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Centreville, Virginia, United States

♦ Supervise and train volunteer tutors to provide one-on-one technology instruction to patrons on personal electronic devices, such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, and digital cameras.♦ Offer patron and staff instruction for the "Memory Depot" - a do it yourself (DIY) station which enables patrons the ability to digitize physical materials, such as photographic prints, negatives and slides, as well as VHS, audio cassettes, 3.5" floppy disks, and vinyl record albums. ♦ Provide 3D printing services including slicing files on Cura software, operate a Jellybox 3, Creality, and TAZ Lulzbot 3D printers, as well as communicate with patrons via a 3D printing app.♦ Staff "Ask Your Library," an online chat reference service that provides timely, authoritative answers to factual questions and guidance in conducting personal research using databases and freely available web resources. ♦ Fulfill "Library to Go" requests - an online concierge book selection service that makes it easy for patrons to find their next great read.♦ Perform collection development and management by weeding, marketing, and merchandising library materials.♦ Answer informational and reference questions from customers using print and electronic database resources.♦ Produce monthly adult take & make crafts, brain game handouts, adult coloring pages, and other creative passive adult programs.♦ Promote programs, services, physical and digital collections by creating and editing flyers, posters, and book displays using Canva.com and Pixlr.com.Key Contributions:♦ Awarded a Service Oriented Internal Recognition Award for going above and beyond.♦ Helped build a Jellybox 3 3D printer for our library to meet community demand; trained fellow staff on basic 3D printing and troubleshooting procedures; and engaged outside assistance for more serious printing challenges.

Manassas, Virginia, United States

♦ Supervise and evaluate two (2) Youth Services Librarians and teen volunteers. ♦ Initiate outreach at community events, preschool, elementary, middle, and high schools and other organizations.♦ Establish, coordinate and evaluate library programming for children and teens. ♦ Conduct weekly and monthly programs. ♦ Create and maintain Youth Services department calendar of events. ♦ Supervise and implement collection maintenance of all formats of Children’s and Young Adult Departments. ♦ Monitor department budget and expenses. ♦ Compile monthly programming statistics and write departmental report for submission to branch manager.

Belle Glade, Florida, United States

♦ Maintain collection development for 3 library branches. Curate adult fiction, non-fiction and YA graphic novels.♦ Develop and teach virtual and in-person adult classes and community outreach programs in order to enhance library services and increase library patronage.♦ Remotely train staff at 17 library locations iMovie video editing in order to offer virtual programming while facilities were temporarily closed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Designed accompanying training materials.♦ Provide guidance to patrons with general reference service, circulation, interlibrary loans, and computer use. ♦ Record daily and monthly statistics for adult classes taught and assistance given to library members.♦ Create subject-themed library book displays and provide reading guidance for library members.♦ Inventory adult collections, identifying areas of loss, as well as needs for rebalancing, weeding, curating and replacing.Key Contributions:♦ Awarded two (2) Employee Recognition Awards for Efficiency and Effective & Community Outreach/Civic Service and Morale Building/Team Building.♦ Leading county-wide effort to digitize and identify a new vendor to preserve hardcopy internal documents, archive records, photos, and newspaper articles as well as manage organizational data with standard descriptions and metadata in order to increase discoverability, retrievability, and facilitating dissemination and guidance to public users of information.♦ Remotely trained staff at 17 library locations iMovie video editing in order to offer virtual programming while facilities were temporarily closed due to COVID-19 pandemic. Designed accompanying training materials.

Belle Glade, Florida, United States

♦ Manage, train and schedule one (1) Librarian I and four (4) Library Associates at three (3) library branches.♦ Responsible for Youth Services hiring, performance evaluations and training at three (3) library branches.♦ Deliver library services to children, teens, parents and caregivers at the service desk, including access to public library resources both in print and online.♦ Maintain relationships with patrons and community outreach partners for story times and literacy projects. ♦ Prepare and conduct classes and programs for ages birth-18 and families in-person and virtually via Zoom. ♦ Maintain the library's physical collections for children and teens. ♦ Conduct research, readers' advisory services and technology assistance.♦ Manage programming and serials collection budget and inventory.♦ Oversee the Summer Reading Program and building with regard to the health/safety of staff and members.♦ Create book displays and post promotional materials that support children and teen programming and subjects.

