Steven D. Shelton

Steven D. Shelton

Employment

• University of Arkansas - Fort Smith - Boreham Library / Fort Smith, AR
  Web Services Librarian - (March, 2010 - present)
  • Responsible for all web interfaces and digital projects.
  • Supervise student workers on digitization of yearbooks.
  • Serve on campus web redesign committee.
  • Maintain link-resolver.
  • Liaison to College of Languages and Communications.
  • Provide instruction as needed including lead role in Zotero instruction.
  • Train staff and create documentation as necessary.
  • Provide reference service as needed.
• Kansas State University – K-State Libraries / Manhattan, KS
  Digital / Learning Special Projects Resident - (August, 2008 – March, 2010)
  • Work with Instructional Design Librarian to maintain and develop learning objects.
  • Collaborate with others within the K-State Libraries to explore and create online solutions.
  • Teach in-person instruction sessions offered by the Instruction Unit.
  • Provide reference service through the library help desk or instant messaging service.
• Eastern Oklahoma District Library System / Tahlequah, OK
  Library Technology Specialist – (November, 2003 – July, 2008.)
  Interim Manager (January, 2007 - December, 2007)
  • Supervise staff of fifteen at two branch locations.
  • Rectify branch financial accounts and complete monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports.
  • Responsible for installation, maintenance and troubleshooting IT at Tahlequah and Hulbert branches (57 computers).
  • Design and instruct public computer classes and train staff.
  • Research and recommend equipment, databases, and books.
  • Maintain websites at both branches.
• Northeastern State University / Tahlequah, OK
  Instructor - (August, 2003 - December, 2005)
  • English composition classes.
• Access PC Systems / Tahlequah, OK
  Owner/Operator - (August, 2002 - June, 2007)
  • On-site computer repair, maintenance and training.
• Northeastern Oklahoma Sign Co., Inc. / Tahlequah, OK
  Graphic Technician - (November, 1995 - December, 2003)
  • Graphic design of logos, signs and mockups.
  • High level of client and vendor contact including quotations, sales and customer support.
  • Improved quotation process by designing software-based solution.
  • Redesigned office layout to improve efficiency.
  • Installed and maintained LAN along with all other IT/computer support.
  • Created and maintained company website.

Education

• M.L.I.S. – University of Oklahoma – Tulsa, OK – 2009
• B.A. cum laude English/Mass Communications – Northeastern State University - Tahlequah , OK - 2002

Honors

• Beta Phi Mu – Lambda chapter / University of Oklahoma
• Rho Theta Sigma honor society / Northeastern State University

Professional Affiliations

• American Library Association
• Association of College and Research Libraries
• Kansas Library Association
• Mountain Plains Library Association

Presentations

• “Using Web 2.0 Social Technology to Build a Cyber infrastructure for an Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Community of Practice.(collaborator) Poster session - CDC National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. August 7-9, 2010.
• Teach your browser new tricks: Web-based instruction tools at K-State.” Kansas Library Association Conference. April 2, 2009.
• “OSS OnRamp: Five innovative projects by library school students using open source software.” Oklahoma Library Association Conference. April 23, 2008.

Technical Skills

• Drupal, PHP programming language, MySQL database, Flash,  Dreamweaver, Photoshop, Gimp, Illustrator, InkScape, HTML, CSS, jQuery.