Melissa Bednarz

Professional Experience

• Responsible for all incoming shipments of serials and monographs to the Law Library. All library mail is funneled through the acquisitions department where it is sorted, opened and distributed to the appropriate department for further processing or to the individual whose responsibility it is to oversee any action that needs to be taken.
• Oversees processing of serial receipts in all formats within 24 hours of receipt. This includes supervising and training a Clerk I who manages periodicals receipts and claiming of missing issues.
• Receives and processes all receipts of United States Depository government documents shipments in all formats including paper, microfiche, CD-ROM/DVD products and electronic resources. As the US depository adds more of their publications to the Internet, links are added to current catalog records to provide public access to publications which are no longer available in a tangible format.
• Under direction from the head of acquisitions, orders and processes new monographs utilizing bibliographic databases such as OCLC to identify and download records into BISON.
• Sorts and processes invoices for $1 million library budget.
• Handles problems with publishers and vendors regarding invoices, shipments, and claims via telephone, e-mail and traditional correspondence.

Memberships

Member of the Law Library Strategic Planning Committee whose mission was to produce a viable document outlining the short term goals of the library to support the research and instructional needs of the UB Law School.

Elected by Classfied staff to chair first library wide Classified Staff Executive Committee. This committee was formed to give classified staff more of a voice in the decisions made within the University Libraries.

Member of Staff Funding Committee. This committee distributes funds to library staff and faculty for educational activities offered outside of the libraries.

Education

State University of New York at Buffalo, BA in History

Professional Activities

Member of New York State Library Assistants' Association whose mission it is to enhance the professional image and status of New York State library assistants.

Member of Association of Law Libraries of Upstate New York and contributor to ALLUNY newsletter.

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