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 • Purchase and maintain print materials in the Adult Non-Fiction, Local History, Local Author, and Government Docs collections • Produce monthly reports highlighting success stories, statistics, and new library services for Library Foundation & Friends Newsletters and library publications • Collaborate with Social Media/Marketing Team: produce and host library podcast, Cover to Cover; write press releases, City proclamations; coordinate marketing content, social media posts, and print/online ads, and library displays• Consult and provide coaching to clients for grant-funded workforce readiness program; facilitate ESL Conversation Group and adult literacy networking • Identify, create, and facilitate community partnerships for adult & senior library programing (includes Opera Santa Barbara, Ridley-Tree Cancer Center, Office of Arts & Culture, SB Historical Society, Community Arts Music Association of SB)• Manage historical photograph digitization and library archives preservation grants

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• Coordinated all adult library programming, including annual SB Reads program • Provided patron-focused information services, local history research, and reader’s advisory, as well as act as mobile device assistance subject matter expert• Served as the Adult Services Committee Chair for the Black Gold Library Cooperative• Created user-friendly cataloging practices for enhanced find-ability in Library OPAC • Established Core Public Service and Technology Competencies and provided user-focused training for all public service staff

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 sections of Adult Fiction and Adult Non-Fiction • 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• Provided reader’s advisory services• Maintained and updated Santa Barbara Public Library System’s website• Assisted in developing and maintaining community contacts with local organizations by providing library tours and database instruction workshops for groups such as Brooks Institute and WEV (Women’s Economic Venture)• Assisted with organizing and implementing adult library programs and library displays • Served on Black Gold Cooperative Inter-Library Loan Committee

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• Collection development duties included managing five separate budget allotments used for selecting and ordering the library’s collection of non-fiction, fiction, popular, and reference print materials through B&T Online • Responsible for weeding all non-fiction and reference print materials• Coordinated and maintained Internet and database resources• Assisted in maintaining and updating 20 public Internet and Microsoft Office workstations• Reviewed, recommended, and implemented library policies, such as public Internet use and reference service parameters• Evaluated and revised various library work-flow procedures• Designed, implemented, and evaluated adult programs, including providing workshops, conducting surveys, and writing narrative evaluation reports • Assisted in establishing and maintaining working relationships with local community services, such as the Santa Maria Valley Historical Society, Santa Maria Valley Genealogical Society, and Area Agency on Aging (a senior services organization)

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 • Responded to in-person, phone, electronic, or mail requests for use of Performing Arts materials • Worked rotating hours providing reference and information services at the Special Collections Reference Desk and the Main Library Reference/Information Desk • Instructed UCSB students in the use of article indexes and library databases, electronic journals, and library catalogs including Expanded Academic ASAP, PsycInfo, WorldCat, MELVYL, and Pegasus • Assisted with Special Collections presentations and exhibits

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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