Donna Reed
1128 NE Skidmore Street | Portland, OR 97211
dreed@spiretech.com | 503.975.7391

EXPERIENCE:

Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR
Title: Information System Coordinator
Dates: Jan. 1996- current

Coordinates Multnomah County Library's web-related projects including its website, its intranet, the public interface on library search stations, Multnomah County's governmental website and CascadeLink, a regional community information network. Duties include: coordinating development, architecture and design of the library's website, OPAC customization, integrating new services, research and development, staff training, public speaking, work with county technology committees.

Emporia State University
Portland, OR
Title: National Faculty
Dates: 2000-

Part-time faculty at the School of Library and Information Management (SLIM). Teaches Information Repackaging, Database Design for Information Professionals and Digital Reference (beginning 2004).

Multnomah County Library
Portland, OR
Title: District Attorney Librarian
Dates: 1993- 1996

Hired by the Multnomah County District Attorney's office to evaluate and organize the in-house library. Duties included: reference services, creating inventory of collection, documenting collection, organizing library materials, evaluating collection, purchasing and installing electronic search tools, creation of customized searchable database, supporting attorneys with legal research, training attorneys and staff, Website design, public speaking.

Portland Community College Library
Portland, OR
Title: Acquisitions Head Buyer
Dates: 1991-93

Supported reference staff. Purchased all materials for the Portland Community College Library system. Duties included: Managed ordering of library materials, reconciled invoices, managed distribution of funds, performed year-end roll-over of acquisitions module, original cataloguing. Dynix system.
Research Specialists, Inc.
Portland, OR
Title: Owner
Dates: 1990-93

Performed research and provided reference services for a variety of clients. Designed customized information products. Duties included: Research on a wide array of electronic and manual search tools, marketing, public speaking, accounting --billing and receiving.
Perkins Coie
Portland, OR
Title: Law Librarian
Dates: 1987-89

Managed library for the firm's Portland office. Duties included: performing preliminary legal research, provision of reference services, supervising library assistant, purchasing and cataloguing library materials, training attorneys and staff, preparing annual budget.
California Rural Legal Assistance
San Francisco, CA
Title: Law Librarian
Dates: 1982-87

Managed central library located in San Francisco, and smaller libraries in the organization's fourteen field offices. Duties: provision of reference and research services, supervised library assistants, ordered library materials, managed budget, performed research, edited Noticiero, the organization's newsletter, member of several task forces.
EDUCATION:
Emporia State University
Duke University

MLIS, 1996
BA, 1975

MEMBERSHIPS/
  AWARDS
Library Journal Movers and Shakers 2003, American Library Association ALA, Public Library Association, Oregon Library Association (OLA) , Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), Virtual Reference Desk Award 2000, MCI Cybrarian (Oregon) of the Year 1998
OTHER MLS Advisory Committee, Emporia University, 2003- , Advisory Board Question Point, (previously called Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS), 2000-2003
References available upon request.