customer service
 Complied with intellectual freedom and confidentiality laws to ensure patron privacy and
library respectability
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2. sarah jayne voels
319 558 7993 sjvoels@gmail.com
December 2009 - July 2011
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Waterloo, IA
Secretary
 Created bulletins for worship and funeral services in accordance to the ELCA church
calendar
 Maintained official church records including attendance, offering, death, baptism, and
marriage
 Arranged year-end financial statements for parishioners and Annual Report of church
activities
May 2007 - December 2009
Wartburg College - Vogel Library, Waverly, IA
Technical Services Student Assistant
 Supported cataloging department in the transition to the Cedar Valley Library Consortium
and updated library holdings as new resources became available at the college library
 Developed and wrote content for instructional online citation manual
 Executed additional requests made by Cataloging, Archives, Information Literacy, and
Circulation departments as well as the Director of the Library
professional memberships
American Library Association
Public Library Association
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