aaron b. pope , mlis
Genealogy Center Coordinator at Tulsa City-County Library
genealogy center coordinator tulsa city-county library
current genealogy center coordinator tulsa city-county library : former head access service , instructional librarian northeastern state university , former experienced museum assistant . skilled art librarianship , archive special collection , public speaking , art history , film production , museum collection . strong information professional master 's degree focused library information science university oklahoma .
Tulsa City-County Library
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The Genealogy Center Coordinator serves as a dynamic leader in coordinating and providing services of the Genealogy Center, including programming, budget, collection development, training library staff on genealogy collection and services, collaborating with Hardesty genealogy staff, special projects, and events. This position also represents the library in genealogy-related outreach to the community. This position splits equal time between performing work for the Genealogy Center and the branch. 

Assists customers, conducts Book-a-Librarian appointments, answers questions, recommends materials, and provides reference information regarding family history, genealogy research, and other library services and materials.
Develops and implements timely, engaging, and innovative programming, throughout the library system, that highlights genealogy collection, services, and trends.
Coordinates programming and publicity for TCCL’s annual celebration of Family History Month.
Collaborates with the Hardesty genealogy staff to coordinate programs and services for customers, in conjunction with the Hardesty Assistant Manager and Regional Manager
Directs and approves the acquisition, removal, and modification of materials for the genealogy collection within a specified budget.
Develops partnerships with persons and groups both inside and outside the library who can provide genealogy-related information, assistance, and support.
Oversees webpage, marketing, publicity, and social media channels to promote genealogy services and programs, updating regularly to create a dynamic virtual presence.
Prepares, recommends, and administers annual budget for the genealogy center.
Provides training for library staff on the available services and materials of the genealogy center.
Develops, oversees, and evaluates key performance indicators for the genealogy center, aligning goals with both the home branch and the library system as a whole.
Keeps current on the latest genealogy information.
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
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Genealogy Center Coordinator
Northeastern State University
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Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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Head of Access Services, Instructional Librarian
University of Oklahoma
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Library Tech II provides assistance to the Schusterman Library by acting as the receptionist, processing photocopy and loan requests, conducting library searches, and shelving. Process Interlibrary Loan lending request and import faculty publications into endnote. Assists patrons with circulation needs and answers questions from patrons through online chat, face to face and telephone calls. Must be proficient on all Microsoft Office applications. Excellent customer service skills and must be able to work successfully with a diverse group of library patrons, other staff, and members of the public. Must be able to follow directions and work as part of a team. Must be able to report to the work location regularly and on time. Professional manner and appearance. Also, includes Inter-library Loan Lending request fulfillment.
Tulsa, Oklahoma Area
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Library Technician II
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
My Duties Include but are Not Limited To: 
•	Organized and Cataloged museum library in Past Perfect database 
•	Used Past Perfect database to process incoming loans and acquisitions  
•       Help Train New Volunteers 
•	Photographed art for exhibitions, catalogs and for condition reports
•	Researched information for exhibitions and for the museum office
•	Assisted in setting up exhibition displays
•	Constructed condition reports for exhibitions
•	Prepared gallery labels for exhibitions
•	Small use of Photoshop
•	Guest Services Representative for admissions to the museum
•	Doing clerical work for the museum
•       Helping Facilitate, Setup and Explain the Kinderstone Project
•       Docent (Tour Guide) Work
Tulsa, Oklahoma Area
Museum Assistant and Librarian
The Charles Schusterman Jewish Community Center
My Duties are but Not Limited To:

