mini career event at university of washington ischool 04212011

Careers in Federal and Government Libraries

Join us April 21st, 3-5pm in Allen Auditorium

Factoid: There are all types of Federal libraries, all around the world (medical, law, school, public,

special, academic, sci/tech, archives).

Did you know? The average salary of a Federal librarian is over $80,000 a year.

You are invited to:• Connect with Federal and Government librarians • Discover internships, directed fieldwork, independent studies• Learn about the job search process• Join the online Careers in Federal Libraries group!

Rand SimmonsActing State Librarian, Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of Staterand.simmons@sos.wa.gov

Washington State Library / Office of the Secretary of State

RCW 27.04 – State Library.Establishes the state library and a state librarian appointed by the Secretary ofState; defines the duties including certifying librarians in the state.

Craig WilsonNOAA Northwest Fisheries Science CenterSeattlecraig.wilson@noaa.gov

Craig’s primary responsibility is to support research efforts of scientists at the center. He connects them to information by maintaining access to journal content, doing literature searches, arranging interlibrary loans, and making the occasional photocopy.

Craig also fits into the loosely arranged NOAA library network, providing original cataloging in the NOAA library catalog for reports published within his organization and copy cataloging for items obtained by the library.

Liz DoyleLibrarianEnvironmental Protection Agency Region 10SeattleDoyle.Liz@epamail.epa.gov

Liz Doyle has been a contract librarian at EPA Region 10 library since 2000, where she was hired to work both in the Office of Regional Counsel (Law) Library and EPA library. She was hired as the contract Supervisory Librarian in 2005. Liz received her Masters in Information and Library Studies from the University of Michigan in 1989. Her bachelor’s degree is in Political Science, with minors in Journalism and French. Prior to receiving her degree in Information and Library Studies, Liz worked briefly as a journalist for an urban business newspaper. After receiving her degree Liz worked at as a law librarian and 3 major law firms. Her work focused on database training, legal, scientific and company research, and cataloging. Liz has been a member of Special Libraries Association since 2003 and has served as the SLA Govt. Info. Division Listserv Manager since 2007. She was a member of the American Association of Law Librarians (AALL) for 2 decades, served on several boards, and maintains a relationship with local law librarians through her membership in the AALL Puget Sound chapter.

Jan JohanssonData LibrarianCongressional Research Services (Library of Congress)JJOHANSSON@crs.loc.gov

Jan Johansson joined the Congressional Research Service (CRS) in 2004 as a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) and is in his third job title, currently serving as Data Librarian for CRS. As Data Librarian, Jan recommends infrastructure development and acquisition, proposes research policies, and does quantitative analysis of public policy data for Congress.

Jan also chairs the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) Libraries and Emerging Technology working group. Prior to working at CRS, Jan was a user interface developer at the massive journal repository, JSTOR.org and before that was a reference librarian in finance at the New York Public Library. His Master of Science in Information is from the University of Michigan, School of Information and his BA in political science is from Columbia University.

Robin Haun-MohamedDirector, Collection Management and PreservationGovernment Printing Officerhaun-mohamed@gpo.gov

Robin has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and History and a Master’s Degree in Library Science from the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. She has also completed additional graduate work in History from the University of Washington, and Law from Willamette University. Robin is a Senior Fellow with the Council on Excellence in Government.

Robin joined the GPO in 1992 and has been Director, Collection Management and Preservation since October 2005. Areas of responsibility include Office of Education and Outreach, Office of Archives Management and Depository Distribution. Library outreach and assessment, conference planning, coordination of material for distribution to libraries and preparation of material for the National Archives. Robin is also responsible for coordinating the cooperative digitization effort for the materials in the legacy collection of tangible materials held in Federal Depository Library collections.

Nancy G. FagetInstigator, Careers in Federal Libraries Google Group@NancyFaget

Nancy works as a Senior Program Planning Specialist in Washington, DC. In plain English, this means she spends her time dreaming up and carrying out new projects to benefit a network of libraries across the country.

Rand SimmonsActing State Librarian, Washington State Library, Office of the Secretary of Staterand.simmons@sos.wa.gov

Washington State Library / Office of the Secretary of State

RCW 27.04 – State Library.Establishes the state library and a state librarian appointed by the Secretary ofState; defines the duties including certifying librarians in the state.

Vision

To ensure that Washingtonians have access to the information they need today and to the history of Washington for tomorrow.

Key Customer Groups

•All Washingtonians•Libraries of all types•Staff of state agencies•Genealogists•Residents of state institutions (prisons and state hospitals)• All blind, visually impaired, physically disabled, and learning disabled

Mission and Purpose Collect, preserve and make accessible to all citizens of Washington materials on the government, history, culture, and natural resources of the state.

Mission and Purpose Provide leadership and coordination of services to all libraries in the state of Washington.

Mission and Purpose Support the information needs of residents in state institutions and of the blind, visually impaired, physically disabled, and learning disabled.

Mission and Purpose Serve as the primary source in the region for published information from the state and federal government

Opportunities • Take a tour of WSL in Tumwater

• Ask to visit a prison or state hospital library

• for a tour of WTBBL• Consider interning

with us