David S. Carter
3603 Partridge Path #8
Ann Arbor MI 48108
superman@umich.edu
Experience
the Internet Public Library
Reference & Collections Coordinator, 1995 to 1996
Head of Collection Development, 1996 to present
Project at the University of Michigan School of Information
Highlights of Responsibilities:
- Managed and coordinated staff, students, and volunteer librarians from around the world in a distributed, Internet-based reference service
- Developed, created, maintained, cataloged and managed collections of Internet resources
- Oversaw and managed a variety of student projects
- Assisted with system administration duties, programming, and technical troubleshooting
- Organized and taught a series of basic and advanced technology skills classes
- Organized and taught professional development workshops on Internet resource management
- Assisted with grant and project proposals, publicity, public presentations
University of Michigan Engineering Library
University Library Associate, 1993 to 1995
Highlights of Responsibilities:
- Maintenance of CD-ROM Databases
- Helped create and maintain Library's WWW documents and resources
- Materials selector for Computer Engineering, Telecommunications, and Career materials
- Reference Desk
- On-site Bibliographic Instruction
- NTIS document ordering
- On-line database searching
Education
University of Michigan School of Information and Library Studies
M.I.L.S. 1995, University Library Associate (Extended Masters Program)
University of Michigan College of Engineering
B.S.E. (Electrical Engineering) 1993 Cum Laude
Specialized in Optics and Radiowaves
Computer Related Skills
- On-line database searching, notably DIALOG
- Familiarity with Macintosh, UNIX, DOS, and Windows environments and programs
- UNIX shell scripting; httpd server maintenance
- Internet Searching, Naviagtion, and Resource Creation (gopher and HTML/WWW)
- Programming: Perl, C, Fortran, HyperTalk, CGI
revised July 1, 1997
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