Amanda Richards

Hi, I'm Amanda Richards, and I am seeking a position in an Academic Library.

Amanda Richards is a recent graduate from the University of South Florida in the Master of Library and Information Science Program.  She has both volunteered and worked for the Univsersity of Central Florida Hitt Library. From May 2011 through April 2012 she worked in the UCF Special Collections and University Archives department under the supervision of the Senior Archivist, Sandra Varry. During her year at UCF she processed collections, worked on book repair, updated finding aids, and created exhibits for the library. She also volunteered several hours a week to work the reference desk at UCF where she gained experience answering reference questions.  

Library Special Collections Graduate Assistant at University of Central Florida

May 2011 - April 2012

General work: Created transcriptions of documents, collection shifting, curating exhibits, shelf reading, answering phones, filing paperwork, organizing department computer drives, assisting Archivists with research requests, assisting with processing collections Conservation/preservation work: Repairing torn pages with Japanese tissue paper, rebinding books, constructing drop-spine enclosures (clam-shells), constructing phase box enclosures, making Mylar book coverings Digital work: Maintaining NoteTab and XMetaL EAD finding aids, writing descriptive Metadata

Office Manager at Seminole Reporting Inc

August 2009 - February 2010

Performed general office duties such as filing paperwork, writing letters, emailing clients, and maintaining the billing software. I also scheduled the court reporters for their daily jobs and spoke with attorneys to order transcripts.

Senior Library Technical Assistant at University of Central Florida

April 2012

Manages circulation desk, Clears fines, maintains reserve books, assists with reference questions as needed, barcodes incoming materials, maintains ALEPH records, creates monthly exhibits, train incoming student assistants on duties

University of South Florida

2011 – 2012

MLIS

Concentration: Special Collections and Archives

University of Central Florida

2008 – 2009

Interdiciplinary Studies

Concentration: Linguistics, Anthropology, Judaic Studies

Valencia Community College

2006 – 2007

Associate of Arts (A.A.)

Concentration: General Studies

Emerging Technology, Social Media, Website design, Teaching, Marketing, Book and Paper conservation and preservation, Archives, Special Collections, Processing Collections, Rare books, Book arts, Photograph Collections, Information Literacy, Library Reference, Academic Libraries