Danielle Gowen Email & Phone Number

HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS • 4 years of programming experience in a Youth Services Department of a public library.• Current child abuse clearances• Experience managing a staff of 3-6 employees.• Experience in a large library with multiple programs.o 2019 programs totaled 738 programs with 19466 participants• Weekly storytimes for birth-23 months, and all ages.• Weekly KinderSTEM program for 3-5-year olds.• Three years of Summer Reading Program experience. • Monthly outreach to local preschools. • Reader’s advisory including creating reading lists. • Book displays• Developing and implementing seasonal programming for school age children.• Seasonal weeding and shelf reading.• Creating seasonal program PowerPoint slide show.• Facilitating the daily operation of work program. • Providing support to managers. • Book orders from Baker and Taylor, and Overdrive• Keeping Kindles up to date on Reading Olympic lists• Maintaining spreadsheets for manual tracking of program and circulation statistics. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Nov 2016-present, Haverford Township Free Library, Havertown, PA Library Assistant, Youth ServicesNov 2017-present, Tyler Arboretum, Media, PA Youth EducatorAug 2008-Feb 2016, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Norristown, PAEDUCATION & TRAINING MLS: Clarion University, graduation Fall 2019Babies in the Library, online course: University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spring 2019SEPLA Continuing Education: Disability Etiquette, 2018PLA Academy of Leadership Studies: Choosing Leadership, 2018MS in Biology: West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 2007BA in Biology: Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, 2000 AWARDSPennsylvania Library Association 2019 MLS Scholarship WinnerSEPLA Support Staff Award, 2018MEMBERSHIPSPennsylvania Library Association (PaLA), including the Southeast Pennsylvania Chapter (SEPLA)Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC)American Library Association (ALA)

First level supervisor. Responsible for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water Program in Montgomery, Delaware, Chester, Bucks and Philadelphia counties. Supervision and Program Administration.Provide technical and administrative assistance to staff regarding program requirements.Review inspection reports, surveys, inventories, and special investigations for completeness and adherence to Department policy.Implement established training plans for each employee. Outreach and training.Respond to inquiries from the public and regulated community as needed.

Conduct inspection of regulated public water systems.Write reports, surveys and inventories.Review and address compliance reports and violations.Respond to inquiries from the public and regulated community.

Assisting in wetland delineation.Assisting in Endanger Species surveys.Identification of aquatic invertebrates for stream studies.

Master'S Degree, Library And Information Science

Master Of Science (Ms), Biology, General

Masters of Science in Biology with a thesis in stream assessment using macro invertebrate identification.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Dance, Theater, Beta Beta Beta Biological Honorary, Zoology Lab Assistant, Dance Faculty Assistant.BA.