2436 E. 4th St #157 | LONG BEACH, CA 90814
MARY N. COHEN
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Academic Experience
Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA Spring 2018
· Master of Arts, Counseling Psychology
University of Kentucky, Lexington KY August 1999
· Master’s in Library and Information Science
The Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO May 1996
· Bachelor of Arts in Economics
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Professional Experience
Technical Services Department Head, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 4/01-Present
· Manage 5 departments within Technical Services: acquisitions, serials, interlibrary
loan, processing/mending and cataloging
· Supervise 4 full time paraprofessional positions and 1 half time position
· Assist with collection development of assigned areas, including philosophy, psychology,
and foreign language, and add/discard materials according to District guidelines
· Manage several vendor contracts (including a $200,000+ contract with Brodart
Company), make changes, and communicate problems as they arise
· Manage a variety of budgets from supplies to outsourcing totaling over $150,000
· Helped lead and organize the implementation of the Innovative Interfaces (III)
integrated library system for the District in Feb. 2008
· Created a disaster plan for the District with individualized attention on each
branch collection; plan is updated each year as needed
· Coordinator of Collection HQ software (a collection development tool); responsible
for training staff members
· Head a programming committee for the District to discuss new program submissions
and organize and analyze our current roster of programs
· Assist public with passport processing needs
· Assist with special projects as needed
Reference/Technical Services Librarian, Palos Verdes Library District, Rolling Hills
Estates, CA 3/00-4/01
· Assisted with cataloging of new materials with some original cataloging of
local history materials
· Worked several hours a week on the adult services reference desk
· Assisted with collection development of assigned areas such as business and
added/discarded materials according to District guidelines.
Cataloger, Library Associates, Beverly Hills, CA 9/99-3/00
· Helped inventory a multilingual map and book collection of 15,000, one of
Library Associates many outsourcing projects, for the National Imagery and
Mapping Agency in Bethesda, MD
· Prepared copy and original complex cataloging for both books and maps utilizing
OCLC and other software
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Professional Affiliations
Member of California Library Association
o Participated on CLA conference planning committee for 2008 conference in Pasadena
o Board member for the Technical Services Interest Group, 2013-; coordinated RDA workshop with presenters for May 2014 at Torrance Public Library and May 2015 at UCLA
o Board member for the Technical Services Interest Group, Spring Fling Coordinator,
2010-11
o Board member for the Technical Services Interest Group, Vice Chair, 2010-11
o Board member for the Technical Services Interest Group, Chair, 2011-13
Member of American Library Association
o Presented at ALA annual conference in Anaheim for Collection HQ User’s Group, 2012
o Presented as a panel member at ALA annual conference in Las Vegas, 2014 on Data Driven Collections
Former member of SLA and SLA’s division of Arts and Humanities while at the University of Kentucky
Chair of the SCLC (Southern California Library Cooperative) Audiovisual Interest Group, 2009-10
Attended Staff Innovation Fund (SIF) training in 2013; assisted with several of the approved grants
Panel member for Collection HQ webinar on weeding, April 2013
Featured in Library Journal for an ad campaign with Collection HQ, June 2013
