Dana Mascari Email & Phone Number

● Serves as the Adult Services Manager and coordinates the implementation of adult programs● Responsible for training, supervision and management of Adult Services staff● Performs professional and administrative library work and develops and provides library services and programs thatsupport the library's strategic plan● Assists with preparation and monitoring of unit budget● Develops proactive relationships with appropriate community organizations● Serves on the regional library management team and committees as assigned● Provides excellent customer service in a team-based environment

Bradenton, Florida

● Assists in the hiring, training and supervising of a 6-8 person branch● Budgets, plans and runs Adult programming (cooking, art, crafts, film, yoga, music, geocaching, ect) as well as booksoutside programs/lecturers● Assists in the renovation of building, collection and layout● Helps with children's programs as needed, planned and ran teen programs as needed● Chairs/founded Assistant Supervisors Committee for the system bringing together branches to discuss and implementpolicies and procedures● Markets all branch programs though flyers, digital screens, Facebook, online calendars and outreach● Chairs/founded yearly Book Edible Book Contest including funding, design, promotion, prizes and activities● Schedules meeting room taking and approving outside applications and scheduling in house programming use● In-charge of building including locking up and processing incident reports and or trespassing if needed● Yearly event committees; ManaCon, Edible Book and Teen Recycled Fashion Show● Leads branch meetings to keep staff on the same page, address concerns, use team building exercises● Chairs/founded yearly Craft Manatee including funding, design, promotion, prizes and activities● Designs maintains building book displays● Meets with Friends of the Library to discuss donations, book sales, Open House and budget● Negotiates and processes debit collect issues and other transactions with patrons

Bradenton, Fl

Assists in the hiring, training and supervising of a 7-9 person department including a system wide courier Chairs/founded Assistant Supervisors Committee for the system bringing together branches to discusses and implement policy and producesCoordinates all volunteers including recruitment, training, scheduling and supervising Chairs/founded Volunteer Committee for the system working with volunteer coordinators of each branch to develop a training system and discuss improvementsChairs/founded yearly Book-Inspired Edible Creations contest including funding, design, promotion, prizes and foodCo-wrote grants for interactive ebook display and a geocaching program/eventChairs film series/program, including funding, title selection, promotion and day of dutiesBooks the four meeting rooms in building taking and approving applications and schedulingSupervises intern who designed and taught a series of tech classes including iPhone, iPad, ectIn-charge of building on rotation; including locking up and processing incident reports and or trespassing if neededYearly event committees; ManaCon, Edible Book and Teen Recycled Fashion ShowLeads weekly department meetings on regular basis to keep staff on same page, address concerns, use team building exercisesCovers reference and children desks as requested, Negotiates and processes debit collect issues and transactions, Approves monthly department purchase orders, Attended library and leadership conferences including FLA and Open Streets

Gainesville, Florida Area

Assisted in training, supervising, and managing five student employees in lending, borrowing, and all proceduresUtilized an automated database and other software (OCLC, Illiad, Odyssey, and Ariel) to locate potential sourcesAddressed patron problems via phone, email and in person at circulation desk regarding borrowing, lending, account and UBorrow issues, including explaining policies to customers Submitted purchase orders and update information on the course reserve system and Books on Demand Updated instruction manual for shipping coordinator position, training new co-workersCommunicated with lending libraries worldwide in order to borrow materials for patrons, insuring conditionals and other issues are addressedMaintained lending and shipping skills in order to back up all three areas of the ILL departmentResolved student employee issues with lending, borrowing, and UBORROW assigned activitiesCommunicated policy and instruction to UF faculty, library staff and student on how to use the ILL and course reserves system

Gainesville, Florida Area

~ Provides instruction to UF faculty and library staff on how to use the course reserves system~ Processes requests submitted via the system~ Verifies copyright compliance for requests and uploaded materials and refers excessive requests to theCopyright Coordinator~ Processes, pages and creates catalog records for hard copy items~ Submits purchase orders to acquisitions for books not owned by the UF Libraries and updates informationon the course reserve system~ Processes, pages and scans articles and book chapters for electronic reserves items and links requests incourse reserves to the UF Libraries catalog~ Submits ILL requests for items not owned by the UF Libraries~ Submits purchase orders to acquisitions for books not owned by the UF Libraries and updates informationon the course reserve system~ Communicates effectively and professionally and interacts with colleagues in a positive and respectfulmanner at all times~ Assists customers with inquiries in person, via email, and by phone

Gainesville, Florida Area

~Utilized Ex Libris DigiTool to create and edit collections for the State University System digital collection (PALMM)~Processed new entities, created descriptor files, and attached Dublin Core ~Attached MARC records from ALEPH records to images in PALMM collections~Generated and tested items for the DigiTool to Florida Digital Archive process and analyzed output for accuracy ~Edited SUS metadata to ensure proper Florida Digital Archive loadinghttp://palmm.fcla.edu/http://daitss.fcla.edu/

Tallahassee, Florida Area

~Acquired practical library and information center experience through daily responsibilities; circulation, holds, fines reconciliation, virtual and face-to-face reference, shelving, and various problem solving ~Shifted book and bound periodicals collections allowing for growth and collection expansion~Researched major sub-divisions of LOC classification to accommodate call numbers in specialized library~Compiled lists of International Juvenile Literature for faculty curriculum support and Goldstein Library Collection Development Policy~Compared lists against current library holdings and prepared materials for order~Attended book repair workshop learning basic techniques such as end sheet replacement, fixing tears/ripped pages, single or multiple pages falling out, covers with frayed edges or corners that have the cover board exposed, and books with multiple problems

Sanibel Island, Florida

~Researched, designed, and presented computer classes for patrons~Assisted staff with Inter-Library Loan processing, inventory, donation processing and catalog modification ~Maintained and updated both staff and public computer and printer hardware/software ~Addressed patron email, internet, catalog, Word/Excel and other public computer issues ~Instrumental in processing the more than 43,000 patron Internet sessions from April 2005 to March 2006

Masters, Management (Msm)

Classes Completed: Stats for Managers Organizational Behavior Organizational Staffing Production & Operations Management Art and Science.

Masters, Library And Information Science (Mlis)

Activities and Societies: Student ALA ChapterClasses Completed: Research Methods in Information Studies Foundations of the Information.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Religion