This is the kitchen sink resume of everything I’ve ever done in the last 20 years regardless of what industry or education. If you want a list of my professionally published pieces, here is my bibliography.
Education
- 2017 – Code Louisville – Certificate in Front-End Web Development
- 2010 – Wayne State University – Master’s in Library Science
- Graduate Certificate in Archival Administration
- 2008 – Central Michigan University – Master of Arts (Humanities)
- 2005 – Aquinas College – Bachelor of Arts (English Lit / Art History)
Continuing Education
- Team Treehouse 2017 – present
- Digital Literacy
- Front End Web Development
- Lynda.com 2017 – present
- Learning Path: Become a Content Strategist
- Udemy 2016 – present
- Library Juice Academy 2016
Work Experience
Knowledge Management Consultant 7/2018 – 12/2018
Humana (contract), Louisville, KY
- Focus on the creation of content meeting business requirements and is useful and relevant to targeted audiences within the health insurance industry
- Ensures content utilizes SEO, meets target audience and business objective and goals along with consistency across company properties
- Assist with creation and maintenance of content standards, including a library of common reusable content using an XML authoring tool
- Work closely and collaborate with other project team members, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and leads including other internal consultants, process owners, facilitators, and curriculum owners
- Curate and write content for multiple channels
- Collaborated and supported several teams such as PPNO, PPI, and Claims
- Ran reports and provide statistics as needed
Internet Consultant 07/2014 — Present
Nerd Girl Consulting, Louisville, KY
- Consult on CMS management, SEO, and content curation
- Work with clients on archival, library, and social media needs
- Freelance writer specializing in media and pop culture reviews, mental health, librarianship, and technology
- Published in A Practical Wedding; No Flying, No Tights; Talk Space
Digital Archivist 05/2016 — 08/2016
IBM (Contract), New York, NY
- Played an active role in acquisition, arrangement and description, preservation, and providing secure access to born-digital and digitized collections
- Employed agile (iterative) methodology for fixity and data validation quality assurance and quality control reviews
- Collaborated with the corporate archivist, processing archivist, and IT to identify problems, troubleshoot, fix and improve processing
- Participated in the ongoing development and contribute to policies and workflows
Systems and Web Librarian 02/2011 – 07/2014
Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, MI
- Provided library, subject focused, and technical instruction to patrons and staff of GRCC Library in the use of online catalogs, databases, eBooks, and other technologies
- Acted as a liaison to various departments on campus and provided library and information literacy classes and tours, collection development and maintenance, and outreach as required
- Implemented outreach programs for staff and students as well as the community; managed the library’s digital properties in support of these programs
- Managed daily operation of the library’s automation systems which included performing backups, upgrades, maintenance, catalog enhancements, statistics, and additional digital library services as needed
- Developed and maintained social media policies, web development, brand site, and consistency and editorial control for the library’s digital properties
- Provided outreach and community engagement for the GRCC and surrounding communities, and additionally using social media, the web, campus communications, and traditional marketing to disseminate information
- Work with the college’s web development team to develop brand and site consistency and continuity
Archival Practicum Student 08/2009 – 05/2010
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Detroit, MI
- Surveyed and inventoried a 38 cubic foot, mixed format collection
- Arranged and described collection according to repository manuals and DACS
- Prepared and executed appraisal report and processing plan for the collection
- Act as a consult on administration and troubleshooting of the archives’ blog and social media
- Curate, support, create taxonomy, design, and layout of digital projects and exhibitions
Digital Librarian/Social Media Specialist 05/2009 – 02/2012
Archive Media Partners, Detroit, MI
- Created and implemented best practices for archival digitization project
- Installed, configured, and administered Archive Media Partners’ WordPress website
- Utilized website optimization, SEO awareness, and analytics
- Managed AMP’s digital properties
