Melanie E. Hughes

EDUCATION

M.L.S., School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2000
School Library Media Specialist Certification

B.A., College of Arts and Letters, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1995
Double Major: English and Jewish Studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Associate Librarian, Coordinator of Automation and Technical Services, 2001-present
Indiana University Southeast Library, New Albany
--Instruct faculty, students and community patrons in library searching and information literacy skills
--Supervise four FTEs: acquisitions, cataloging, serials, library technical support
--Project management of automation needs: website, purchase request system, etc.

Instructor, Fall Semester 2001
Indiana University Southeast Library, New Albany
Q161 Library Research Skills Course

School Library Media Specialist, 2000-2001
Trunnell Elementary, Louisville, Kentucky
--Taught library skills to 28 classes each week
--Managed all aspects of school library

Graduate Assistant, 1999-2000
Indiana University Digital Library Program, Bloomington
--Assisted in Hoagy Carmichael Digital Library
--Team Leader U.S. Steel Photograph Collection
--Edited texts in XML for Victorian Women Writers Project

English Conversation Instructor, 1997
Tokyo Engineering University, Hachioji, Japan
Franks English School, Yokohama, Japan

PRESENTATIONS

FIJI: Creating an In-House Full-text Journal Database Search Engine
How to Host an Author's Reception
Both poster sessions at Indiana University Librarians' Day, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, May 17, 2002

RESEARCH IN PREPARATION

--Shyness and Library Anxiety with Dr. Bernardo Carducci, Indiana University Southeast Shyness Institute Director

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Library Anxiety, Website Information Architecture and Usability Testing

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Library Association
American Association of School Librarians
Indiana University Librarians Association
Friends of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

--Friends of New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, Membership Committee, 2002
--Indiana University Library Faculty Committee Member, 2002-2004

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

--Co-coordinator, IUS Broadening Leadership Initiative, 2002-2003, member 2001-2002
--Chair, International Programs Faculty Senate Committee, 2002-2003
--Member, Student Recruitment and Retention Faculty Senate Committee, 2002-2003
--Mentor, IUS Mentoring Program 2001-present
--Faculty Co-Sponsor, IUS Students for Liberty, 2002-present

HONORS AND AWARDS

Graduate Assistantship, Indiana University Digital Library Program, 1999-2000
Ameritech Fellow, Indiana University, "Ars Femina Digital Library," October 2002

TRAVEL

Europe and Israel, ten weeks 1995
Japan, three weeks 1996, resided April-December 1997
United Kingdom and Ireland, seven weeks 2000

LANGUAGES

Intermediate speaking and reading in German
Beginning abilities: Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Biblical Hebrew