David C. Waddell Email & Phone Number

• Creates new innovations in library service though community-led R & D• Works across silos to find opportunities and areas for collaboration• Nurtures community connections and listens for potential project opportunities crafted from the best available technologies

An acting opportunity where I coordinated the work of three different teams, totaling 20 employees.• Navigated contract negotiations with vendors and coordinated tech. purchases• Wrapped up two new digital initiative projects that were in process• Handled human resource matters and resolved disputes

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Led the branch team and increased sense of cohesion while resolving HR concerns• Maintained physical collections to make them responsive to patron demand within complicated spatial restrictions• Created a patron loyalty program to reduce barriers for patrons struggling with returning items• Led the branch team and increased sense of cohesion while resolving HR issues• Maintained physical collections to make them responsive to patron demand and complicated spatial… Show more • Led the branch team and increased sense of cohesion while resolving HR concerns• Maintained physical collections to make them responsive to patron demand within complicated spatial restrictions• Created a patron loyalty program to reduce barriers for patrons struggling with returning items• Led the branch team and increased sense of cohesion while resolving HR issues• Maintained physical collections to make them responsive to patron demand and complicated spatial restrictions• Created a patron loyalty program to reduce barriers for patrons struggling with returning items• Setup a recurring and highly subscribed series of employment workshops with a local service provider Show less

Vancouver, Bc

• Lead a team of librarians, designers, and technicians to constantly innovate new ways to engage the public online with the host of services VPL has to offer• Conducted user experience tests and pollinated UX thinking across the organization to provide constant evaluation of library experience• Drupal power user with experience working with JavaScript, SASS, CSS, and Python to collaborate with my team towards amazing results• Ignited collaboration with forward-thinking approaches… Show more • Lead a team of librarians, designers, and technicians to constantly innovate new ways to engage the public online with the host of services VPL has to offer• Conducted user experience tests and pollinated UX thinking across the organization to provide constant evaluation of library experience• Drupal power user with experience working with JavaScript, SASS, CSS, and Python to collaborate with my team towards amazing results• Ignited collaboration with forward-thinking approaches to team-building to make sure that there is always room at the table for the best possible solution Show less

• Help connect community members with creative technology and each other• Design information repositories and structures• Promote digital creativity hubs like VPL's Inspiration LabMy job lets me collect a whole new kind of resource to share in our library's collection: human stories. Citizens possess lived experiences that are as rich and meaningful as published works. These stories need to be preserved and promoted in the digital environment. I look at how a public library can… Show more • Help connect community members with creative technology and each other• Design information repositories and structures• Promote digital creativity hubs like VPL's Inspiration LabMy job lets me collect a whole new kind of resource to share in our library's collection: human stories. Citizens possess lived experiences that are as rich and meaningful as published works. These stories need to be preserved and promoted in the digital environment. I look at how a public library can support community projects with technology and empower those communities to see the benefits of engagement.To accomplish this, I am part of a team that designs information repositories, tools, and IT structures (both front end and back end). I also start conversations at a grass roots level, helping people record stories about their lived experiences and add them to the collection. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Manage project milestones and objectives• Manage vendor relations and conduct UX quality assurance tests on the module• Assign tasks to a team of three to collect and curate user's cultural content via interviews/community eventsI worked as the project lead for the cultural and technological content of the Vancouver Public Library's 'Story City' project and website. The site was part of the Canada 150+ initiatives and received a grant. The results were dozens of community… Show more • Manage project milestones and objectives• Manage vendor relations and conduct UX quality assurance tests on the module• Assign tasks to a team of three to collect and curate user's cultural content via interviews/community eventsI worked as the project lead for the cultural and technological content of the Vancouver Public Library's 'Story City' project and website. The site was part of the Canada 150+ initiatives and received a grant. The results were dozens of community events, 400+ participants, and over 600+ interviews, the largest project of its type for VPL and the City of Vancouver. The project launched on time and on budget. Show less

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Create connections in my community with a focus on middle-years children (ages 6-12)• Design new programs like the Parents Night Out: Best Books for Reluctant Readers• Create a program to help children learn to code using raspberry pi microcomputers

Central / Outreach (Community School)

• Develop programming using iPads, laptops, visual arts projects, and Minecraft• Collaborate with the Vancouver School Board to create an immersive experience• Produce new programming models that can be replicated in the future by Vancouver Public Library• Create evaluations that get to the heart of the story using e-surveys and video interviews

Vancouver,

• Educate and facilitate skill sharing with community groups through outreach programming and collaboration• Assist in change management to leverage the strengths of an information service based model• Use a research oriented approach to measure success and help make the right choices with the help of my community

Vancouver, Bc

Surrey, Bc

Ubc Vancouver

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Co-taught pilot advanced poetry course where the UBC students also volunteer to teach poetry to K-6

616 Macleod Trail Southeast, Calgary, Ab T2G 2M2

• Spearheaded what is now ongoing community partnerships• Coordinated 100+ public programs system wide each year• Organized a Budget Travel Fair across 3 branches

616 Macleod Trail Southeast, Calgary, Ab T2G 2M2

Master Of Information And Library Studies, Library And Information Science

Master Of Arts (M.A.), English Literature

Activities and Societies: Communication Coordinator -- Play Chthonics Poetry Reading Series Coordinator -- End Notes, English Lit Grad.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English (Honours)