Delray Beach, Fl

♦ Staff "Ask a Librarian" remote help desk, offering online reference assistance and seeking answers for residents in the state of Florida; focusing our commitment to the members and mission of the Delray Beach Public Library.♦ Provide adult internet/computer classes and technology instruction.♦ Answer informational and reference questions by conducting reference interviews as well as using open source and subscription-based resources and databases.♦ Assist library customers with computer usage; readers' advisory services requests in the selection of leisure books, reference materials, periodicals, media, and other materials.; as well as in the use of print and electronic resources and the online public access catalog.♦ Offer assistance to adults and children in all technical areas including downloading eBooks, digital online services and the use of smartphones and tablets.♦ Troubleshoot computer issues, as well as document and report unresolved problems through proper channels.♦ Collect and report on library-related statistics.♦ Manage, train and supervise 3 volunteers fulfilling community service hour requirementsKey Contributions:♦ Designed 3 new technology courses as internet-based video tutorials on social media during the COVID-19 outbreak.

West Palm Beach, Florida

♦ Answer research questions, issue library cards, check out materials for loan, and create search aids. Oversee interlibrary loans; maintain various databases; and help organize special events and community outreach.♦ Conduct hands-on computer classes, lectures, and one-on-one tutorials for staff and patrons. Create easy-to-follow instructional handouts. Update class manuals for programs. ♦ Participate in library committees, including recommending strategies for consistent technology course design. Key Contributions:♦ Awarded two (2) Employee Recognition Awards for Community Outreach/Civic Service by recommending video production equipment and software needed for a new, grant-funded multimedia room; and for going Above & Beyond by using personal time to create a virtual readout of banned books during “Banned Books Week.”♦ Successfully standardized basic technology courses for 17 public library branches. ♦ Served a need in the community to enable patrons to practice taking their driver’s test online for free by suggesting the inclusion of DRIVING-TESTS.ORG as a new service on the library’s website.

Palm Beach, Florida

♦ Set up, operated and maintained multimedia equipment, including stage lighting, projectors, screens, audio mixers, microphones, switchers, and dimmers, for $100,000 to $1 million corporate and wedding events. ♦ Scheduled and coordinated events planning to ensure equipment and staging had been prepped, set, and struck. ♦ Setup and maintained internet and phone connections, computers, printers, and fax machines for guests.Key Contributions:♦ Provide additional technology support services to hotel clients.

Pompano Beach, Florida

♦ Multi-tasked as Interim Television Studio Manager and Liaison for Production, Logistics, and Executive departments.♦ Implemented creative set designs, lighting, troubleshooting, grip work, computer teleprompting, product placement, and set painting.♦ Edited infomercial scripts while maintaining communication with producers and talent.♦ Maintained inventory and maintenance of production studio and field equipment.

Changxing, Zhejiang Province, China

♦ Implemented new strategies and techniques for English language studies for a wide range of students from primary school to adult level.♦ Encouraged active oral communication, improved grammar, and fine-tuned English pronunciation skills.♦ Cooperated and established business relationships and public presentations with local academic schools in order to improve enrollment and increase public awareness for the Hope Language Institute.♦ Sustained a monthly language workshop with local college and high school students known as "English Corner" in order to improve oral English communication.♦ Assisted the Hope Language Institute prepare for academic English language proficiency exams.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: ✯ Member of American Library Association ✯ Member of Golden Key Honors Society

Screenwriting

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Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Communications

Activities and Societies: ✯ Historian for Golden Key International Honor Society.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: ✯ Historian for Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, Omega Phi chapter.

Vietnamese

Certificate, Advanced Tesol Certificate (180 Hours)