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RAGINI CHATURVEDI
New Jersey
New Jersey
EDUCATION
University of Pittsburgh Graduated Summer-07
Master of Library and Information Science
NJIT, Newark, NJ
Web Author Certificate (HTML)
University of Jaipur, India
Master of Science - Organic Chemistry
EXPERIENCE
Monmouth County Library System, Manalapan, NJ May-03-Present
Library Associate: (Children?s Librarian): Feb-06-Current
· Organize weekly and seasonal children?s programs.
· Develop crafts projects for pre-school and school age children.
· Responsible for Collection Development of two branch libraries.
· Maintain, replace and weed multi format resources.
· Make bulletin boards, publicity and arrange book displays.
· Assist in reference queries at adult and children?s reference desk.
Library Assistant (Technical Services): Mar-05-Jan-06
· Assistant in juvenile cataloging department
· Inventoried juvenile purchase orders.
Library Assistant (Circulation Department) May-03-Feb-05
· Management of lending and borrowing of books and movies.
· Processing of membership requests.
· Inventory and processing of music CDs.
Marlboro Public Schools, Marlboro, NJ Dec-02-Nov-04
County Certified Substitute Teacher
· Interacted with, and managed highly energized children.
· Successfully dealt with autistic students in elementary schools.
· Taught Special Education Classes at middle school.
· Met the challenge of arriving in class at very short notice.
Macy's, Freehold, NJ Feb-03-Jun-03
Sales Associate Part-time
· Retailing, inventory, accounts, backend management and customer service.
New Concept Info Systems, India Feb-97-Aug-98
Research Associate
· Research documentation on Child Development in under developing countries.
· Interaction with UN personnel and research workers.
· Collected data for financial and economic conditions of the countries involved.
Cyber Media Publications, New Delhi, India Aug-95-Nov-96
Circulation Assistant
· Worked with Data Quest, a Computer Magazine in the Indian Market
· Responsible for the zonal circulation
Lana Printers Publishers (P) Ltd. Bombay, India Aug-87-Dec-89
Transcriber
· Transcriber and sub-editor with the premier film magazine of India.
· Gained manifold experience in a challenging environment
Volunteer Experience: June-99-Dec-99
· Taught English as a Second Language to senior citizens in Old Bridge Public Library
· Reading companion to slow starters.
AWARDS
· 2006, 2007: Student Scholarship from the Friends of the Library.
· 2006: Student Scholarship from Monmouth Library Association.
SPECIAL SKILLS
· Possess good conversational and interpersonal skills.
· Capable of acquiring and adapting to new job skills.
COMPUTER OPERATIONAL SKILLS
· Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Power Point, Front Page
· Web Development: HTML
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
· American Library Association
· New Jersey Library Association
· Monmouth Library Association
RESIDENCY STATUS
· US Citizen
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