Dennis Quinn

Dennis Quinn is a professional nerd (aka librarian) who loves his family and pursues his interests with abandon.

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Currently performing all cataloging and database maintenance for medium-sized public library, adding ca. 5K items per year. Experienced in several ILS environments. Other duties include collection management and public outreach. Interested in information architecture, user experience, and developing bibliographic frameworks and practices.

Volunteer Cataloging Assistant at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

November 2009 - February 2010

Responsible for cataloging, processing, and circulation of museum's research materials; reduced backlog of uncataloged acquisitions and donations; acted as Modern's liaison to Cultural District Library Consortium.

Graduate Library Assistant at UNT Music Library

January 2009 - February 2010

Created an average of 20 original name-title authority records each month according to NACO standards, and uploaded these as master records in OCLC WorldCat. Specialized in cataloging music scores and foreign language materials.

Processing Assistant at UNT Music Library

June 2007 - January 2009

Part of a 2-person processing team that cleared 2-year backlog of unprocessed materials and matched the total output of 5 full-time catalogers and 3 part-time graduate assistant cataloging staff.

Graduate Teaching Assistant at UNT College of Music

January 2008 - August 2008

Led music history discussion groups and lab sessions to supplement professor's lectures. Provided feedback to students regarding their understanding of subject material and academic performance.

Student Assistant to Director of Choral Activities at Kilgore College, Department of Music and Dance

August 2003 - August 2005

Designed, populated, and maintained databases for Music Dept. mailing list and Chorale's performing music library

Cataloging Librarian at Duncanville Public Library

2010

Catalog approx. 5K new acquisitions per year (print, media and digital), remove inconsistencies and duplications from legacy database, advise Director and Technology Librarian on cataloging- and database-related matters, and design, create and distribute instructional and promotional material on usage of library resources.

University of North Texas

2007 – 2010

Master of Science

Concentration: Library Science

University of North Texas

2005 – 2007

Bachelor of Music

Concentration: Music History and Literature

Kilgore College

2003 – 2005

Concentration: Music (Performance, Composition, History)

Music, art, computer systems, bicycling, playing with my kids.