Kurt W. Wagner

kurt61@optonline.net
wagnerk@wpunj.edu

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Master of Arts - Communication

William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne, NJ, 1998.

Master of Arts - Library Science

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1994.

Bachelor of Arts - Anthropology

Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO, 1985.

Associate of Arts - Social Science

Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, FL, 1981.

September 1994-present

David and Lorraine Cheng Library
William Paterson University of New Jersey. Tenure approved December 1998.
Head of Library Information Systems

Manage our Data Research Associates (DRA) online bibliographic system of cataloging, acquisitions, periodicals, and public access catalog modules, Windows NT-based Taos public catalog interface, troubleshoot library staff and public workstations, supervise new equipment rollout, use UDMS to provide custom-programmed reports. Interface with campus Information Systems personnel and serve on campus IT committees.
Reference Librarian (1994-1999)

One of seven full-time Librarians providing reference, research assistance, bibliographic instruction, online searching, and related services to our 10,000+ students at William Paterson.
Library Webmaster (1996-present)

Design, create and maintain the Library's website, including initial development of the library's pages and subsequent redesign. I'm a member of our library's Electronic Resources Committee, who meet regularly to discuss issues regarding the Internet as it applies to our Library and campus, and their access by our users. I sit on the college's Webmasters Team, a group of administrators who run other WPUNJ websites, to coordinate our efforts and share information, techniques, and improvements.
Computer Lab Coordinator (1996-1998)

Managed and supervised a 35-workstation public access and reference resources computer lab with Dell Pentium PCs on a MS-NT network and Macintosh PowerPCs, also connected to a campus network providing shared applications. The lab is staffed with Student Technical Consultants who I helped train and supervise. Coordinated software upgrades on our LAN, which offers a variety of Silverplatter CD-ROM databases and about 20 others.
Publications Coordinator (1994-1998)

Design, edit and create Library publications, both online and print, handouts, brochures and bibliographies in support of library service, reference and instruction. I make use of a variety of desktop publishing and graphics applications to this end.
[see "skill set" for application proficiencies]

1995-present
Web page consultancy
Northern New Jersey
Bergen County Cooperative Library System - BCCLS

Created a two-section HTML course for public librarians to enable them to learn basic webpage creation and management skills.
Passaic County Library Consortium - PALS PLUS

Run Windows95, Netscape, and Internet Searching training for public and school librarians.
New Jersey Communication Association

Design of the print edition's covers led to ongoing work in the design, creation and maintenance of the Association's website. I also serve on the Association's Editorial Advisory Board.
Bergen County Cooperative Library System - BCCLS
Windows 95 tutorial

Created a training module for the county's public librarians, some having little computer/PC training and experience. This work involved the creation of a training curriculum and an online tutorial and glossary.

1991-1994
Production - The Durango Herald
Durango, CO

Used Macintosh II workstation to create advertising and news graphics for this daily newspaper. Duties included pasteup of daily pages, design and production of weekly "arts and entertainment" supplement, work in camera-room producing page negatives and PMTs of photographs.

1987-1991
Waldenbooks
Durango, CO

Bookseller, assistant manager, and store manager.