EDUCATION:

Master of Library and Information Science (2003)
University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Subject: Library and Information Science

Bachelor of Fine Arts (1996)
Mississippi State University, Starkville, Mississippi
Subject: Studio Art


EMPLOYMENT:

Part-Time Instructor, (2009 to present)
Master of Library and Information Science Program
Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia

Systems/Catalog Librarian, Instructor (2006 to present)
Library Technical Services
Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia

Catalog Librarian, Instructor (2004 - 2006)
Library Technical Services
Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Georgia

Documents Cataloging Specialist (2001 - 2004)
Bibliographic Services, University Libraries
The University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi

Library Assistant II (1998 - 2001)
Reference Department
The Library of Hattiesburg, Petal and Forrest County, Hattiesburg, Mississippi


PUBLICATIONS:

A. Articles

Minchew, Tessa. “The De Grummond Children’s Literature Collection.” Biblio-Notes 41 (2003): 3-4.

Minchew, Tessa. “Collection Development for an Electronic Library.” Mississippi Libraries 66 (2002): 110-112.

B. Reviews

Waller, David. The Magnificent Mrs. Tennant: The Adventurous Life of Gertrude Tennant, Victorian Grande Dame. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 134(13), 92.

Gerber, Robin. Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her. New York: HarperCollins, 2009. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 134(2), 78.

Gelardi, Julia P. In Triumph's Wake: Royal Mothers, Tragic Daughters. New York: St. Martin's, 2008. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 133(17), 79.

Nicolson, Adam. Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family and the High Road to Civil War. New York: HarperCollins, 2008. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 133(14), 142.

Barmé, Geremie R. The Forbidden City. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2008. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 133(8), 80.

Funderburg, Lise. Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home--A Memoir. New York: Free Press, 2008. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 133(5), 77.

Di Robilant, Andrea. Lucia: A Venetian Life in the Age of Napoleon. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2008. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 133(1), 113.

Isay, David, ed. Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project. New York: Penguin Press, 2007. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 132(16), 86.

Rothfeder, Jeffrey. McIlhenny's Gold: How a Louisiana Family Built the Tabasco Empire. New York: Collins, 2007. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 132(14), 146.

Ronald, Susan. The Pirate Queen: Queen Elizabeth I, Her Pirate Adventurers, and the Dawn of Empire. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 132(10), 126-127.

Tinniswood, Adrian. The Verneys: A True Story of Love, War, and Madness in Seventeenth-Century England. London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 132(9), 102.

Goldstone, Nancy. Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters Who Ruled Europe. New York: Viking, 2007. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 132(5), 81.

Mellor, C. Michael. Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius. Boston, Mass.: National Braille Press, 2006. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 131(16), 86.

Cashin, Joan E. First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 131(12), 87.

Zimmerman, Jean. The Women of the House: How a Colonial She-Merchant Built a Mansion, a Fortune, and a Dynasty. Orlando, Fla.: Harcourt, Inc., 2006. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 131(10), 137.

Kurin, Richard. Hope Diamond: The Legendary History of a Cursed Gem. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books, 2006. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 131(7), 90.

Lovell, Mary S. Bess of Hardwick: Empire Builder. New York: Norton, 2006. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 131(4), 100.

Bowler, Gerry. Santa Claus: A Biography. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2005. & Seal, Jeremy. Nicholas: The Epic Journey from Saint to Santa Claus. New York: Bloomsbury, 2005. Reviewed in: Library Journal Xpress Reviews, http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6280128.html

Boynton, Victoria and Jo Malin, eds. Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2005. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 130(17), 82.

Thane, Pat, ed. A History of Old Age. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2005. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 130(15), 79-80.

Grunwald, Lisa and Stephen J. Adler, eds. Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present. New York: Dial Press, 2005. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 130(14), 161.

Budiansky, Stephen. Her Majesty's Spymaster: Elizabeth I, Sir Francis Walsingham, and the Birth of Modern Espionage. New York: Viking, 2005. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 130(13), 99.

Monaghan, E. Jennifer. Learning To Read and Write in Colonial America: Literacy Instruction and Acquisition in a Cultural Context. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2005. Reviewed in: Library Journal, 130(12), 98.

Daugharty, Janice. Just Doll: a Novel. Fort Worth, Tex. : Baskerville Publishers, 2004. Reviewed in: Georgia Library Quarterly, 42(1), 21.

Mitcham, Judson. Sabbath Creek: a Novel. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2004. Georgia Library Quarterly, 41(2), 54.


PRESENTATIONS & PANELS:

Minchew, Tessa, Elaine Yontz, Guy Frost, Rebecca Homan, Graham, Susan & Wendy Moore “Technical Services Pecha Kucha.” Presented at Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO) Conference, Athens, Ga., October 17, 2008.

