North Coast Indexing Services: Resume

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Owner - North Coast Indexing Services

November 2002 - present

Prepare indexes according to publishers' specifications for books and other publications, specializing in biography, business, economics, geneaology, history, literary criticism, scholarly works, sociology, and children's and young adult non-fiction

Manage and market an independent index-contracting business

Proof-read manuscripts as part of indexing projects

Clients include: Bahai Publishing Trust, Catholic University of America Press, Cengage (formerly Thomson Learning), Minnesota Historical Society Press, University of Minnesota Press

Tour Guide/Interpreter May 2001-present

Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site

Prepare and lead in-depth educational tours of an historic lighthouse preserved on the North Shore of Lake Superior

Perform costumed interpretation to enhance visitors' understanding of the purpose and functions of a lighthouse and the daily life of lighthouse keepers and their families

Head of Reference January 1992-March 2001

Minnesota Historical Society

Managed the Minnesota Historical Society's Library program. Primary responsibility for public reference services, patron instruction, program promotion, organization of information in the collection, materials retrieval and storage, Copy Services operations, a staff of 35 and a budget in excess of $900,000.00

Reference Services Supervisor September 1988-January 1992

James J. Hill Reference Library

Supervised seven professional librarians along with reference and online searching services

Coordinated production of in-house publications, including bibliographies and brochures, a client newsletter and Index to Minnesota Business Periodicals

Reference Librarian September 1975-August 1988

James J. Hill Reference Library

Provided telephone and in-person reference service in business, economics, and related subject areas

Developed a subject guide to the Library's periodicals collections and indexed three company directories

EDUCATION

U. S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School: Basic Indexing, July 2002; Applied Indexing, November 2003; Proofreading, December 2005

M. A., Library Science, University of Minnesota, March 1976

B. A., Sociology, University of Minnesota, June 1971

MEMBERSHIPS

American Society of Indexers