Alexandra W.

Experience

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  Tufts University

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2012

  Senior Library Assistant

  Served as senior development lead for collection management, acquisitions, and course reserve management.

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  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2012

  Liaison Librarian

  Served as liaison librarian to curators across 13 museum departments.

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  Simmons University

  Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Technology Lead and Workshop Coordinator

  Collaborated with administrators and students, managed department workflows and onboarding, and led professional development workshops.

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  Waban Library Center

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Special Collections Cataloger

  Head cataloger for classical, jazz, and world music collections.

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  The Boston Athenaeum

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

  -Coordinator of events for members-only, private institution.-Curated, marketed, and executed 100 events annually. Led reader's advisory, reference, and education services for 4,000 paying library members.

  • Technical Coordinator of Events

    Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

  • Circulation and Reference Librarian

    Jan 2013 - Jan 2014
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  Harvard University

  Jan 2013 - Jan 2014

  Fine Arts Librarian

  -Cataloged and digitized Harvard University’s Sporting Portraits Collection.-Optimized collection for discoverability in the HOLLIS library system.

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  Fenway Library Organization

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  Member Services Manager and Resource Sharing Project Manager

  -Managed data migration and project implementations for academic and special collections.-Consortium liaison between consortium office, member institutions, and software providers. -Project Manager for statewide Resource Sharing service, ComCat.

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  Auto-Graphics, Inc.

  Jan 2017 - Jan 2021

  Product Manager for Technical Services

  -Product Owner for 4 successful SaaS products: SHAREit (ILL Resource Sharing), RESEARCHit (Discovery), Circ-ILL (joint ILL and ILS services), and Library Card (E-card E-Resource authentication). -Managed customer retention for 6,000 libraries throughout North America.-Technical expert for Sales, Marketing, and RFPs.-Created and conducted Usability Internship Program.

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  OCLC

  Jan 2021 - Jan 2023

  Product Manager for E-Services

  -Leader of international team for WorldShare License Manager product, serving over 500 libraries worldwide. -Product expert for E-Services and Electronic Resource Management (ERM). -Manager for E-Resource content licensing, collection analysis, and academic publishing initiatives.-Architect for License Manager’s first and only approved pitch for expansion in over a decade, totaling nearly $1 million.

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  Digital Science

  Oct 2023 - now

  Business Development Manager

  -Commercial lead for end-to-end sales for Research Information Management System, Symplectic Elements-Knowledge specialist for RFP & client demonstrations