•	Greet guests as they come in
•	Help guest with payments
•	Help guests find where they need to go
•	Answer multi-line phone system and transfer calls
•	Keep an eye on security cameras
•	Answer questions from guests and staff 
•	Do mailings and research for mailings
•	Receive mail and packages as they come in
Tulsa, Oklahoma Area
Guest Services Representative and Security
Master's degree
Library and Information Science
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University of Oklahoma
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Bachelor’s Degree
Studied: Art History and Jewish History
Art History, Jewish History
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University of Tulsa
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Associate’s Degree
Studied: Art History and Film
Liberal Arts with Film Emphasis
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Tulsa Community College
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South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA)
Student Member
Oklahoma Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries Inc. (OK-ACRL)
Student Member
The Society of Metro Tulsa Librarians (SMTL)
Regular Member
Member of: Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender Round Table
                   Preservation Roundtable
American Library Association
Student Member
The Society of Southwest Archivists
Regular Member
Member of the Technical Services Roundtable
Oklahoma Library Association (OLA)
Student Member
OLISSA's mission is to bring library students together with one another, faculty, and library and knowledge management professionals.
Oklahoma Library and Information Studies Student Association (OLISSA)
Student Member
School of Library and Information Science Graduate Studies Committee
Student Representative
Student Ambassador's helping to promote the Schusterman Library and Think of ways to improve the library as well.
Schusterman Library Student Ambassador Task Force
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Member of: Archivists of Religious Collections Section
                 Museum Archivists Section
                 Archival History Roundtable
                 Archives Management Roundtable
                 Lesbian & Gay Archives Roundtable
                 Performing Arts Roundtable
                 Public Library Archives/ Special Collections Roundtable
                 Recorded Sound Roundtable
                 Research Libraries Group Roundtable
                 Students and New Archives Professionals (SNAP) Roundtable
                 Web Archiving Roundtable
Society of American Archivists
Student Member
I submitted a poem called Praying Beside the Bay and it was published in the May 2010 Publication of the stylus art journal.
Praying Beside The Bay (Poem)
Stylus: A Journal of Literature and Art
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I submitted a photograph called The Dream Church and it was published in the May 2010 Publication of the stylus art journal.
The Dream Church (Photo)
Stylus: A Journal of Literature and Art
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This scholarship enables eligible library science students to attend the SCC/MLA annual meeting. Applicants should be contemplating careers in medical librarianship. Applicants must be enrolled in or accepted for admission to an ALA-accredited graduate library school. Applicants must be either residents or attending graduate school in one of the following states: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, or Texas.
South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association (SCC/MLA)
Mayo Drake Student Scholarship Award
Current member(s) of the Oklahoma Library Association who are also graduate student(s) in a Library and Information Studies program are eligible to apply for one of three $750 scholarships awarded by the Oklahoma Library Association at the annual conference.
Oklahoma Library Association
Oklahoma Library Association Graduate Student Scholarship
HonorSociety.org
Honor Society Member
I volunteered when I first started at the museum and slowly became an employee. At that time I had been an employee of the museum for five years. This special award was given in recognition of service and loyalty to the museum. I was greatly humbled by this award for no other employee has received such an award before. The award was usually strictly for the volunteers.
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
Recognition of Service and Employment Award
I was the Hebrew Club President throughout my time at The University of Tulsa.
Hebrew Club Faculty Adviser
President of the Hebrew Club
I was on the Dean's Honor Roll Four Semesters in a row
Tulsa Community College
Deans Honor Roll
I received this award throughout my time at Tulsa Community College
Tulsa Community College, Music Department
Music Scholarship for Violin
American Genealogical Society's Lesson One—Fundamentals of Genealogy
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American Genealogical Society: The Basics (Revised 2018)
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Archival Concepts and Traditions
LIS: 5343
Archival Internship: University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Special Collections and University Archives
LIS: 5823
Archival Preservation
LIS: 5653
Archival Representation and Use
LIS: 5463
Cataloging and Classifications
LIS: 5403
Information Users in the Knowledge Society
LIS: 5053
Information and Communication Technology
LIS: 5063
Information and The Knowledge Society
LIS: 5033
Management of Information & Knowledge Organizations
LIS: 5023
Oklahoma Information Environment
LIS: 5970
Organization of Information & Knowledge Resources
LIS: 5043
Research and Evaluation Methods
LIS: 5713
As the librarian I maintain the cataloging and the shelving for The Oklahoma Jewish Archive, special collections library located in The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art. Mickel Yantz, Director of Collections and Exhibitions and Charles Taylor, The Director of Exhibit Services inquired if I would be interested in curating book exhibitions for The Oklahoma Jewish Archive from the library collection. I have the honor of curating these exhibits for the promote of this special collection. 

