Justin Tyler

Experience

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  Hillsdale Community Library

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2001

  Book Page

  Worked with patrons to locate books; performed shelving and inventory duties; carried out secretarial duties for library director; and took minutes at the Library's Board of Trustees meetings.

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  Delta College Library

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2004

  Student Reference Assistant

  Assisted students with information searching and assisted librarians with bibliographic instruction classes; designed informational handouts; and performed basic secretarial work for librarians.

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  Public Libraries of Saginaw

  Jan 2002 - Dec 2003

  Technology Page

  Provided assistance to patrons with computer – related problems, and performed basic computer maintenance. Assisted library staff in helping difficult patrons with tact, patience, and respect.

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  Detroit Public Library

  Jan 2005 - Jan 2008

  Clerical Assistant (Wilder Branch, and Technical Services Department)

  - Performed basic circulation duties (including processing of new books).- Helped patrons in locating materials, provided computer assistance to both staff and patrons, and designed flyers for events.- Basic Technical Services duties included processing new materials: plastic – cleared new books, attached barcodes, due date stickers, branch labels, etc, and shipping materials to branches for circulation.- Special assignments included creating and printing spine labels, and processing Government Documents. Show less

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  University of Detroit Mercy

  Jan 2005 - Aug 2008

  Student Assistant (Cataloging)

  - Created added entries in MARC records for library materials.- Created finding aids for collection-level archives.- Original cataloging for audio-visual material (movies, sound recordings, and slides). - Special assignments included maintenance of bibliographies and pathfinders on library website , and processing government documents.

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  Detroit Public Library

  Oct 2008 - Apr 2011

  Librarian I (Cataloger)

  - Create, edit, and maintain MARC records for archival material, retrospective material, and government documents using AACR2, Dublin Core, EAD, DACS, MarcEdit, and OCLC's Connexion client.- Serve as a substitute reference librarian helping patrons locate and obtain materials, articles, and other and information in subscription (OCLC, Gale, and EbscoHost) and open databases.- Serve as catalog librarian liaison to Special Collections.Publish and maintain finding aid HTML and EAD files on library website using Windows and Linux systems and servers.- Maintain and create policies for Finding Aids (Archivist's toolkit) Database. -Update and maintain Authority File.- General processing of government documents and archives. Show less

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  EBSCO Publishing

  Aug 2011 - now

  Database Designer