Stephanie A.

Jacobs

309 W. Flora St. U

Tampa, Florida 33604
205.887.0477
sajacobs@usf.edu

Professional Service
Presentations

Dauterive, Sarah and Stephanie Jacobs. Remodeling the Instruction Program:

Building Information Literacy from the Ground Up. Presented at the Mississippi
Library Association Annual Conference. Vicksburg, MS. 16 October 2014.
Allen, Maryellen and Stephanie Jacobs Authoring Tools for eLearning Presented
at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL 20 August 2015

Education

The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL

Master of Library and Information Studies

May 2013

Master of Fine Arts, Book Arts

December 2012

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

Bachelor of Fine Arts,
Illustration and Communications Design
Work Experience

May 2004

Libraries & Instructional Technology

The University of South Florida

Assistant Librarian,
Instructional Design

In cooperation with other instructional designers, librarians,

and teaching faculty, I create and implement learning objects
which provide support for curriculum and library education,
as well as participate in research, publication, & service.

August 2015 -

East Mississippi Community College Library

Assistant Librarian,
Information Instructor

Working alongside the head librarian, I perform duties including individual user instruction and reference services, cataloging, collection development and weeding, and other day-today library function. Additionally, I participated in the planning of a for-credit library skills class, and taught three sections of the class.

October 2013
June 2015

The University of Alabama Center for Instructional Technology

Emerging Instructional Assisted the staff of the Center for Instructional Technology
in researching emerging technology tools, administering pilot
Technology Graduate
programs, communicating with pilot participants and stakeAssistant

2012 -2013

holders, and offering faculty support for instructional technology. Performed course migrations from Vista to Blackboard
Learn, and answered faculty questions about instructional
technologies. Conducted testing of updates to
instructional technology tools, and participated in faculty
development activities.

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Clarence B. Hanson Library, Birmingham

Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
Library Intern

Under the supervision of head librarian Tatum Preston, examined and cataloged rare and damaged manuscripts, gauged urgency of repair, and wrote condition reports. Built cases &
housings for severely damaged volumes. Catalogued, moved,
and organized parts of the Hanson collection.

Summer 2012

The University of Alabama School of Library & Information Studies

SLIS Graduate
Student Assistant
Technology

As student assistant to the head of IT for the School of Library and Information Studies, my duties included monitoring
the computer labs, updating Apple and PC software, and user
instruction.

2011-2012

FOCUS on Senior Citizens, Tuscaloosa, AL

Library & Technology
User Instruction

Under the supervision of Dr. Laurie Bonnici, professor of

Library and Information Studies at The University of
Alabama, I spent a semester working with seniors at the Focus
on Senior Citizens center, assisting them with many different
computing tasks, while collecting data on the specifics of
instructional needs & requests.

Experience

Management & Coordination

2011

The Kentuck Festival of the Arts, Tuscaloosa, AL

Volunteer
Coordinator &
Supervisor

Participated yearly in the Festival steering committee meetings

as well as recruited, manage, and supervise the teen volunteers
who paint childrens faces in the Kentuck for Kids
childrens activity area.

2005-2016

Skills
Instructional
Design

I have extensive experience with instructional technologies and virtual learning environments such as Canvas, Blackboard Learn, and Moodle.
I create instructional video with an eye toward bite-size learning and fast mastery of
concepts relating to library and information literacy, and the research process.
Examples:

http://tiny.cc/usfhelp
http://tiny.cc/Uborrow

http://tiny.cc/findingmedia
http://tiny.cc/LILO

General

On both Mac & PC platforms: skilled in use of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver and the Microsoft Office Suite. Internet research, database searching, fact checking. Digital drawing & painting, photo retouching, very
basic coding skills. Answering phones, word processing

Art & Craft

Drawing, painting, basic and advanced cloth bookbinding, creating paste papers and
marbled papers. Silk-screening, Letterpress and hand press techniques including
Sandragraph, linoleum block carving and printing, production of polymer plates for
printing, and setting and printing metal and wood type.

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