May 2000 to present

Atikokan Mining Attraction, Manager

• Fundraising
• Website design
• Management of museum-like attraction
• Volunteer management
• Publicity and promotion
• Atikokan Mining Attraction
• Steep Rock Iron Mine Naturalization site
• Caland Ore Company
• "Paint the Pits" Party  (Program in development)
• Christmas "Stay-at-Home, Non-Event" (Local fundraising initiative)

February 2000

Atikokan Public Library, Workshop facilitator

• Writing and presentation of two HTML workshops to library staff and interested patrons

May 1998 to  Oct. 1999

HRDC Resource Centre, Librarian / Client assistance

• Client assistance with word processing, resume writing, and cover letter creation
• Required exceptional written and verbal skills
• Required tact, discretion and diplomacy
• Responsible for maintenance of small library
• Exceptional customer service in a high-intensity environment

January to April 1999

Lakehead University, Dept. of Library and Information Studies Sessional Lecturer

Digitization: an alternate option for information handling

With the successful completion of the Thunder Bay Public Library Digitization Project , I created a senior year Special Topics university course for LIS (Library and Information Studies).  The intent was to make graduating Library Technician students aware of the process of Digitization as a creative solution for handling photographic and text information. This course guided the students through various issues such as:

• Copyright and the Internet
• Computer hardware and software requirements
• Project Management skills
• Project Documentation
• Digital Library issues
• Scanning / Storage capacities / File sizes
• Budget considerations

November 1997 to April 1998

Thunder Bay Public Library Digitization Project, Project Coordinator

• Responsible for the successful completion of project objectives
• Project management, research on digital imaging issues
• Recommending and co-ordinating purchase of computer hardware and software
• Research and documentation of project process
• Scanning; data entry
• Presentations written and delivered on  TBPL Digitization Project
• Technical writing, coordination with service providers

• TBPL Digitization Project Home Page
• Web pages authored by Shawn Allaire:
• Mystery Photo page
• Credits page
• History Essay page
• Links Used page (a digital bibliography)
• Authored by Shawn Allaire:
• Promotional brochure, page 1 (217 K )
• Promotional brochure, page 2 (193 K)

July 1988 to November 1996

Old Fort William Resource Centre, Librarian / Library Technician

• Organizing and maintaining a highly specialized library collection
• Acquisitions / cataloguing (LC) / circulation / reference service
• Corporate archival document and blueprint collection administration
• Strategic planning, budgeting, policy development and documentation
• Specialized First Nation, genealogical and academic assistance
• Graphic design of library brochures, workshop facilitator

Prior Employment

Lakehead Board of Education, Instructional Media Centre

• Manager of Circulation Dept.
• Supervision of staff, statistics, cataloguing

Chancellor Paterson Library, Lakehead University

• Acquisitions and Cataloguing
• Circulation Desk