- Designed and execute planning strategy and workflow for posting and updating content to AMP’s digital properties
Reference Librarian, Graduate Student Assistant 01/2009 – 05/2010
Purdy/Kresge Graduate Library, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
- Assisted patrons in person, online, and on the telephone with questions ranging from ready reference to extended research support
- Demonstrated ability to utilize search strategies with online catalogs and databases
- Provided library instruction to patrons on the use of the graduate and undergraduate libraries, online catalogs, and databases as well as technical instruction
- Edited and updated the Graduate Student Assistant manual for the 2010-2011 academic year
Lead Fiction Bookseller 10/2005 – 01/2009
Barnes and Noble Booksellers, Grand Rapids, MI
- Responsible for inventory ordering and maintenance
- Provided superior and knowledgeable one-on-one reference, customer service, and reader’s advisor
- Maintain inventory levels while tracking sales and trend reports to best fulfill customer needs and requests
- Created cross-referencing and programming tools for customer use
- Aided in training of new hires
Senior Internet Systems Engineer 10/1999 – 10/2002
UUNet Technologies, Inc./WorldCom, Ashburn, VA
- Worked with customers on routing (static, dynamic, BGP, EIGP) configuration, DNS, IMAP, POP, and NNTP
- Implemented and configured customer premise equipment
- Supervised a team of five engineers and acted as point of contact for troubleshooting and escalate problem resolution
- Designed and taught classes that covered specific areas of interest such as new hires, on the job training, computer literacy, and company software
Volunteer Work
Docent , Librarian 12/2017 – Present
Kentucky Museum of Arts and Craft
- Conduct museum tours
- Worked with communications to deliver education programs
- Assist staff as needed
- Obtained and manage OPAC
- Responsible for collection maintenance
- Manage circulation policies and procedures
Librarian 01/2017 – Present
Jane Austen Society of North America – Greater Louisville Region
- Obtained and manage OPAC
- Responsible for collection maintenance
- Manage circulation policies and procedures
Digital Archivist 01/2011 – 09/2011
Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation
- Organized materials, The Peninsular Club magazine, for digital preservation
- Preserved materials using industry standards and created master files to ensure long term preservation
- Used OCR to ensure digital findability
- Consulted on creation of digital pathfinders and digital presentation
Consultant 08/2009 – 12/2009
Royal Oak Historical Society
- Organized materials for digital preservation
- Consulted on creation of digital pathfinders and digital presentation
- Consulted and trained on using social media for outreach and digital exhibition
Docent 01/2004 – 06/2004
Grand Rapids Art Museum
- Conduct museum tours
- Worked with communications to deliver education programs
- Assist staff as needed
Skills Summary
- Languages: HTML, CSS, and JavaScript (beginner)
- Operating Systems: OS X, Windows, Linux (beginner)
- Content Creator: SEO, content writing, social media management, documentation, project management, tailored research, editing, knowledge management
- Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, Hootsuite, Tweet Deck
- CMS Software: Word Press, Blogger, Tumblr
- Library integrated software: Innovative Interface Sierra Web PAC, and ERM; LibGuides, BlackBoard, ILLiad, EZProxy
- Writing specializations
- Social media and web content producer 2012 – Present
- Library, literacy, and educational issues 2009 – Present
- Movie, book, and music reviewer 2005 – Present
- Pop culture 2005 – Present
- Mental Health 2000 — Present
- Technology 1999 — Present
- Creative non-fiction 1996 — Present
- Supervisory experience: 5+ years
Presentations
- Tech Librarianship & Gender Panel, Internet Librarian, October 2013
- How I Stopped Worrying and Learned To Love Institutional Repositories, Library Tech Conference, March 2013
- Golden Age: Comics and Graphic Novel Resources in Libraries,MSU Comics Forum, March 2013
- Not Your Mother’s Librarian: The Digital Age of Libraries and Librarians, GRCC Faculty Learning Day, January 2012
- Libraries Everywhere: A proposal for onboard train library services for ALA 2012, December 2011
- Conversations with the CoPs, Michigan Library Association Conference, October 2011
- Critical Error: Michigan Libraries & Online Representation, Michigan Library Association Conference, November 2010
- Web 2.0 in Special & Small Libraries, Special Libraries Association, December 2009
- When Are New Technologies For You?, Association of Moving Images Archivists Conference, November 2009
Professional Research Interests & Projects
