I am a freelance writer, indexer, researcher, a volunteer archivist/museum specialist, and an an OSIII and a substitute librarian at Hennepin County Library. View my resume here, or view me on LinkedIn.

Resource Page: Concepts, Scales, and Measures in Science.

This guide provides links to webpages that describe basic concepts, scales, and measures in the areas of astronomy, biology, geology, paleontology, and physics. (Prepared for Reference Sources in the Sciences coursework.)

Powerpoint Presentation: Kristin Harley's NASM Internship

As a part of my internship in the Archives Division of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC (Smithsonian), I had to give a presentation to my fellow NASM interns.

Captivate Tutorial: Scanning Documents at Webber Park Library

(PLEASE NOTE: This tutorial is for demonstration of personal skills only and was created on personal time, and was not officially produced for Webber Park Library or Hennepin County Libraries.)

Short Paper: Research Strategies: An Individual-Group, Kuhlthau-Alexander Synthesis Model.

Research Paper: Scientific Collaboratories: a Quiet Transformation.

Publications:

(Jan/Feb 2012). Information literacy and conspiracy theories: archives, 'lost' records, and found rubbish. Skeptical Inquirer 26(1), p. 55-58.

(June, 2011). Book reviews. Introductory concepts in information science, second edition, Melanie J. Norton. The Indexer 29(2), p. 93-94.

(May/June, 2011). The Human Genome Project Community Conversations at the Brooklyn Public Library. Public Libraries 50(3), p. 38-41.

Indexing:

• Back-of-the-book index for forthcoming communications textbook.
• All issues of the Communique (Minnesota International Center) - Communique Index
• All photos in the Communique (Minnesota International Center) - Communique Photo Index
• Book index: Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences by John Allen Paulos - Innumeracy Index

Professional Affiliations:

• ALA (American Library Association)...................SAA (Society of American Archivists)
• AAM (American Association of Museums)...........VSA (Visitor Studies Association)
• MLA (Minnesota Library Association)..................ASI (American Society for Indexing)
• ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science and Technology).........TCART (Twin Cities Archives Round Table)
• MAC (Midwest Archives Conference)................NCSE (National Center for Science Education)

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