Bethany Nash

Experience

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  Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce

  Jun 2002 - Mar 2003

  Information Technology & Retention Manager

  Areas of responsibility: computer troubleshooting, database management, website management, member retentionIntern, June 2002-September 2002 Areas of responsibility: community relations, e-newsletter, newsletter, website developmentKey Achievements:Managed database of over 3000 companiesAssisted in redesign of website

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  Gwinnett Center

  Mar 2003 - Dec 2004

  Group Sales Account Executive

  Areas of responsibility: email database, writer and editor of e-newsletters and select press releases, design of in-house marketing pieces, public speaking, sponsorship sales and fulfillment, tradeshow coordination, employee eventsKey Achievements:Established email database and managed growth until over 45,000 namesCoordinated and fulfilled over $1,000,000 in sponsorship contractsServed as project coordinator for annual facility marketing plan

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  City of Lilburn

  Dec 2004 - Jul 2011

  Marketing and Events Manager

  Areas of responsibility: event planning, volunteer management, advertising, media relations, budget management, writer and editor of City newsletter and e-newsletter, branding, website management, supervision of department interns, social media, program development, community relations Key Achievements:Editor of quarterly city newsletter mailed to both residents and business ownersWebmaster for the city's website, including spearheading the redesign of the siteCreation of the first e-newsletter and corresponding database for the cityProject manager for implementation of software package to manage event registrations and facility reservations Show less

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  National Archives and Records Administration, Southeast Region

  Jan 2011 - May 2011

  Intern

  Researched current practices for using wikis to promote access to archival collections, created wiki-based finding aids, created a promotional strategy for wikiExample page can be viewed at: http://www.ourarchives.wikispaces.net/Civil+War+Records+at+National+Archives+at+Atlanta

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  The King Center Imaging Project

  Jul 2011 - Jun 2012

  Team Member

  Participate in all aspects of a large-scale digitization project including preparing documents for imaging, creating images at camera stations, quality control of imaging process, entering metadata into digital asset management system and indexing of material, managing authority control for DAM system; also developed a basic preservation and conservation manual for project

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  Georgia Gwinnett College

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2012

  Library Assistant I

  Areas of responsibility: assisting patrons with circulation desk activities, supervision of student workers, shelving

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  Emory University

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2017

  Oversight of the institutional repository, open educational resources project team member, management of the electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) program, promotion of open access, user support, instruction, student assistant supervision and budget administration Management and development of digital assets, including ingest of digitized materials; the electronic theses and dissertations (ETD) program, usability/user experience; member of Library’s Outreach & Education Committee; reference at the Library Service Desk, member of a Digital Humanities project assisting with copyright, metadata, marketing, and usability; team member for pilot data management project; grant writing

  • Scholarly Repository Librarian

    Jun 2014 - Aug 2017

  • Research Library Fellow

    Jun 2012 - May 2014
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  Georgia Gwinnett College

  Aug 2017 - Oct 2020

  Technical and strategic oversight for all library technology, including the integrated library system (Ex Libris Alma), Springshare platforms, and library website; serves as liaison to campus IT department for campus technology projects Collection management, open educational resources and affordable learning, serials, data gathering and analysis, process improvement and documentation, supervision of paraprofessional staff

  • Systems Librarian

    Jan 2020 - Oct 2020

  • Assistant Head of Collections/Collections Manager

    Aug 2017 - Jan 2020
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  Candid

  Oct 2020 - Jul 2022

  Knowledge Management Specialist

  Content development, Tier 1 support for users of Issue Lab repository platform, monitoring and reporting on platform functionality, creating and maintaining technical and administrative documentation, marketing and communications for the platform

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  Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME)

  Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  Partner Success Manager

  Technical support and project management for organization partners

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  Gwinnett Historical Society

  Dec 2022 - Dec 2024

  Publication Layout and Design Editor (Volunteer)

  Responsible for layout and design of quarterly newsletter (40+ page publication)Key Achievements:- Redesigned publication - Modernized design template and work processes in Adobe InDesign - With publication editor, created editorial standards and documentation - Created organization’s first shared drive- Created process for archiving newsletter and associated digital assets