VIVICA PIERRE, MLIS, PhD

VIVICA PIERRE, MLIS, PhD

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Libraries play such an essential role and help meet the basic needs of diverse populations with particular attention to the empowerment of people who are vulnerable, oppressed, or living in poverty.

  • Education

    • Louisiana State Univesity, Baton Rouge

      2002 - 2003
      Master of Library and Information Science Major: Information Management | Minor: African-American culture and life through digital resources

      Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Fellowship from LSU's College of Library and Information Science (2002, 2003)

    • Spelman College

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      Bachelor of Arts (Liberal Arts) Economics
    • Louisiana State Univesity, Baton Rouge

      2007 - 2011
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Major: Research Design, Information Literacy and Visual Literacy . Minor: Educational Technology
    • Louisiana State University

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      M.L.I.S. Information Management | Digitial Libraries & Initiatives
  • Experience

    • California State University, Long Beach

      Aug 1993 - May 1998
      Assistant Professor

      College of Business Administration, Department of Finance, Real Estate & Law

    • 3R Vision Technology, LL.C.

      Sept 1999 - Mar 2002
      Chief Information Officer

      Co-owner of 3R Vision Technology LLC.3Rs -- Reading, Math, and Writing professional development projects and programs for K - 12 teachers.

    • The Louisiana State Archives

      Apr 2002 - Aug 2003
      Reference and Research Services for Archives
    • University of Louisiana Lafayette, Archives and Special Collections Department

      Nov 2004 - Feb 2012
      Manager, Records Management Services and Reference Librarian

      Write, edit, and design scholarly articles, multimedia projects and websitesCurriculum Design Entertainment Planned Eventsbook exhibits, art exhibitions, online collections, and maintained digital repositoryConferred with other administrators to assure compliance with policies, procedures, and practices of programs including archives and records managment

    • Bunker Hill Community College

      Jun 2012 - Jun 2020
      Director, Library and Learning Commons

      As Director of the Library, I performed educational management of a department/unit, budgeting, staffing, supervising, facilities management of all library spaces and more. Performed research, archiving, and curating including: art and community and local history through information literacy and visual literacy instruction, Coordinated outreach events, faculty collaborations, art programming and designing scholarly learning and creative environments.Instruct, design, and facilitate collaborative spaces and faculty workshops.Collaboration with event planning leaders to integrate art programming for college library events, exhibitions, and special collections.Provided faculty and student support for research, as well as provide subject librarianship.Served on search committees chairs, deans, associate provosts, president, and library faculty appointments. Show less

    • Broward College Libraries

      Dec 2020 - now
      Associate Dean, Library Services

      As Associate Dean, Library Services. I play a key role in working alongside the Dean of Libraries and Academic Success Centers, other associate deans, and faculty librarians and staff collegewide and online.Leads the University/College Library (U/CL) operations of Library Service departments available to Broward College (BC) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU) students, staff, and faculty. This position also supervises the full time and part time Broward College library faculty and staff assigned to other college locations. Implements and develops policies and procedures for areas including, but not limited to: Reference (college wide), Circulation, Course Reserves (college wide), Periodicals, Interlibrary Loan, Collection Development (college wide), and Library Instruction (college wide) and Lib Chat and Ask A Librarian online reference services. Show less

    • City of Riviera Beach Public Library

      Jun 2023 - now
      Assistant Director, Florida, Public Library
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Faculty Online Certificate in Distance Learning

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    • Library Leadership in a Digital Age

      Harvard Graduate Scholl of Education
      Mar 2015
    • Organizational Culture

      LinkedIn
      Jul 2020
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