Minchew, Tessa. “Labels Don’t Have to Hurt: Getting Started with Strawn’s VgerSpin.” Presented at GIL Users Group Meeting (GUGM), Fort Valley, Ga., May 15, 2008.

Minchew, Tessa. “All the Cool Kids Are Doing It: Website Cataloging in Connexion.” Presented at Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO) Conference, Jekyll Island, Ga., October 19, 2007.

Minchew, Tessa & Maureen Puffer-Rothenberg. “Back to Basics: The Voyager Cataloging Module and Strawn’s Label Program.” Presented at GIL Users Group Meeting (GUGM), Fort Valley, Ga., May 17, 2007.

Jeffrey, Cathy, Tessa Minchew & Betsy Griffies. “What’s In the Goody Bag?” Panel discussion at OCLC/SOLINET Georgia Users Group Fall Meeting, Barnesville, Ga., October 10, 2006.

Minchew, Tessa. “DVD Cataloging Basics.” Presented at Georgia Council of Media Organizations (GaCOMO) Conference, Athens, Ga., September 22, 2006.

Minchew, Tessa. “Collection Development for an Electronic Library: Keeping Your Virtual Ducks in a Row.” Paper presented at First Impressions: SLIS Student Paper Presentations, Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Hattiesburg, Miss., October 16, 2002.


SERVICE ACTIVITIES:

Georgia Perimeter College:

College-wide:

• Ad Hoc Website Review Committee
  (Member, March 2006 - June 2006)
• Librarian Promotion and Tenure Panel
  (2005/06 - 2006/07)

Discipline:

• Circulation Committee
  (Member, August 2006 to present)
• GPC Libraries Internal Weblog
  (Administrator and Poster, May 2005 to present)
• Ad Hoc Library Website Look and Feel Committee
  (Member, March 2005 - January 2007)
  (Chair, February 2006 - January 2007)
• Serials Committee
  (Member, June 2005 – September 2007)
• Staff Development Committee
  (Chair, June 2004 - September 2006)
• Web Committee
  (Chair, February 2007 to present)

Georgia Library Association:

• Executive Board
  (Member, January 2009 to present)
• Interest Group Council
  (Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, January 2009 to December 2009)
  (Chair, January 2010 to present)
• Records Committee
  (Member, January 2006 - December 2006)
• Technical Services Interest Group
  (Member, January 2004 to present)
  (Secretary/Treasurer, January 2006 - December 2006)
  (Vice-Chair/Chair Elect, January 2007 - December 2007)
  (Chair, January 2008 to December 2008)

LISSA, Student Chapter of the American Library Association, University of Southern Mississippi:

• Vice-President
  (October 2001 - October 2002)
• Public Relations Officer
  (October 2000 - October 2001)

The Internet Public Library’s "Ask-A-Question" Service:

• Volunteer
  (January 2001 - September 2002)

The Open Directory Project:

• Editor, Mississippi Libraries and Special Collections Facilities
  (August 2000 - October 2001)

MEMBERSHIPS:

American Library Association (2001 - 2004)
Beta Phi Mu, Beta Psi Chapter (2004 to present)
Georgia Library Association (2004 to present)
Mississippi Library Association (2001 - 2003)


HONORS & AWARDS:

Beta Phi Mu Scholarship Award (2002)
Beta Psi Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, University of Southern Mississippi

Winner, Beta Phi Mu Student Research Competition (2002)
Beta Psi Chapter of Beta Phi Mu, University of Southern Mississippi


CONTINUING EDUCATION:

E-Resource Licensing: Overview and How-To for the Non-Lawyer
(Live Online: July 30, 2009)
Lyrasis

OCLC Expert Community Experiment Webinar
(Live Online: February 19, 2009)
OCLC, Online Computer Library Center

Changes Ahead with AACR2, RDA, and FRBR
(Live Online: August 21, 2008)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

E-Resource Wrangling: An Introduction to ERMS
(Live Online: May 20, 2008)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

Local Holdings Maintenance Basics
(SOLINET Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia: April 26, 2006)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

Basic Subject Cataloging Using Library of Congress Subject Headings
(SOLINET Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia: November 14-15, 2005)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

Web Design with Cascading Style Sheets
(SOLINET Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia: July 28, 2004)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

Union Listing Basics
(R.T. Jones Memorial Library, Canton, Georgia: April 14, 2004)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network & The Georgia Public Library Service

Cataloging Visual Materials and Electronic Resources
(Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana: June 4, 2003)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

Cataloging Internet Resources
(Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana: June 3, 2003)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network

Introduction to the Authority File
(University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi: March 13, 2002)
SOLINET, The Southeastern Library Network