Kelci Baughman McDowell
also publishing as Kelci M. Kelci
EDUCATION
MLIS, San Jose State University, California, 2016
MFA in Writing, University of San Francisco, California, 2009
BA in English, University of San Francisco, 2005
Study abroad, IES/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Spring 2004
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Santa Clara University Library, Archives & Special Collections
Research & Instruction Services Coordinator, 3/2018 — present
University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library | Geschke Resource Center
Reference & Research Services Library Assistant, 2/2006 — 3/2018
Switchback Literary Magazine www.swback.com
Advising Editor, 5/2011 — 5/2012
Managing Editor, 3/2009 — 5/2011
Poetry Editor, 8/2007 — 3/2009
University of San Francisco, English Department
Teaching Assistant for Professor D.A. Powell, Spring, 2009
Graduate Theological Union, Flora Lamson Hewlett Library
Circulation Assistant, 9/2005 — 2/2006
University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library | Geschke Resource Center
Reference Desk Student Assistant, 2001 — 2005
CONFERENCE SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Virtual Class Visits to Archives & Special Collections: Florida Association of College and Research Libraries (FACRL) lightning round talk with Summer Shetenhelm, 2020
Intersectional Studies of Race, Ethnicity, Disability, and Indigeneity (starts at 50 minutes in recording): Santa Clara University Twin Pandemics Forum Panel Presentation with Erin Louthen, 2020
Slack and Communication: Tales from the Reference Department Student Workers: California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) Poster Session, 2018
Recruiting Student Workers with Facebook, California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) Poster Session, 2008
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
“Sharing Students” case study in Jackson, Holly A., ed., Sharing Spaces and Students: Employing Students in Collaborative Partnerships, Chicago: ACRL Publishing, 2020.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Library Association (ALA), Member, 2013 — present
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Member, 2013 — present
Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS), Member, 2013 — present
Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 2016 — present
Hand Bookbinders of California, Member, 2015 — 2017
SELECTED POETRY PUBLICATIONS
“Sun Disc and Its Prodigy," "The Year Without a Summer," and "My Familiar Face That Wants to Die with Life" in the Santa Clara Review, Volume 107, Issue 1, February 2020.
"Interview" in sPARKLE & bLINK 2.4, May 2011
"Judas Lies Dying" in BlazeVOX 2kX, Fall 2010
"Untitled" in BlazeVOX 2kX, Fall 2010
"melvin st., p.a." in Blood Lotus #17
"a betty crocker recipe" in Blue Moon Literary and Art Review, Issue 6, Fall/Winter 2010 (in print only; not available online)
"23: a spring of mornings looped," sPARKLE & bLINK, Issue #5, July 2010
"44: where parallels are lived," sPARKLE & bLINK, Issue #5, July 2010
"50: my mother and father," sPARKLE & bLINK, Issue #5, July 2010
"31: portrait of the muse as a young woman," sPARKLE & bLINK, Issue #5, July 2010
MFA Thesis, University of San Francisco: 52 Sundays, 2009
"Practice in Postmodernism," The Ignatian, 2005
"Untitled," The Ignatian, 2003
SELECTED POETRY READINGS
4th Annual Faculty, Staff, and Student Gleeson Library Poetry Reading, 4/2012
Quiet Lightning, Cafe du Nord, San Francisco, CA, 5/2011
Open Heart Poetry Featured Reader, 7/2010
Quiet Lightning, Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 7/2010
Richmond District Branch Library, Poets 11, San Francisco, CA, 4/2010
Peninsula Literary Series, Palo Alto, CA, 3/2010
USF MFA Graduate Reading, San Francisco, CA, 8/2009
SELECTED POETRY READINGS CURATED
Gleeson Library Poetry Celebration, 4/2014
Faculty, Staff, and Student Poetry Month Reading, USF Gleeson Library, 4/2011
Switchback Issue 13 Launch Party, Dog Eared Books, San Francisco, CA, 4/2011
Switchback Issue 12 Launch Party, Books and Bookshelves, San Francisco, CA, 11/2010
Faculty and Staff National Poetry Month Reading, USF Gleeson Library, 4/2010
Switchback Issue 11 Launch Party, Cantina, San Francisco, CA, 3/2010
Faculty and Staff National Poetry Month Reading, USF Gleeson Library, 4/2009
EXHIBITIONS
Books (?) by Poets (!), University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library, 11/2007-1/2008
AWARDS AND HONORS
University of San Francisco, Merit Award for Excellence in Service, 2017
Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) Library and Information Science Scholarship, 2014
Academic Colleges and Research Libraries (ACRL) Conference Scholarship Recipient, 2011
USF English Department Writing Contest – Poetry, Spring 2005
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
SCU Library Diversity Fellows Project Lead, 2018 — 2019
USF Muscat Scholar Program, Staff Mentor, 2017 — 2018
Shop Steward, Office and Professional Employees (Local 29, formerly Local 3), 2009 — 2018
Essay Scorer for the Leo Walsh Irish Scholarship Program, 4/2011 & 4/2012
USF Book Club Facilitator, 2007 — 2012
President’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women, USF, 2010 — 2012
CERTIFICATIONS & SKILLS
Certified in Core Bookbinding, San Francisco Center for the Book, 2015
Computer Skills: Windows 7, Windows 10, macOS, MS Office, Apple iWork Suite, Apple iLife Suite, WordPress, Squarespace, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Acrobat Professional, LibGuides, Innovative Interfaces Inc. Millennium/Sierra, Google Drive Suite, Google Calendar, LiveJournal, Blogger, Twitter, Instagram, basic html, Django content management system, Ektron content management system, and other internet and world wide web communications.
Book Art Skills: printing using laserjet printers, inkjet printers, and laserjet photocopiers; page producing using handmade Japanese paper and other special papers, such as cork paper; page mending using repair tissue and liquid plastic adhesive; binding using string, liquid plastic adhesive, yarn, and other sewing supplies; case and textblock mending and spine recovering using Exacto knives, binder tape, filament tape, Fastape, hinge re-enforcements, and liquid plastic adhesive; designing nontraditional books using wood, wire, found materials, fabric, iron-ons, and more.