Note: The work for this exhibit may be seen on my portfolio website. It is listed under the more and professional development tabs.
The Oklahoma Jewish Archive, Special Collections Library, Curated Book Exhibits
This is my portfolio for my academic work done for my Master's Degree. This portfolio includes outside projects I also completed in the areas of museum work, librarianship and archival work.
My Portfolio
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This is my internship with The University of Tulsa - Special Collections and University Archives. I am working with the V.S. Naipaul Collection by Verifying data and Organizing the collection using Archivist Toolkit under the supervision of Mr. Marc Carlson - The Librarian of Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Tulsa. To see the Finding Aid I helped created please visit: http://129.244.102.213/speccoll/collections/1993.003_Naipaul/index.htm
Archival Internship Blog
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My course in LIS: (5777) Archival Representation and Use help preserve, document and accession the archival collection gifted from Dr. Charles and Mrs. Lyntha Wesner who are prominent public figures within the community of Norman Oklahoma and within the environmental activist community. For this project I helped gather the data for the biographical/historical note and help build that note which is now a permanent part of the finding aid for the collection.
Charles and Lyntha Wesner Collection: Finding Aid
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This is a website I created for our group project for the course LIS:5043 Organization of Information and Knowledge Resources. We were to survey a specific number of participants to see how they use information in their Hobby and Leisure activities and what activities did this apply too. As a group we chose Bookstores and Leisure reading. We interviewed and surveyed a number of participants and brought the results together and created a paper as well as this website. For my role I created the survey/questionnaire and interviewed three interviewees and created the group website while putting together the portions of work that group members contributed to the website.
Hobbists and Liesure Information Users Survey
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The late Rabbi Leonard Helman of Sante Fe, New Mexico loaned The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art his prized coin collection for us to use in an exhibit at the museum. 

First, I co-created this exhibit with our curator at the time. As the museum assistant, I condition reported on the coins when they came in to the museum. 

 Next, I researched each coin and time frame from which it came. I then compared the timeline of the coins to the one of the Jews who were expelled into the Diaspora (dispersion) from Israel. We combined the two timelines to create one timeline that explained where the coins were in Jewish History. 

 I also created the layout of the exhibit, photographed and edited each coin and set up the exhibit. I also disassembled the exhibit when it was all finished. The show was on display for 4 months total. It was then shipped back to Rabbi Leonard Helman. 

Note: The work for this exhibit may be seen on my portfolio website. It is listed under the more and professional development tabs.
Touchstones of the Diaspora
Arts and Culture
The Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art
Docent/Tour Guide
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Jonesboro, AR
Dave Burgess
Pastor Emeritus at Community Fellowship Church
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Bradenton, FL
Scott Carvin
SEO Services Expert
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Phoenix, AZ
Sue Gaub, CFRE
Experienced & Strategic Nonprofit Fundraising Services
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London
Janice Shapiro
Marketing and Communications Professional
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Phoenix, AZ
Kim Covington
Vice President, Community Initiatives at Arizona Community Foundation
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San Antonio, TX
Kevin Vanlanham
Associate Principal at Northside ISD
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Oklahoma City, OK
Bobby Reed
Head of Emerging Technologies at University of Oklahoma
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Tulsa, OK
Beth Roe
teacher/coach at Metro Christian Academy
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Lake Charles, LA
Tracy Ashby
Instruction Librarian/Instructor at McNeese State University
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Tulsa Metropolitan Area
Kate Blalack, MLIS, CA, DAS
Senior Archivist - American Song Archives and Adjunct Professor - OU School of Library and Information Studies
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Edmond, OK
Roberta Botello
Executive Assistant to the CIO at University of Central Oklahoma
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Oklahoma City, OK
Roy Slootheer
Co-Owner at Premier Healthcare, APRN-CNP, P.C.
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Chili, NY
Craig Silverstein
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Tulsa Metropolitan Area
Bryan Raya
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Grand Falls-Windsor, NL
Derick Sharron
Church Ministries-Connections Pastor at WPC - Windsor Pentecostal Church
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San Antonio, Texas Metropolitan Area
Asher McNicol
Senior Management Analyst at City of San Antonio
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Tulsa, OK
Betsy Martens
Professor Emerita at University of Oklahoma
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