Jace Ryan Turner Email & Phone Number

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Responsible for providing excellent customer service, reader's advisory, and reference services; assisting patrons with local history and other research requests; teaching adult education classes in response to community needs; developing programming in collaboration with community partners; and selecting materials for the adult nonfiction collections.

Santa Barbara, California, United States

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Facilitate community engagement with local organizations, non-profits, media outlets, small businesses, and library advocates
• Promote library programs and services by giving presentations and library tours
• Serve as Library Foundation & Friends Group Liaison; assist with donor cultivation, onboarding new Board members, community presentations, and fundraising events
• Provide patron-focused information services and in-depth database and local history research
• Create tutorial videos and offer classes teaching library digital resources to patrons
• Cultivate library donors and assist with fundraising events and gift stewardship

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Provided strategic vision and implemented user-focused service models and innovative library programming that aligned with community aspirations
• Designed and tracked annual performance measures and team project objectives
• Directed staff, public service desks, and daily operations for the Reference, Building Security, Inter-Library Loan, and Technical Services Units (~25 FT & PT staff)
• Evaluated and implemented library technology enhancements (ILS, self-check machines)
• Maintained collection acquisitions budget (~$800,000.00 annually)
• Managed contracts for research databases, digital collections, publisher standing orders

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Managed daily operations for Reference, Building Security, and Inter-Library Loan
• Hired, supervised, trained, and evaluated FT and PT staff
• Mentored new staff, specializing in patron-focused excellent service models
• Research and wrote collection development, rules of conduct, and local author collection policies; worked with Library Director for Library Board approval of policies
• Directed website team and managed updates and enhancements to library website
• Created technology classes and programming in response to community aspirations survey

Santa Barbara, California Area

• Served as Unit Supervisor and manage the day-to-day operations of the Inter-Library Loan & Reserve Unit
• Supervised, trained, and evaluated technical and clerical library staff
• Collection development duties included: serving on the Acquisitions Committee, acting as branch contact for selecting and weeding library materials, and maintaining the library’s local history collection and various.
• Prepared monthly Inter-Library Loan statistical reports
• Performed general and specialized reference services using print and electronic resources
• Instructed library users how to locate, use, and evaluate the library’s collection of print and online resources

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Served as Department Head and managed the day-to-day operations of the Adult Reference Services and Inter-Library Loan Departments
• Trained, supervised, and evaluated librarians, technical and clerical staff, volunteers, and other library employees
• Prepared Reference Department work schedules, gathered and presented monthly statistical reports, and assisted in maintaining library automation system
• Served on the Black Gold Cooperative Reference Committee
• Performed general and specialized reference services using print and electronic resources
• Instructed library users how to locate, use, and evaluate the library’s collection of print and online resources

Santa Barbara, California

• Coordinated cataloging of historic sound recordings and processing of manuscript collections in the Performing Arts Unit of Special Collections
• Hired, trained, scheduled, supervised, and evaluated Library Assistants and Student Assistants in cataloging, cleaning, sorting, and shelving 78 rpm & wax cylinder recordings
• Performed original and copy cataloging of ethnic (foreign), classical, popular, and early jazz 78 rpm disc and wax cylinder recordings using a variety of print and electronic music reference sources
• Maintained cataloging statistics and check work of part-time staff and students for accuracy
• Maintained and update Aleph 500 cataloging software and templates
• Collection development duties included using dealer auction catalogs, specialized journals, and publisher catalogs to recommend materials for acquisition

Master Of Library Science - Mls (Rare Book & Manuscript Librarianship Specialization), Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Literature - College Of Creative Studies

Education record

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