Digital Portfolio

Angela  Critics

• MLIS Drexel University – Concentration in Child and Youth Services, December 2011
• Member Beta Phi Mu Honor Society
• Commonwealth of Virginia Professional Librarian Certification #5839
• MA University of Delaware – Art History, May 1996
• BA University of Delaware – English/Journalism and Art History, May 1985

My resume:
Angela Critics resume

My LinkedIn profile:
Angela Critics

Projects:

• Simply S.T.E.M. wiki, a resource for S.T.E.M. programming in libraries
• Blog posts and book reviews for Librarypoint.org
  • Sample post: Citizen Science: No Degree Required
• Bibliocommons booklists, ratings and comments staff user – ID: CRRL_AngelaCritics
• STEM Made Easy Presentation to Youth Services team (May 2013) on incorporating S.T.E.M. content in Preschool Programming and Passive Program ideas.
• Early Literacy resource lists for Every Child Ready To Read 2 Practices of Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing.
• Citizen Science Brochure for England Run Branch of the Central Rappahannock Regional Library

I maintain three personal blogs:

• Literacy in a Digital Age- Exploring literacy in all its forms, but especially Early Literacy and S.T.E.M. issues
• Writing ‘Bout Reading – Book reviews
• The Quilting Librarian – dedicated to my quilting hobby

Guest Blogger for YALSA’s The Hub:
Finding Hope Amid the Horror

While a volunteer at the US Army Garrison – Brussels library, I created a wiki for the library:
Angela’s Library Space

Book trailer:
Mare’s War Book Trailer – Created with Animoto

Continuing Education

• STEM Made Easy (ALSC online course, April 2013)
• Early Literacy Programming in the Digital Age: Apps and E-books in Storytime, (PLA Webinar, April 17, 2013)
• Web Design Basics for Librarians (ALA e-course, January 7 – February 17, 2013)
• Virginia Library Assoc. 2012 Annual Conference – Sessions attended
• Central Rappahannock Regional Library (CRRL) Book Talking training
• CRRL Preschool Storytime training
• CRRL Every Child Ready to Read II training

Professional Organizations

• American Library Association (ALA)
• ALA Young Adult Services Association (YALSA)
• ALA Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
• ALA Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table
• ALA New Member Round Table
• Virginia Library Association (VLA)
• VLA Youth Services Forum

Committee Service:

• ALA New Member Round Table liaison to VLA and ALSC
• VLA Youth Services Forum Social Media Committee

MLIS Courses completed:

• Foundations of Information Systems
• Information Users and Services
• Information Access and Resources
• Social Context of the Information Profession
• Resources for Children
• Resources for Young Adults
• Public Library Service
• Research in Information Organizations
• Instructional Role of the Information Specialist
• Managing Information Organizations
• Cataloging and Classification
• Collection Management
• Digital Reference Services
• Metadata and Resource Description

Student projects:

• Controlled Vocabulary in the Metadata of Two Digital Image Collections – a screen capture presentation on the use of controlled vocabulary in Dublin Core metadata. Part of the final project for Metadata and Resource Description
• Reference Resources: The Role of Print in a Digital Age – annotated bibliography for Information Access and Resources.
• Cooking and Nutrition for Kids wiki – Group Project for Information Users and Services and my first ever online project.
• Gaming Mania website – Group Project for Resources for Young Adults
• ipl2 – news and information – Member of newsletter team responsible for “In the News” entries from April 20 to May 25, 2011 and “The Link” newsletters for May, June, and July 2011.