Sandy Gekosky

Experience

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  Kaplan-Gekosky Pottery

  Oct 1986 - Jun 2015

  Designer

  I design and manufacture hand-thrown tableware, kitchenware, and art pottery. Routine business operations and skills include production, decorating, glazing, product research and development, clay body and glaze chemistry, operating kilns, as well as, advertising, marketing, accounting, and direct sales with customers. Lessons on the fundamentals of drawing, ceramics, and painting techniques are provided to individuals of all ages in my studio.

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  Ohio Department of Mental Health - Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare

  Jun 2000 - Jun 2008

  Librarian II

  I worked within the Ohio Department of Mental Health specializing in psychiatry, psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, and activity therapy. As a solo librarian in a medical library, I was responsible for providing knowledge-based information services to ODMH clinicians, patients/consumers, college faculty, students and the community. I managed a library for the patients and a staff medical library.

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  Ohio University

  Sept 2008 - Jun 2009

  Reference & Instruction Librarian

  Reference and instruction librarian specializing both in health science related disciplines such as psychiatry, psychology, nursing, and fine arts. Collected library materials to support ceramics, sculpture, and consumer health curricula. Assisted with art exhibits, events, displays, and programs for the library and university. Audited and maintained MedlinePlus' Go Local, a service of the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health offering information on health care providers in southeastern Ohio. Show less

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  West Virginia University Parkersburg

  Jan 2011 - Jun 2016

  Manage and operate library circulation and reserve areas. Maintain WVU-P library website. Provide reference service and instruction to students, faculty, staff and community members. Develop instructional video tutorials. Promote library services and collections with social media. Select Library materials. Create, organize and coordinate library exhibits. Train library employees. Supervise library during the evening shift. Provide reference service and instruction to students, faculty, staff, and community members. Promote library services and collections with social media. Assist the director of the library with collection management. Select Library materials in all subjects. Perform circulation desk duties. Manage the serials collection. Create and organize library exhibits. Provide reference service and instruction to students, faculty, staff, and community members. Supervise library during the evening shift. Developed social networking resource to promote library services. Assist the director of the library with collection management. Select Library materials in all subjects. Perform routine circulation desk duties as necessary.

  • Library Technical Assistant II

    Sept 2013 - Jun 2016

  • Library Technical Assistant

    Jan 2013 - Sept 2013

  • Staff Librarian

    Jan 2011 - Jan 2013
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  Ohio University

  Jun 2016 - now

  Library Support Associate

  Preservation & Digital Initiatives. I support the daily operations of the SE Ohio Regional Depository/Library Annex, a high-density storage facility that holds approximately 650,000 items.