Maura A. Smale
mas at mauraweb dot com

Education

Pratt Institute
MLIS, School of Library and Information Science, 2007

New York University
PhD, Department of Anthropology, 2000
Dissertation: Rural-to-Urban Transition on the Edge of New York City: Nineteenth Century Foodways at the Lott Farmstead, Kings County, New York

New York University
MA, Department of Anthropology, 1994

The University of Chicago
BA, Department of Anthropology, 1991
General Honors in the College, Honors in Anthropology

Library Experience

Information Literacy Librarian and Coordinator, Library Instruction, current
NYC College of Technology, City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY

Adjunct Reference Librarian, November 2007-March 2008
Information Services, Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn, NY

• Assisting students, faculty, and other patrons with information and research requests at the reference desk
• Teaching library orientation and research workshops
• Creating information literacy assessment modules in Blackboard
• Answering email and chat reference questions via QuestionPoint.org
• Authoring podcasts for use in library instruction

Internship, Fall 2006-Fall 2007
Information Services, Brooklyn College Library, Brooklyn, NY

• Assisted students, faculty, and other patrons with information and research requests at the reference desk
• Taught library orientation and research workshops
• Revised reference and subject web pages and migrated them into the library's Subject Resource Management System (SRMS)
• Created SRMS tutorial podcasts
• Maintained the Brooklyn College Library MySpace presence
• Wrote scripts for frequently asked questions in QuestionPoint virtual reference software
• Prepared an overview of alert features in electronic databases for faculty newsletter
• Corrected MARC record errors in Aleph

Internship, Spring 2007
Humanities & Social Sciences Services, Bobst Library, New York University, New York, NY

• Assisted students, faculty, and other patrons with information and research requests at the reference desk
• Created Human Relations Area Files research guide (online, print, and podcast)
• Performed Anthropology collection evaluation and development using Yankee Book Peddler's Gobi
• Revised Anthropology research guide (online and print)

Internship, Spring 2007
Education Outreach, Humanities & Social Sciences Library, New York Public Library, New York, NY

• Taught hands-on research workshops to students in grades 6-12 on a variety of subjects using electronic databases and library materials in the library's computer classroom
• Prepared library research activities and handouts of subject-specific resources for workshop students

Teaching Experience

Adjunct Professor, Fall 2001
Department of Anthropology, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, New York, NY

• Taught G14.1205: Historical Archaeology

Teaching Assistant, Spring 1997
Information Technologies Institute, School of Continuing Education, New York University, New York, NY

• Assisted instructor and supervised students in hands-on course in HTML Development

Computer Trainer, Summer-Fall 1996
Innovation Center, Academic Computing Facility, New York University, New York, NY

• Instructed faculty and graduate students in use of computer lab and web site authoring
• Produced, researched, and authored the ACF Multilingual Resources web site

Graduate Assistant, 1991-1996
Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York, NY

• Designed and taught laboratory sections for undergraduate course Human Evolution and Prehistory
• Composed and graded undergraduate examinations and papers for a variety of courses
• Lectured in undergraduate course Human Evolution and Prehistory
• Instructed faculty and students in department use of computer laboratory (server, scanner, film recorder, CD-ROM writer)

Additional Employment Experience

Project Manager/Online Editor, 2001-2006
American Express Publishing (amexpub.com), New York, NY

• Managed production team of 3 full time employees for all magazine web sites
• Authored production documentation (including best practices guidelines) for all magazine web sites
• Coordinated search engine optimization efforts across all magazine web sites
• Editor and producer, eSkyGuide.com and Departures.com

Production Coordinator, 1998-1999 and Summer 2000
American Express Publishing, New York, NY

• Produced web pages, including HTML coding, page layout, and image preparation

Production Supervisor, 1997-1998
Disney Online (family.com), New York, NY

• Coordinated production team of 3 full time employees in monthly web site updates
• Managed flow of web site content through editorial, development, testing, and live

