1. ALPHILD DICK
300 TWYKINGHAM PL
784-313-3764 | ALPHILDE.DICK@GMAIL.COM
WORK EXPERIENCE
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
April 2012-present, Silver Lake Library
Responsibilities: Answers questions and assist patrons in locating information and resources,
participates in collection development and management, reader’s advisory, oversees of the
library’s ILL and courier service within the NExpress consortium, social media outreach,
technical services (cataloging and processing), and programming
FOUNDER
July 2011-July 2012, Lucky Mutt Adventures
Responsibilities: Developed business plan for small local business, oversaw financial
planning and budgeting, developed and maintained client-centered relationships, helped
clients create daily exercise plans for pets, engaged in community outreach efforts,
participated in continuing education, provided consultations to new pet care businesses
GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
August 2011-December 2012, School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State
University
Responsibilities: Participated in research on e-book trends in the U.S., assisted with course
management for archival studies program, developed quantitative coding tool for study
on website accessibility in U.S. government websites, researched and co-authored
monograph, Wicked Denver
INSTRUCTOR/GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
September 2010-September 2011, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of
Washington
Responsibilities: Created and delivered original instructional materials for second-year
Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian/Montenegrin language course, provided feedback on progress
and performance, assisted students in creating study plans to meet course goals,
organized extracurricular activities
GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT
January 2010-May 2010, Department of Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Kansas
Responsibilities: Evaluated and graded students throughout semester, provided course
assistance to students, gave library tours for information literacy sessions
PRACTICUM/INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
MANHATTAN PUBLIC LIBRARY
January 2013-May 2013 (on-going)
Projects: Developed collection development training materials for Adult Services

2. department, and currently assisting in organizing and delivering Teen Gaming Night
programming, and analyzing user of information literacy concepts in technology instruction
EDUCATION
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY
August 2012-May 2013, Masters of Library Science
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
September 2010-September 2011, PhD coursework
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
August 2008-May 2010, Masters of Slavic languages
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
August 2005-May 2008, Bachelors of English literature
VOLUNTEER AND COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES
DOG-EARED BOOKS (A LITTLE FREE LIBRARY PROJECT)
October 2012-present, Co-founder
Created collection development policies and project proposals for the local boards in
charge of approving the project, developed website for project, assisted with promotion
of project via social media outlets, and helped to secure funding for project resources
DIGITAL LITERACY CONSULTANT
January 2012-May 2012, USD #343
Provided consultation for elementary school educators on classroom digital resources
SKILLS
Hardware: Skilled with both PCs and Macs; comfortable with office and multimedia technology
(printers, scanners, projectors, cameras, microphones, etc.), knowledgeable about a wide variety
of digital mobile technologies (both Android and OS based-e-readers, tablets, and smart phones)
Software: Skilled in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite, Google Docs,
Zotero, and social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Flickr). Knowledge of HTML
and CSS, as well as content management systems such as Wordpress and Drupal.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Library Association (ALA), 2012-present
Kansas Library Association, 2012-present
Phi Beta Kappa, 2008-present