1. Hello, I am …
jzamostny@gmail.com

2. And this is my:
RESUME

3. I was born and raised here:

4. I studied here:
Graduated 2003, Summa Cum Laude
Bachelor’s in Forensic Psychology
Minor in Spanish
Member of Psi Chi
Psychology honor society
Member of Spanish Club
Alternative Spring Break volunteer
Habitat for Humanity, New Orleans ’02
Chair, residence hall team council ‘02

5. While studying I also worked here:
2001-2003
Calvin Coolidge Library
Student Assistant
• U.S. Government Documents
• Processing, shelving, cataloging
• Created job manual
• Serials and interlibrary loan
• Processing, shelving, cataloging
• Filling interlibrary loan requests
2004
Calvin Coolidge Library
Copy-Cataloger
• General collection
• Processing, cataloging
• Training student assistants

6. Then I studied some more here:
Graduate 2007, Summa Cum Laude
Masters of Library and Information Science
Recipient, Merit Scholarship Award

7. While studying I also worked here:
• Provide reference service to the IU
community
• Aggregate and analyze
departmental statistics
• Design finding aids for U.S.
government information
• Teach group workshops on
microform collections & equipment
• Assist department head in planning
2005-2006
and teaching 100-400 level college
Herman B Wells Library
courses
Graduate Reference Assistant
Government Information, Microforms and
Statistical Services department

8. I kept on workIng…
2006-2007
Herman B Wells Library
Reference & Technical Associate
Government Information, Microforms and
Statistical Services department
• Provide reference service to the IU
community
• Oversee interlibrary loan and digitization
requests
• Supervise 12 student assistants
• Aggregate and analyze departmental
statistics
• Maintain the microform collections’ web
sites.

9. and volunteerIng…
• Work with Information Literacy
librarian and other graduate
instruction assistants to design and
teach 100 and 200 level
information literacy workshops.
2006-2007
Herman B Wells Library
Graduate Instruction Assistant

10. My first professional position was here:
2007-2010
Hood College, Frederick, MD
Beneficial-Hodson Library
Reference & Education Librarian
• Created the library’s first roving librarian
service
• Created the library’s first text-a-librarian
service
• Taught 30 information literacy workshops per
semester
• Supervised 10 student assistants
• Maintained the library’s web site
• Served on campus-wide committees

11. I Currently live and
work here:

12. More specifically, I work here:
The Western Maryland Regional Library
We operate out of the Washington Country Free Library
This is what the new Hagerstown building will look like when it reopens in 2013.

13. At the western maryland regional library, i:
2010-present
Staff Development Coordinator
• Schedule staff development workshops
• Create & deliver staff development curriculum
• Manage staff development budget
• Create and maintain Emerging Technology
Collection (eReader devices, tablets, etc…)
eReader Train-the-Trainer
workshops in Garrett
county, Jan. – Feb. 2012 .

14. At the western maryland regional library i:
2010-present
Staff Development Coordinator
• Lead facilitator of the bi-annual Tri-County
Summit – a one-day learning conference
• Produce and publish learning newsletter
• Serve on various committees and teams

15. I supplement my library career with:
Maryland Library Association
• Conference committee member at large since 2008
• Graduate, Maryland Library Leadership Institute
• Battledecks sub-committee chair, 2011 & 2012
• Co-Presenter, Take 5: Questions for Assessment-
Based Instruction, 2012
• Presenter, Using the Naikan Technique for Reflective
Professional Development, 2012
American Library Association
• Member since 2005
• Co-Presenter, Information Literacy Instruction: Extreme Makeover Edition, 2011

16. I supplement my library career with:
Professional Presentations & Publications
• Zamostny’s Hierarchy of eReader Needs, to be
presented at Neumann University, March 30, 2012
• NFORMATION LTERACY: Taking the “I” out of
Instruction, co-presented at Library Orientation
Exchange (LOEX), April 2010
• Zamostny, J. (2009). The Library Journal Guide to E-
Reference Resources, Social Sciences. Edited by
Mirela Roncevic. New York, NY.

17. I volunteer my free time to:
Choi’s Martial Arts USA, Frederick, MD
Student since 2008
Instructor since 2009
• 2nd degree black belt in taekwondo
• 2nd degree black belt in hapkido
• Green belt in natural healing arts
• Volunteer 12-15 hours a week to teaching
• Attended 7 day Natural Wisdom Healing Qi
Gong and meditation retreat at Spirit Rock
in California, 2011.

18. What people are saying about me:
“
I still remember getting your first staff development
newsletter and thinking to myself – I want to get to know her
better! Thanks for your positive outlook, zany humor and
professional support.
–Keela Pfaff, Children’s Specialist, Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County
“ You were great to work with…..timely communication and
you followed through on everything you said you would
do. It was a pleasure doing business with you.
”
-Kathleen Reif, Director, St. Mary’s County Library System
”
“
Julie often has a different way of thinking about things; projects that I
talk over with Julie always come out better and more creatively than
they otherwise would!
-Carrie Plymire, Head of Technical Services for Western Maryland Regional Library
& 2012 MLA Conference Committee Chair