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Hunter Branch

Salt Lake County, Utah, United States

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

- Directly supervise Library Aides, including hiring, promotion, orientation, training, and performance assessment.- Overseeing the budget for Marmalade Branch Adult Services programs and outreach.- Serving as the acting manager and representing the Marmalade Branch at public events.- Overseeing Adult Collection (Fiction/Non-Fiction/Graphic Novels) as well as weeding. - Established a unique approach and philosophy to programs, partnerships, and outreach by relying on the Library’s mission and strategic areas of focus.- Utilized Design Thinking for Libraries toolkit while developing new programs and outreaches.- Built and revitalized adult programs, classes and events for the Marmalade Branch, over 80 programs in 2018/19 with an average attendance of 71 patrons per event.- Created and encouraged new programs such as Marmalade Coffee and Chocolate Class and Book Club, Ramadan Celebration, Town Hall with KRCL, TEDxMarmaladeLibrary, Tea Tuesdays, Bob Ross Paint along, Marmalade Town Hall Series, etc.- Introduced best practices for the Marmalade Branch adult programs which have been approved and adopted by the Adult Services Coordinator.- Served as a TEDx event organizer. Produced and published TEDx videos that are available on the official TEDx YouTube page.- Established strategic partnerships and conducted outreach with multiple community-based organizations including, Utah Humanities, Artes de Mexico, Rumi Poetry Club, KRCL, University of Utah Dream Center, Salt Lake Community College, Marmalade Coffee and Chocolate Society, Salt Lake Acting Company, Utah Tea Guild, etc.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

- Provided reference help and helped with the collection development.- Promoted library's programs, services and databases (Mango languages, Overdrive, 3M, etc.), providing one-on-one computer help.- Created weekly displays.- Planned, scheduled, budgeted and proposed several library projects (Celebrating 100 years, eBook Handouts, Sugar House Fair).- Hired, trained, managed, scheduled volunteers for the Branch.

Anderson-Foothill Branch

• Assisting in circulation procedures (answering patrons questions concerning circulation rules, processing library card applications, receiving hold requests, taking care of missing parts and damaged items, checking books and materials in and out, collecting fines)• Helping patrons to locate certain types of books in the library, unpacking and triggering holds • Instructing patrons how to use the library’s computers, copier and other equipment • Planning, organizing, coordinating art exhibits and activities (6-7 exhibits per year), promoting library’s programs, services and databases (mango languages, overdrive eBooks and eaudiobooks) • Hanging and displaying artwork, organizing art receptions • Presenting and reviewing books

• Collected and analyzed information about newsworthy events in order to write news• Wrote, designed and produced news and interpreted it for the audience.• Read news stories, provided lead-ins for reports by others, interviewed guests, provided live coverage of events, booked and briefed interviewees

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Organizational Leadership

Bachelor Of Business Communication, Public Relations/Image Management