Welcome to the MLS Portfolio of
Virginia (Ginger) Shields
Samples of work from her Masters in Library Science classes
at the School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas

Projects or Papers	Speak & write knowledgeably about business issues & concerns	Diagnose the information needs of individuals & groups within an organization	Locate relevant information using a variety of print and electronic information sources	Repackage information, using appropriate formats to address the unique needs of customers	Design and implement systems to facilitate the creation, organization, diffusion, and dissemination of relevant information within the organization	Prepare well-written, coherent, succinct reports, in a style appropriate to the customer’s needs	Demonstrates creativity
Lexington Park Subdivision website Exercise in creating Information Architecture for a user-centric website
Practicum at Black & Veatch Overview of the deliverables during a three-week practicum
The Right Information and Value-Added Services: Making a Difference to the Bottom-Line In-House White Paper for a fictitious insurance company
Circle Life Insurance Company Annual Report Presentation Section of the annual report and presentation to the board for a fictitious insurance company Handout
Knowledge Mapping A PowerPoint presentation on what knowledge mapping is and how mapping can help us put information into context Script to go with presentation
Community Analysis Project A look at how boys use the library at BVN High School
XML An annotated bibliography about the tool XML
Metadata Tools A PowerPoint presentation presented in class – a group project
RSS – Presentation RSS – Brochure A presentation and brochure on RSS
Analyzing Automatic Indexing Issues
Database Design Preliminary database design for a church’s music and liturgical lessons
Exercise on Choosing an Integrated Library System Using research and analysis, a fictitious corporate library chooses an integrated library system.
News Crawl: News Nuggets or Fool’s Gold? Information Transfer Paper
Paper on scenario of law firm closing library Group paper
Bibliography on Japan as Early Adopters of Information Communication Technologies A bibliography of resources about Japan and both its national information infrastructure (NII) and connection to the GII
Our Friends Scrapbook Photos of the scrapbook showing the influences on the field of library science
Rug Interview Assignment Interview to diagnose and understand a user’s information search process in finding a rug
In Search of Money A paper on the process of a search. This search focused on resources for funding college costs
Ready Reference Sources Resources for social studies units for 5^th graders – reviewed and evaluated
Wayne’s World A graphic organizer of where a business person receives his information
NCLB Finding Aid Designed for teachers, this finding aid points to sources of information for the No Child Left Behind Act
Creating a Professional Image seminar notes

© 2005 Virginia Shields