Archaeological Fieldwork

Supervisor, Summer 1999
The Lott House Archaeology Project, Brooklyn, NY

• Supervised Brooklyn College field school students and volunteers in the excavation, laboratory processing, and cataloging of artifacts
• Identified and analyzed faunal skeletal remains from 1998 and 1999 field seasons

Crew Chief, Summer 1995
The Cahercommaun Project, Co. Clare, Ireland

• Supervised volunteers in the excavation, processing, and cataloging of artifacts from an Early Medieval structure
• Identified and analyzed faunal skeletal remains

Crew Chief, Summer 1993
The Cahercommaun Project, Co. Clare, Ireland

• Supervised three-person team in survey, identification, and recording of Bronze Age through historic stone walls and structures
• Recorded data onto copies of Ordnance Survey maps

Publications

Smale, M. A. (2007). Gearing up for my third career. The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved November 1, 2007, from http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/11/2007110101c/careers.html.

Smale, M. A. (2000). Cashels. In P. J. Crabtree (Ed.), Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia (pp. 42-43). New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Smale, M. A. (2000). Crannogs. In P. J. Crabtree (Ed.), Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia (pp. 68-69). New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Smale, M. A. (2000). Raths. In P. J. Crabtree (Ed.), Medieval archaeology: An encyclopedia (p. 278). New York: Garland Publishing Inc.

Smale, M. A. (1996). Final report on the animal bones from the 1995 season. In D. B. Gibson, Excavations at O'Dea's Castle, Dysert, Co. Clare. Preliminary Report. Unpublished manuscript.

Papers Presented and Conferences Organized

Regalado, M., Gurgov, V., & M. Smale. (2007, May). Subject Resource Management System or SRMS. Paper presented at the LACUNY 2007 Institute, New York, NY.

Ricciardi, C., Loorya, A., & Smale, M. A. (2000, January). Excavating Brooklyn, New York's rural past: The Hendrick I. Lott Farmstead Project. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology, Quebec, Canada.

Smale, M. A. (1996, April). A taphonomic analysis of faunal remains from Site E-132, Dysert O'Dea, Co. Clare, Ireland. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, New Orleans, LA.

Co-organized Contemporary Zooarchaeology: Case Studies from the Old and New Worlds, with J. Z. Holt, Society for American Archaeology Meetings, New Orleans, April, 1996

Co-organized the Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, Department of Anthropology, New York University, March, 1996

Co-organized the Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium, Department of Anthropology, New York University, March, 1995

Awards

Atkinson Memorial Fund Scholarship, School of Library and Information Science, Pratt Institute, Fall 2006-Spring 2007

Library Tuition Merit Scholarship, School of Library and Information Science, Pratt Institute, Summer 2006-Summer 2007

Travel Grant, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, January 2000

Travel Grant, Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University, April 1996

Goodman Fellowship for Archaeology, Department of Anthropology, New York University, Summer 1995

Memberships

Member, Beta Phi Mu, International Library Science Honor Society, Theta Chapter, 2008-present
Member, American Library Association, 2006-present
Member, Library Association of the City University of New York, 2006-present
Member, ACRL Greater New York Metropolitan Area Chapter, 2006-present
Member, Association of College & Research Libraries, 2006-present
Member, Society for Historical Archaeology, 1996-2003
President, Anthropology Graduate Student Association, New York University, 1994-1995
Member, Society for American Archaeology, 1991-2003

Professional Service

Co-Chair, Instruction Section Web Site Design Implementation Task Force, Association of College & Research Libraries, 2008-2009

Languages

Reading knowledge: French

Computer Skills

Office
Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Microsoft Access, and Visio

Internet
Extensive use of web browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Netscape), FTP clients, and chat/instant messaging

Collaborative Information Management
Comfortable with blogs, wikis, content management systems, and workflow tools (BaseCamp, Jira, Microsoft Project); creation of audio and video podcasts in Garageband and Camtasia

Web Development
XHTML and CSS production in BBEdit, HomeSite, and Dreamweaver, among others

Graphics and Print Production
Image creation in Adobe Photoshop CS and Adobe ImageReady; print to web conversion with QuarkExpress and Adobe InDesign