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House, Gregory
Reference Librarian · Boston Public Library system
gregory.house@example.com (617) 555-0148 gregoryhouse.example.com Boston, MA
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Abstract

I have spent 14 years at reference desks, the last 9 in the Boston Public Library system. I built a local-history digitization program that has scanned and cataloged 90,000 items, from ward maps to streetcar timetables. I answer about 30 reference questions a day and still keep a paper log of the strange ones.

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Holdings · Employment
Senior Reference Librarian, Local History & Genealogy
Boston Public Library system · Boston, MA · 2019–present
  • Founded and run the local-history digitization program: 90,000 items scanned, described, and published online since 2020, with a 4-person team and 22 trained volunteers.
  • Wrote metadata guidelines adopted across 6 branch collections; item-level catalog errors fell 38% in the first audit year.
  • Handle roughly 7,500 reference transactions a year; genealogy consults are booked out 3 weeks.
Reference Librarian, Adult Services
Boston Public Library system, Copley branch · 2015–2019
  • Ran the microfilm-to-digital pilot: 1,200 reels of city newspapers, finished 4 months early and 11% under the $86,000 budget.
  • Taught 140 public workshops on database searching and citation, average attendance 18.
Assistant Librarian
Merrimack Valley Athenaeum · Lowell, MA · 2011–2015
  • Recataloged a 14,000-volume closed-stack collection into a modern ILS over 2 years.
  • Started a Sunday genealogy clinic that grew from 4 regulars to 60 monthly visitors.
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Education
MLIS, Master of Library and Information Science
Simmons-era program, Beacon College of Information · Boston, MA · 2009–2011
  • Thesis: access models for small municipal archives; surveyed 41 town collections in Massachusetts.
B.A., History
Housatonic Valley College · Great Barrington, MA · 2005–2009
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Tracings · Subject Headings
1.Cataloging: MARC21, RDA, Dublin Core, DACS finding aids.
2.Digitization: overhead capture, OCR correction, ContentDM and Omeka workflows.
3.Reference: genealogy, city directories, deed and probate research.
4.Grants: 5 awards totaling $312,000, incl. two state historical-records grants.
5.Instruction: database literacy, archival handling, volunteer training.
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Date Due · Milestones

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MAY 14 2011 MLIS conferred Beacon College of Information
SEP 06 2011 First professional post Merrimack Valley Athenaeum
MAR 02 2015 Joined BPL system Copley branch, Adult Services
OCT 21 2019 Senior Reference Librarian Local History & Genealogy
JAN 15 2020 Digitization program launched First 500 ward maps online
NOV 08 2024 Item no. 90,000 published 1912 streetcar timetable
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