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Matthew Upson 1002 Lawrence Street Emporia, KS 66801 785-691-6778 [email protected] [email protected] WORK EXPERIENCE Miller Library, McPherson College, McPherson, KS, August 2009 – Present Director of Library Services School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS, July 2008 – July 2009 Graduate Student Assistant • Perform Research for assigned faculty; heavy usage of varied databases • Act as course manager for online Blackboard course • Assist with logistical and technological issues • Proctor weekend intensive courses • Workgroup involved in redesigning graduate assistantship structure • Specialized in providing assistance to Reference/Instruction-based courses Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, Dole Archives, Lawrence, KS, May 2008 – July 2008 Archival Intern • Responsible for arrangement, description, and database entry of Robert J. Dole’s U.S. House of Representatives papers. • Utilized ARCHON system Lawrence Public Schools, Lawrence, KS, January 2007 – May 2008 Paraeducator • Special Education • Group and individual tutoring • Title I Resource Room (Math) • Coordinated after-school program for 7th graders History Department, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, July 2006 – December 2006 Graduate Teaching Assistant Matthew Upson Resume

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Teaching Assistant for U.S. History through the Civil War undergraduate course Responsible for conducting 3 weekly discussion sections of 30 students each Created and graded exam questions Created weekly online exams drawn from course readings Modified online student resources (Blackboard) Acted as Student/Faculty liaison

The Noble Foundation, Ardmore, OK, May 1999 – July 2006 (Summers) Landscape Maintenance Technician • Responsible for landscape care and grounds maintenance EDUCATION Master of Library and Information Science Emporia State University, Summer, 2009 • Overall GPA of 3.98 (Post-Spring 2009 after 40 credit hours) Master of Arts in History (Anticipated) Emporia State University, Fall, 2011 Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education Oklahoma State University, Spring, 2006 • Overall GPA of 3.71 • Minor in History – 4.0 GPA in History coursework (30 Hours) • Graduated Cum Laude PAPERS • “‘Our German Calamity’: Readings in the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” • “An Ardor Verging on Recklessness: VII Corps in Operation Cobra” • “The Information Transfer Process: World War II History” • “The Effect of Cultural Relevance on Native American Public Library Usage: A Research Proposal” • “Library Needs Assessment for Americus, Kansas” • “The Link between Democratic Struggle and ICT Development in Paraguay” PRESENTATIONS • Panel Member - Session on Paraguayan Libraries and Information Locations Spring 2009 KLA/MPLA Conference, Wichita, KS • Librarything and the Online Participatory Catalog Matthew Upson Resume

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Poster Presentation - Spring 2009 KLA/MPLA Conference, Wichita, KS Dynamic Learning Places of Paraguay with Maria Scherich Poster Presentation - Spring 2009 KLA/MPLA Conference, Wichita, KS

RESEARCH INTERESTS • Libraries and Emerging Democracies • International Diplomacy in the Information Age • Web 2.0Tagging/Online Participatory Cataloging COMMITTEES • 2010 Kansas Reads Committee, 2009-2010 • Mentoring Committee, New Members Roundtable, ALA Member 2009-2010 • Marshall Cavendish Award Committee, New Members Roundtable, ALA Member 2009-2010 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS • American Library Association (2008 -) Reference and User Services Association Division -History Section Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table New Members Round Table Social Responsibilities Round Table • President (Spring 2009 -), Student Chapter of the American Library Association (SCALA), Emporia State University (2008 -) • Kansas Library Association (2008 -) College and University Libraries Section PROFESSIONAL LICENSES • Oklahoma Teaching License 6th-12th grade Social Studies HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS AND EXAMINATION SCORES • ALA Student-to-Staff Program, Summer 2009, Emporia State University Chosen to represent ESU School of Library and Information Management at annual ALA conference in Chicago as a student worker. • Martha Furbur Scholar, Spring 2009, Emporia State University Member of delegation sent to Asuncion, Paraguay; responsible for the study of information resources in developing democracies; work on developing possible grant proposals. • Noble Foundation Academic Scholarship, 2001 – 2005 Scholarship of $20,000 over four years of undergraduate studies • President’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University Fall 2002 Spring 2003 Fall 2005 Matthew Upson Resume

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Dean’s Honor Roll, Oklahoma State University Fall 2003 Fall 2004 Spring 2005 Graduate Record Examination, Fall 2005 Verbal Score – 570 Quantitative Score – 640 Analytical Writing Score – 5.5

VOLUNTEER SERVICE • Lowther North Intermediate School, Emporia, KS Spring 2009 Lunchtime Homework Room Supervisor • College and University Libraries Section, KLA, Annual Conference, Lawrence, KS Fall 2008 Technology Support • Friends of the Emporia Public Library, Emporia, KS Board of Directors, August 2008 – August 2009 • Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence, KS Technical Services Volunteer, MARC Records Updating CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED • ALA Annual Conference (July 2009) • University of Kansas Libraries – Day on the Job (April 2009) • Kansas Library Association/Mountain Plains Library Association Joint Conference (April 2009) • Kansas Library Association, College and University Libraries Section Fall Conference (October 2008)

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