Mitchell G. Farish

2310 Center Avenue
Charlottesville, VA  22903
Phone: (434) 293-5819
E-mail: mgf2j@virginia.edu

WORK EXPERIENCE

Interlibrary Services February 2001-present
Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Manager of electronic reserves for the College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and the Curry School of Education
• Chief contact with faculty and graduate instructors for maintenance of electronic reserves
• Coordinator of image scanning for electronic reserves and classroom instruction
• To evaluate HTML skills see my homepage

Alderman Acquistions Department September 1994-February 2001
Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Monographic Receipts Specialist.
• Copy cataloger for English language monographs.
• Video receipts manager for the Robertson Media Center
• Rush receipts manager and work flow co-ordinator for Alderman Acquisitions Department.
• Receipts training co-ordinator for student workers.
• Digital imaging assistant for Inventory of Virginia Architecture project in Fine Arts.

Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
August 1993-May 1994

• Teacher of English Composition.
• Word Processing trainer.
• Guide to library reference sources and electronic databases.

Student Assistant in Special Collections June 1988-May 1990
Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

• Retrieved patron requests from all areas of the Rare Books division of Special Collections.
• Searched VIRGO for duplicate holdings in the library system and Special Collections.
• Searched holdings for materials to be used in exhibits in the McGregor Room.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, University of Virginia
Master of Arts in English, University of Virginia, with a concentration in Twentieth Century American Literature, particularly the works of William Faulkner

INTERESTS

Fiction writing, and research in eighteenth century Americana.

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST