Managed a media center serving students in grades K-5;Assisted teachers with locating and acquiring physical and digital resources to support their lessons;Partnered with administrators, specialists, teachers, and community stakeholders to createmeaningful literacy and STEM programs;Recruited, trained, and supervised library volunteers and instructional aides;Provided onsite technology troubleshooting and technical support to teachers and staff, communicatingissues to IT staff when necessary.;Collaborated with teachers, K-12 LLC Directors, and district administration to connectcontent-area, library, and technology curriculum;Instructed staff and students on the ethical use of information particularly with regard to copyright and intellectual property;Designed and delivered districtwide learning opportunities for staff at 21 school sites on new technology, both remotely and in person;Developed training materials to instruct staff on use of hardware and software;Quickly provided remote training and technology support to teachers as they pivoted todistance learning;Successfully wrote grants to update the nonfiction collection, launch an interactive ebooklibrary, and create a green screen recording studio;Coordinated and implemented 1:1 device initiative for in-person and remote students.

Wrote concise reviews of children's audiobooks for a professional audience with consideration given to both performance and technical quality.

Wrote articles for an audience of parents of preschool children on a variety of topics.Wrote and managed content for Chicago City Guide (2010-2011)http://www.savvysource.com/parenting/author/235-ashley-young

Wrote articles on naming trends with consideration given to pop-culture influences, current events, and search-engine optimization.

Managed a media center serving nearly 400 students;Assisted teachers with locating and acquiring resources to support their lessons;Partnered with administrators and teachers on program correlation;Managed day-to-day activities of library assistants and information technology assistants;Provided technical support to teachers and staff;Collaborated with teachers and district administration to connect content-area and technology curriculum to Common Core Standards;Instructed staff and students on the ethical use of information particularly with regard to copyright and intellectual property;Planned and conducted training for staff on new technology;Developed training materials to instruct staff on use of hardware and software;Worked with district IT staff and administration to evaluate solutions for file access and sharing.

Managed a high school media center serving 1,600 high school students;Selected, organized, and circulated a variety of materials to support the curriculum; Provided information literacy skills instruction to students;Collaborated with administrators and teachers on program correlation;Conducted in-service training in the use of library media resources and equipment; Supervised and trained library media instructional assistant and student assistants;Taught information literacy skills in cooperation with teachers;Provided technical support to teachers and staff;Participated in curriculum planning and development.

Worked on-site as a contractor to the National Library of Medicine on a project to convert medical journals into digital media for an online full-text database (PubMed Central);Ensured that converted content met NLM technical specifications for conversion and that the accompanying bibliographic citations adhere to the standardized structure for PubMed Central;Managed and provided guidance to a team of 3-4 Quality Assurance Reviewers and reviewed their work for accuracy and consistency;Identified error patterns across batches of converted content, with a focus on bibliographic errors in the XML citations for the scanned articles; Worked with NLM to refine QA procedures.

Managed a specialized library within a health services research and health policy association;Answered reference questions and provided resources for staff, members, and the public;Monitored online and print sources for news and publications of relevance to staff members;Evaluated resources for relevance and acquired those deemed best for the organization’s purpose;Organized library materials to optimize accessibility; Executed work under contract by the National Library of Medicine on projects such as HSRProj and the Health Outcomes Core Library Recommendations (published 2004).

Cataloged the NGA collection of slides focused on an exhibit of the work of Paul Cézanne; prepared new slides and remounted old slides; translated French titles to English; Described the artwork using MARC standards; Created bibliographic records according to the NGA Slide Library Cataloging Manual.