KAREN R. SAVAGE

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a rewarding and interactive position that utilizes my creativity and integrity to deliver superior performance.

EXPERIENCE
1996 -      Baylor University      Waco, TX
Electronic Libraries
Programmer/Analyst (2007 - )

  Jones Reference Department
Resource Co-ordinator (2006 - 2007)
• Provide reference assistance to patrons.
• Keep department web-pages up to date.
• Teach reference resource classes.
• Translate librarians' research guides into pdf documents.

Science/Engineering Reference Department
Resource Co-ordinator (2001 - 2006)
• Hired, trained and supervised 10 - 15 work study students.
• Provided reference assistance to patrons.
• Ordered supplies for a department of 4 - 6.
• Kept and reported journal usage statistics.

Weekend Supervisor (1997-2001)
• Supervised 10 - 15 work study students.
• Main staff member in the department on weekends.

Summer Intern (Summer 1997)

Student Worker (1996 - 1997)

1997 – 2001      Hillsboro High School      Hillsboro, TX
Foreign Language Teacher (French and Spanish), Department Chair
• Mentored newer foreign language teacher.
• Created a French program at the high school.

EDUCATION

2003 - 2006      Baylor University      Waco, TX
• M.S. Information Systems

1997 - 1997      Baylor University      Waco, TX
• High School Teacher's Certification

1994 - 1996      Baylor University      Waco, TX
• B.A. French
• President of Pi Delta Phi (French Honor Society)
• Member of Golden Key National Honor Society

1992 – 1994      Pasadena City College      Pasadena, CA
• No degree

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AITP - Association of Information Technology Professionals (2005 - )
COMPUTER PROFICIENCIES
• Dreamweaver
• Web Content Management System
• Adobe Acrobat Professional
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Office Visio
• Visual Studio
• Oracle
• Java
• HTML & CSS (see personal webpage at: http://www.karenrsavage.com/)
• Visual Basic.NET
• JavaScript
• PHP
LANGUAGES
Spanish - Fluent

French – Scored Advanced on the Texas Oral Proficiency Test.

VOLUNTEER WORK

2006 -      LibriVox      http://librivox.org
Reader, Editor, Translator, Meta-coordinator
• Record and edit public domain audio books.
• Coordinate other readers' projects
• Catalog projects
• Provide Spanish translations of the site's web pages.

2005 -      FreeBMD      http://www.freebmd.org.uk
Data Entry
• Enter British birth, marriage and death records into a searchable database.