Eileen Rhodes

About Eileen Rhodes

Experienced professional librarian with expertise in information literacy and education…

Experience

1. Library Director

   Ct State Capital

   Mar 2014 — Present · Hartford, CT, US

   Administer annual budget, supervise the Director of Educational Technology, four full-time librarians and four part-time library staff• Develop and implement operational plan and long term strategic plan in support of Capital’s mission to provide access to higher education to the diverse residents of the greater Hartford region• Redesigned and implemented information literacy modules and instruction for English 101 and College Success courses and incorporated effective educational technologies to improve student outcomes• Perform library information literacy instruction to faculty, staff and students to support academic and instructional research• Collaborate with the Academic Success Center to provide effective training sessions to tutors, assess technology needs, and communicate on services and resources that benefit students• Help foster adoption of Open Educational Resources on campus, saving students thousands in textbook costs• Cultivated partnerships with the Hartford Public Library, Trinity College, Wadsworth Atheneum, the Old State House and UCONN Downtown Branch to expand access to valuable programs and resources in the Hartford community• Recruit and select appropriately qualified staff for the library within the constraints of fiscal and compensation policy• Prepared documentation and ensured access to current and relevant library resources for program accreditation visits• Evaluate and assess resources in professional journals and at other CSCU institutions for acquisitions and collection development• Produce and maintain usage statistics records and reports, including patron, database and circulation data for submission to Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) reports.

Skills

• Distance Learning
• Curriculum Design
• Community Outreach
• Instructional Design
• E-Learning
• Library Science
• Interlibrary Loan
• Training
• Adult Education
• Libraries
• Collection Development
• Curriculum Development
• Library Instruction
• Staff Development
• Academic Libraries
• Information Literacy
• Library Reference
• Academic Administration
• Instructional Technology
• Digital Libraries
• Library Research
• Electronic Resources
• Library 2.0
• Library
• Library Management
• Teaching
• Cataloging
• Higher Education