Experience

• Library Assistant III
  Sacramento State University, Library, Bibliographic Control
  1999-present
  
  
  • Perform copy and adaptive cataloging of monographs and serials
  • Perform copy, adaptive, and original cataloging of maps
  • Perform maintenance of serials, including title changes and updating local holdings
  • Provide and edit metadata for digital collections and the campus institutional repository
  • Coordinate the acquisition, processing, bindery, and cataloging of Sacramento State University theses
    
    
• Library Assistant III
  Sacramento State University, Library, Reference
  1998-1999
  
  
  • Provided reference service to campus faculty, staff, and students
  • Provided clerical support to library faculty
  • Supervised student assistants
    
    
• Library Assistant II
  Sacramento State University, Library, Bibliographic Control
  1997-1998
  
  
  • Performed copy cataloging and general maintenance
    
    
• Library Assistant II
  Sacramento State University, Library, Media Center
  1990-1997
  
  
  • Provided service to campus faculty, staff, and students, by facilitating access to the media collection
  • Participated in the planning, development, and implementation of departmental policies and procedures
  • Monitored the budget allocated to student assistant funding and made recommendations for budget requests
  • Hired, trained and supervised 10-15 student assistants per semester

Education

• San José State University
  Master of Library and Information Science
  
  
• Sacramento State University
  M.A. program, Spanish, 30+ units (all but thesis)
  
  
• Sacramento State University
  B.A., Spanish (French minor)

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Skills

Technology

• Innovative Interfaces Millennium (integrated library system)
• Connexion client and Web browser version (OCLC bibliographic utility)
• Microsoft Office
• XHTML, CSS, XML, and basic JavaScript
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, particularly Web 2.0 tools

Languages

• Fluent in Spanish (reading, writing, and speaking)
• Basic reading comprehension of French
• Experience transliterating Greek

Awards/Grants

• ALCTS/SAGE Library Support Staff travel grant, 2008
• Joe Ann Clifton Student Award, SLA IT Division, 2008
• LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship Award, 2008
• ALA Spectrum Scholar, 2008-2009
• ACRL National Conference Library Student Scholarship, 2009

Publications

Yáñez, I. (2008). Information commons in academic libraries. b/ITe: Bulletin of the Information Technology Division/SLA 25(3), 13-19. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/901UBV

Yáñez, I. (2009). Metadata: Implications for academic libraries. Library Philosophy and Practice.Retrieved from http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/yanez.htm

Select Class Presentations & Projects

• Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Metadata Standards and Workflow Implications
  from LIBR 281 - Introduction to Metadata


• Cataloging Sheet Maps according to AACR2, Chapter 3
  from LIBR 249 - Advanced Cataloging and Organization of Information


• FRBR Group 1 Entities
  from LIBR 249 - Advanced Cataloging and Organization of Information

Committees

Sacramento State University Library

• Library Assessment Group
• WebOPAC Enhancement Group
• IT Planning and Coordinating Committee
• Selection Advisory Committee for Dean of the University Library, 2007
• Search Advisory Committee for Director of Library Systems,1999
• Search Advisory Committee for Director and Dean of the Library,1997

Memberships

• American Library Association (ALCTS, LITA, RUSA)
• REFORMA
• California Library Association

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