- Graphicdemia – Collection development, circulation, and teaching of graphic novels in academia
- Social media – Best practices, use, content curation, managing, and the community engagement of a library’s digital properties
- Search engine optimization – How cataloging and curating data effects search results and online reputations
- Knowledge Management – Findability, taxonomy, and structure of data as applied to knowledge repositories
Professional Organization
- Kentucky Library Association 2017 – Present
- American Library Association 2008 – Present
- Library and Information Technology Association 2008 – 2018
- Michigan Library Association 2008 – 2015
Writing Experience
- Freelance writer and blogger (2014 – present)
- Librarian, editor, content curator, writer & blogger (Grand Rapids Community College, 2011 – 2014)
- Content Writer & blogger (Archive Media Partners, 2009 – 2012)
- Tech Writer (UUNet/WorldCom, 1999 – 2002)
- Arts & Entertainment Editor (Grand Rapids Community College, 1994 – 1996)
Select Publications
- “we are/i am” (flash) / The Free Library of the Internet Void, July 2018
- “When anger and emotions run your life” (creative non-fiction) / TalkSpace, June 2017
- “Devil’s Advocate: Just Because I Divorced Him Doesn’t Mean He’s Not My Best Friend”(creative non-fiction) / A Practical Wedding, October 2015
- “Manga Classics: Emma” (review) / No Flying, No Tights, August 2015
- “Speaking Up: Starting a dialogue on sexual harassment in libraries” (essay) / American Libraries Magazine, June 2015
- “Super – UICA Films review” (essay) / The Rapidian, May 2011
Sample Clip
- Examples of a tweet, blog, and press release show variance in my writing
Blogging
Geek Girl MixTape 2019 – Present
https://geekgirlmixtape.wordpress.com
Writer, Publisher, and Content Management
- Pop culture blog with topics ranging from movies, music, television, and books
- Blog is written from a GenX point of view
- Blog is updated 3-5x a week
- Provide content strategy and direction of the blog
- Utilizes SEO, social media, and editorial calendars
- Post length is 500 words or shorter
Excessively Diverting 2017 — Present
https://excessivelydiverting.net
Writer, Publisher, and Content Management
- Topics are Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, and anything related to, about, or by them
- Provide content strategy and direction of the blog
- Utilized SEO, social media, and editorial calendars
- Blog is updated 3-5x a week
- Average post length is 150 – 400 words
No Flying, No Tights 2015 – present
http://www.noflyingnotights.com/blog/author/lisarabey/
Reviewer
- Review graphic novels ranging from single to multiple volume
- Graphic novels range from superhero to manga
- Audience is librarians, educators, and adults
- Average post length is between 750 – 1000 words
Exit, Pursued By A Bear 1998 — 2017
https://exitpuresuedbyabear.net
Writer, Publisher, and Content Management
- Tackles diverse topics from comics to feminism to mental health issues and everything in between
- Average post length is 750 -1000 words.
so glad is my heart 2015
http://sogladismyheart.wordpress.com
Writer, Editor, Publisher, and Content Management
- Pop up ‘zine for the month of February, 2015
- Average post less than 500 words
Grand Rapids Community College Library 2011 – 2014
https://grcclibrary.wordpress.com/?s=lisa+rabey
Social Media Manager, Writer, Editor, and Content Management
- Topics: Technology, pop culture, libraries, reviews
- Edited and wrote content, built up related branding, used social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to enhance conversation
- Design and execute planning strategy and workflow for posting and updating content to the blog and social networks
- Average post length is 250 – 500 words
Archive Media Partners 2009 – 2011
http://archivemediapartners.com/AMPed/author/lisa
Writer, Editor, and Content Management
- Topics: Libraries, archives, digital management, and copyright
- Design and execute planning strategy and workflow for posting and updating content to the blog and other social networking
- Edited and wrote content, built up related branding, used social media such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to enhance conversation
- Average post length is 250 – 500 words
Grand Rapids Community College 1994 – 1996
Grand Rapids Community College Collegiate
Editor, Arts & Entertainment
- Assigned stories and created content for a bi-weekly college newspaper
- Assisted in article and paper layouts
- Organized photos, wrote captions, and drafted headlines
- Served as initial reporter contact for the arts & entertainment section
- Proofread content for factual and grammatical accuracy
- Ensured currency of entertainment stories via review of wire feeds