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Amanda L. Goodman

Amanda L. Goodman

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Head of User Experience & Technology at Darien Library

  • Education

    • University of North Carolina at Greensboro

      2009 - 2011
      MLIS

    • University of North Carolina Asheville

      2004 - 2008
      BA

  • Experience

    • Walmart

      Apr 2007 - Jul 2009

      Processed damaged or recalled items, worked with vendors, dealt with hazardous materials. Customer service, money transactions, trained other employees.

      • Reclamation Associate

        Jan 2009 - Jul 2009

      • Courtesy Desk

        Apr 2007 - Jan 2009

    • Freelance

      Jan 2008 - Jan 2008
      Video editor

      Edited a short documentary for a local rap group.

    • Self - Employed

      May 2010 - Aug 2010
      Website Consultant

      * Monitoring the usage and troubleshooting for a website I built as a grant funded for IFLA. * Researching potential users and contacting them to become contributors on the website. * Add relevant new content to the website.

    • Greensboro Historical Museum

      Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
      Archival Intern

      * Produced a finding aid for the Guy Jr. and Joseph Thomas collection* Digitalized and input the metadata for 2 feet of photograph negatives* Transcribed audio recordings

    • University of North Carolina at Greensboro

      Jun 2010 - May 2011

      * Converted the LIS department website from static HTML to a customized WordPress themed website (http://lis.uncg.edu)* Increased traffic to LIS website by 191%* Built the multilingual International and Comparative Librarianship (ICL) Communitas website in Drupal (http://www.lisuncg.net/icl)* Supervise two assistants and am training them in website management* Photograph and film LIS events and publish media to the website* Seek content for both websites locally and internationally* Teach workshops in WordPress, Drupal and Social Networking Show less

      • Practicum Student

        Jan 2011 - May 2011

      • Graduate Assistant

        Jan 2010 - May 2011

      • Digital Projects Intern

        Dec 2010 - Jan 2011

      • Digital Projects Intern

        Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

    • YWCA Greensboro

      May 2011 - Jun 2011
      Archivist

      * Researched the legal requirements for how long financial records must be kept. * Created an archival and digitization plan

    • ALA TechSource

      Jan 2012 - Feb 2012
      Co-teacher

      Using WordPress to Build Library Websites with Polly-Alida Farrington and Amanda Goodman -- A six week asynchronous eCourse

    • ALA TechSource

      Jun 2012 - Jun 2012
      Co-presenter

      What is WordPress and what can it do for your library? — A 90 minute webinar with Polly-Alida Farrington

    • Freelance Web Designer

      Dec 2013 - Sept 2015
      Web Designer

      I am developing a website for a government library using WordPress.

    • Darien Library

      Jan 2014 - now

      * Watch and report on stats/analytics* Plan actions based upon those reports* Meet with staff to help them develop their publicity items (and often, just brainstorm things out to their final conclusion as we look for trouble spots to take care of in advance. I did this as a UX librarian too)* Document formal publicity plans based upon those meetings* Create publicity items (even with the help of staff, there's still not enough hands to fulfill all our dreams)* Make content for social media (text, images, find/make gifs, videos)* Find time to do research for my own projects* Learn new publicity techniques* Monitor staff's progress on their projects and remind them to send me their materials Show less

      • Head of User Experience & Technology

        Sept 2021 - now

      • Head of User Experience

        Jul 2020 - Sept 2021

      • Publicity Manager

        Aug 2016 - Jul 2020

      • User Experience Librarian

        Jul 2011 - Aug 2016

      • Webmaster

        Jan 2014 - Sept 2015

    • LibUX

      Mar 2014 - Jul 2017
      Co-Founder

      LibUX provides design and development consultancy for user experience departments and library web teams. From rationalizing the design process, working together as a team, sustainable workflow or content strategies, to writing maintainable and performant code. Even more, we write loads of articles, pump out podcasts, do webinars, teach courses, and more - just to do our part to psuh the #libweb forward.

    • Fairfield Museum and History Center

      Jan 2015 - Jun 2015
      Archival Internship

      In this position, I arranged and created finding aids for two collections: the founders'​ papers of a national food industry leader and for a local family's papers going back to the 1770s.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Amanda L. Goodman
      2020 Connecticut Library Association Publicity Award Connecticut Library Association May 2020 Awarded for a three panel print display of an inclusive timeline of women's suffrage in America.
    • Awarded to Amanda L. Goodman
      2019 LLAMA PR Xchange Award LLAMA (now Core of the American Library Association) Jun 2019 Awarded for the 2017-2018 Darie Library Annual Report.
    • Awarded to Amanda L. Goodman
      2018 Connecticut Library Association Publicity Award Connecticut Library Association May 2018 Awarded for the Instagram account, @darienreads, alongside Jennifer Dayton.
    • Awarded to Amanda L. Goodman
      Emerging Leader American Library Association Nov 2014 "The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast track to ALA committee volunteerism as well as other professional library-related organizations."… Show more "The American Library Association (ALA) Emerging Leaders (EL) program is a leadership development program which enables newer library workers from across the country to participate in problem-solving work groups, network with peers, gain an inside look into ALA structure, and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity. It puts participants on the fast track to ALA committee volunteerism as well as other professional library-related organizations." ~http://www.ala.org/educationcareers/leadership/emergingleaders Show less

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Library and Information Studies Advisory Committee Member

      Issued by The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) on Sept 2015
      The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG)Associated with Amanda L. Goodman

    • Peer Reviewer

      Issued by Marketing Libraries Journal on Jan 2017
      Marketing Libraries JournalAssociated with Amanda L. Goodman