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TH_Vita.html Thomas J. Hinders

Tom.Hinders@oberlin.edu

Education

Kent State University

Master of Library Science, 1984

Wright State University

B.A. English Literature, 1980

: full-time student, 1971-1974; part-time student, 1978-1980

Employment

: Oberlin College Library (Jan. 1991-Present); Oberlin, Ohio; Head, Electronic and Continuing Resources; Associate Librarian

General Responsibilities:

Manage and supervise electronic and continuing resources acquisition, cataloging, access and maintenance for the Oberlin College Library system. Manage and supervise U.S. and Ohio government documents receipt and cataloging. Coordinate with library staff as necessary to promote the efficient and effective use of the library's electronic and continuing resources, and government documents collections.

Specific Job Responsibilities:

Establish acquisitions policies and procedures for all formats of electronic and continuing resources, including choice of vendors, ordering, check-in, claiming, binding, and alcove and newspaper area maintenance
Maintain effective communication with resource vendors; negotiate with vendors concerning acquisition of materials, service issues, and service rates
Negotiate site license agreements for electronic subscriptions
Maintain OhioLINK consortial Internet subscriptions
Establish cataloging policies and procedures for all formats of electronic and continuing resources for Main library, three branch libraries and Carnegie storage area
Solve problems and do original cataloging for electronic and continuing resources, including government documents, in all formats
Solve problems and perform cataloging for government document monographs in all formats
Supervise the automated processes of electronic resources, continuing resources and government documents technical services systems including OBIS, our Innovative Resources Millennium catalog, and OCLC
Analyze the acquisition and cataloging work flows to ensure efficient receipt, cataloging, processing and/or binding of electronic and continuing resources
Analyze the government documents workflow to ensure efficient receipt, cataloging and processing of documents
Coordinate procedures involving the Marcive shipping list and full record loading services for U.S. documents records per Marcive Shipping List Service and Marcive Documents Without Shelves
Assist with collection development activities for U.S. and Ohio government documents
Supervise all batch MARC record loads into OBIS, our Innovatitive Resources Millennium catalog
Create load tables for the creation of bibliographic, item, order and circulation records and for overlaying existing records in OBIS, our Innovative Resources Millennium catalog
Supervise the maintenance of the library's OpenURL link resolvers:
1. Serials Solutions' 360 Link
2. OhioLINK Olinks
Supervise the maintenance of Serials Solutions' 360 Core, the library's A-Z listing service
Assist with the supervision of Serials Solutions' Summon, the library's discovery layer service, including MARC mapping, content type mapping and exporting records from OBIS, the library catalog
Supervise proxy server maintenance for the library's electronic resources
Assist with managing the creation of CONTENTdm digital collections
Maintain departmental web pages and wikis

Related Duties:

Participate as liaison librarian in the library's collection development program
Train and evaluate paraprofessional and student assistant staff
Participate in overall management of the library system as a member of the Director's Advisory Group
Participate in the organization and coordination of various digitization projects in the library and Archives as a member of the Digital Projects Workgroup
Work regular schedule of reference desk duties and fill in as needed
Prepare annual reports and other reports as needed on electronic and continuing resources, and government documents activities
Perform other duties as required

Supervision Duties:

Supervise a department with 3 FTE paraprofessional staff and numerous student assistants.

Supervision Received:

Directly supervised by the Associate Director of Libraries.

Employment History:

: University of Akron Libraries (Aug. 1988-Dec. 1990); Akron, Ohio; Instructor of Bibliography/Cataloger

Major duties: Original cataloger for all formats of materials using OCLC MARC formats and the VTLS online catalog. Duties also incuded authority work, database management and general problem solving. Supervised one full-time cataloger and one full-time library assistant within a cataloging team that was chiefly responsible for science and reference materials, serials and government documents. Worked five hours per week at the reference desk. Actively participated in the bibliographic instruction program. Taught a course for the Community Technical College: Information Systems and Library Technology.

: Furman University Library (Jan. 1988-Aug. 1988); Greenville, South Carolina; Head of Cataloging/
Processing Supervisor, Serials and Non-print Cataloger

Major duties: Cataloging of all formats of materials. Supervised one full-time cataloger and four full-time library assistants. Supervised serials check-in and binding operations. Re-designed the library's OCLC profile. Worked five hours per week at the reference desk.

: Xavier University Libraries (Sept. 1984-Dec. 1987); Cincinnati, Ohio; Technical Services Librarian

Major duties: Cataloging of all formats including monographic, serial, software, audio-visual, curriculum center and special collections materials, including original cataloging and the editing of OCLC MARC bibliographic records using LC subject headings and LC and Dewey classification. Extensive authority work including correspondence with the Library of Congress regarding heading conflicts and the creation of local MARC authority records using an in-house microcomputer program. Automated various technical services operations using microcomputer applications. Revised the filing of public, shelflist and authority catalogs. Provided instruction and training on the uses of the automated systems in technical services and on descriptive cataloging policy to library staff and to student assistants. Was responsible for the acquisitions department and supervisor of one full-time library assistant and five student workers. Worked five hours per week at the reference desk. Wrote innovative programs in BASIC and dBASE III with library-wide applications including Tom's indexing system (Xavier University Libraries, c1987) and Tom's catalog drawer labeling system (Xavier University Libraries, c1987). Prepared the finding list for and subsequently cataloged the Francis J. Finn, S.J. correspondence and manuscript collections.

: Kent State University Library (Aug. 1983-May 1984); Kent, Ohio; School of Library Science Reference Assistant

Major duties: Assumed professional responsibilities concerning a reference position. Employment was part-time, twenty hours per week, including professional assistance at the reference desk, participation in acquisition recommendations and various projects such as the preparation of library user guides. Also performed library tours and provided instruction for Freshman orientation classes.

: Wright State University Libraries (June 1981-August) 1983; Fairborn, Ohio; Library Media Technical Assistant, Cataloging Assistant

Major duties: Performed monograph copy cataloging from the OCLC database. Searched various online and manual authority files. Edited CIP bibliographic records and altered OCLC bibliographic records from edited workforms, catalog cards and the items themselves for various formats. Updated OCLC-WSU database: added copies, added volumes, withdrawals, descriptive changes, tracing changes and holdings information. Typed and filed series authority cards. Worked with various library catalogs: shelflists, public subject, author and title, and authority. Participated in a six month inventory project.

Professional Organizations

: American Library Association; North American Serials Interest Group; North Ohio Technical Services Librarians; NEOMARL (North East Ohio Major Research Libraries); GODORT; Five Colleges of Ohio Documents Group

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