
Geoffrey Alan Hooker, MA, MLS
geoffrey @ ghookermls.info
www.linkedin.com/in/geoffreyhookermls
LIBRARY EXPERIENCE
2011 | Edgar Springs Community Library and Historical Society, Edgar Springs, Mo. |
Cataloging Volunteer | |
Created the first catalog for a new library using LibraryThing. | |
Copy cataloging with adding Library of Congress subject headings, Dewey call numbers, and summaries as necessary. | |
Performed some original cataloging. | |
Supervised the move to a new location. | |
Gave presentation on using and searching LibraryThing to the local homemakers club. |
Summer 2008 | Ruth Lilly Law Library, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Ind. |
Summer Projects Assistant | |
Worked as part of a team to select volumes for withdrawal from the collection, based in part on physical condition. | |
Updated holdings records in the local Sirsi Dynix system to reflect withdrawals. | |
Physically removed volumes and shifted remaining materials. | |
Provided accidental reference while in the public stacks. |
Summers, 2001-03, ‘05 | Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. Dak. |
Access Services Assistant | |
Reshelved materials in a Library of Congress classification based library. | |
Performed general shelf maintenance. | |
Identified materials classified incorrectly, and reported the errors for resolution. |
EDUCATION | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science graduate study focusing on data curation Notable Class Projects : Presentation on downloading and use of OCLC records and other cooperative cataloging Presentation on Social cataloging platforms Creating DublinCore and PBCore records for lolcat webpages (group project) |
MLS, 2009 | Indiana University School of Library and Information Science at Indianapolis Notable Class Projects : Presentation on downloading and use of OCLC records Evaluating the mathematics collection of Eastern Mennonite University Creating a collection development plan for the linguistics department of a small, factitious college Designing a web site for a small public library |
Summer Institute of Linguistics at University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota graduate study, Linguistics | |
MA, 1999 | Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri Mathematics |
BA, 1996, Magna cum laude | Taylor University, Upland, Indiana Alpha Chi honor society International studies--French ; mathematics |
Université Laval, Québec, Canada Français pour non-francophones, niveau supérieur 2, été (summer) 1996 | |
AA, 1993, High honors | College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois Phi Theta Kappa honor society Honors program completed |
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
- American Library Association, including
- Association of College and Research Libraries
(College Library Section, University Library Section) - Association for Library Collections and Technical Services
(Cataloging and Metadata Management Section) - New Members Round Table
- Association of College and Research Libraries
- Association of Christian Librarians
- Illinois Library Association
Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries - Former member, Missouri Library Association
- Former member, Mathematical Association of America
- Former member, Virginia Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2012-2013 | Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois |
Instructor, mathematics | |
Classroom instruction of general education mathematics | |
2000-2007 | Northern Virginia Community College, Woodbridge, Virginia |
Instructor, mathematics | |
Classroom and self-paced instruction, classroom scheduling, selection of textbooks, observing and evaluating adjunct faculty | |
Adjunct instructor, mathematics | |
Illinois, 2014 | Lake Land College |
Missouri, 2010-11 | Central Texas College, Southwest Baptist University, Ozarks Tech Community College |
Indiana, 2007-08 | University of Indianapolis, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, Ivy Tech Community College (Indianapolis region) |
Illinois, 1999-2000 | Benedictine University, Robert Morris College (now University) |
Missouri, 1997-99 | Teaching assistantship at Saint Louis University |
COURSES TAUGHT
Independent study: | College Arithmetic introductory algebra |
as TA: | Integral calculus, Multivariable calculus |
Lecture: | Introductory algebra Intermediate algebra College algebra Trigonometry (separately and together) Math for liberal arts (includes intro to probability and statistics and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets) precalculus (algebra) Differential calculus Integral calculus Brief applied calculus |
Lecture, honors section: | Math for Liberal Arts I (first math honors course ever offered at Woodbridge campus) |
In distance learning classroom: | Introductory algebra |
Course-management technology used: | MyMathLab MathXL Blackboard Blackboard Elluminate Sakai Desire2Learn |
COMMITTEE SERVICE
Woodbridge Campus- Selection committee, Who's Who among American College Students
- Honors Day organizing committee (2001-04, 2006) : commencement-style ceremony for the campus
- Campus Honors Committee (2001-07) ; charged with the task of promoting Honors classes, Honors option classes, and the Honors program in general at the Woodbridge campus
- Reviewing course content summaries for developmental math courses (2000, 2006)
- Edgar Springs (Mo.) Community Library Board (2011-12)
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
- Native speaker of American English
- near-native fluency in French (Canadian and standard)
- some Spanish and German
- can read Cyrillic (Russian) and Greek alphabets
COMPUTER LANGUAGES
- HTML with CSS, some Javascript
- Java
- XML
- Drupal content management system