Leigh Husband Kimmel

kimmel@globaleyes.net

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Last updated January 3, 1999

• Education:
  • AA in art, John A. Logan college, in progress
  • hours toward a PhD in history, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1996-1998
  • MA in history, Illinois State University in Normal, May 1996
  • MS in library and information science, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 1990
  • AB with double major in Russian Language and Literature and Russian and East European Studies, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, May 1989
• Experience:
  • Student Intern, Illinois Regional Archival Depository, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale 1997-1998 Provided reference for collection of original records produced by various county offices.
  • Evening Librarian, Illinois Central College, East Peoria, IL,1996 Provided reference stervices in an academic setting, taught bibligraphic instruction classes and maintained vertical file as it was being transfered to CD-ROM format.
  • Receptionist, WGLT, Normal, IL 1994 to 1995 Handled phone and walk-in questions, mailing of membership materials, filing.
  • Evening and On-Call Librarian, Moriane Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL 1992 to 1994 Provided reference service in an academic setting, Taught bibliographic instruction classes, supervised clerical staff, prepared bulletin board displays and newsletter
  • Veterinary assistant, New Lenox Animal Hospital, New Lenox, IL 1991 Maintained client records and veterinarian's new information file, performed kennel work and assisted in treatment of animals
  • Young adult librarian, Mishawaka Penn Public Library, Mishawaka, IN 1990-1991 Provided reference service, managed the young adult program and the pamplet file, supervised interlibrary loan clerk
  • Graduate assistant to Professor F. W. Lancaster, Graduate School of Library and Information Science 1989-1990 Collected and entered data from journal articles for bibliometric studies, searched standard bibliographic sources for information on journals, constructed graphics using MacDraw
  • Student assistant, University of Illinois Library and Information Science Library 1988-90 Shelved and retrieved books using Dewey Decimal Classification, handled reserve materials for patrons.
  • Student assistant, University of Illinois Library of the Health Sciences, Urbana 1989 Prepared books for reshelving and filed catalog cards using National Library of Medicine Classification, handled reserve materials for patrons.
• Special Skills:
  • Russian (four college years) and Polish (one year)
  • Familiar with Macintosh computer
  • Familiar with HTML scripting
• Honors and Memberships:
  • SIU Doctoral Fellowship, 1996-97 school year
  • Phi Kappa Phi and Golden Key Honor Society
  • American Library Association Intellectual Freedom Round Table
  • Phi Alpha Theta Certificate of participation for presenting paper at 1995 conference, ISU
  • Judge at 1997 Southern Illinois Regional History Fair, March 22, 1997.
  • Judge at 1998 Southern Illinois Regional History Fair, March 28, 1998.
  • Cardinal Court Residence Association secretary, 1995-96 school year
  • Secretary for the Science Fiction and Fantasy Society of SIU, 1996-97 and 1997-98 school years.
  • Science Fiction & Fantasy Workshop
  • Workshop panel leader at ConSanguinity II in Lisle, IL, November 3-5, 1995
  • Workshop panel leader at Chambanacon 25 in Champaign, IL, November 24-26, 1995
  • Co-ordinator of The Tecton Star, an Amateur Press Association (APA) for fans of Jacqueline Lichtenberg's Sime~Gen universe
  • Owner of the Sime~Gen mailing list, simegen-l@siu.edu , now moving to simegen-l@simegen.com
  • Best Fan Art award for "A Purr-Fect Nelson," Capricon XV, 1996
  • Best Amateur Black&White Art award for "Where Do I Sign Up?" ConTraption, 1998
• Publications:
  • Biographies of Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jawaharal Nehru, Jomo Kenyatta, and the Dalai Lama for A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century World Leaders, Salem Press (forthcoming).
  • "Making the Most of Your Library" (series of articles on using libraries effectively) Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop Newsletter, December, 1991 to November 1992.
  • Assistant compiler with John Shimwell, The Sime-Gen Concordance, (a reference source on the Sime/Gen universe created by Jacqueline Lichtenberg) Ambrov Zeor publications, 1991.

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