Jenny Manca Email & Phone Number

Provide professional library services to a suburb of over 105,000 people. Develop and deliver innovative services and programs for ages 0-18 and families. Manage part-time employees (2018-2020).• Manage a yearly budget of $20,000 - $55,000 to purchase collection materials based on critical assessments in professional review sources, circulation statistics and trends, popular interest, and more.• Use yearly circulation data to actively maintain the Teen collection (approximately 6,250 items) and visual media items (approximately 13,500 items).• Market programming through the creation of print materials and original graphics. Assist in the design and creation of monthly calendars, handouts, and web pages.• Innovate new and successful events and programs.• Led Allen Public Library’s Family Place Library initiative 2018-2022 to further develop outreach and programming for parents with children ages 0-5; Awarded full FPL status in 2022• Received a Texas State Library and Archives grant to attend Family Place Library training, 2018

Allen, Tx

• Assist in update and rewriting of Library’s unattended child policy, collection development policy, and other policies as part of policy rewrite committee, 2015.• Completed City of Allen’s 3-week course in management skills, 2013.• Assist library users in the location of specific material and information. Use reference and customer service skills to pinpoint needs accurately.• Respond rapidly and reliably to information requests through the use of all appropriate resources.• Stay current with trends and developments by reviewing publications, attending webinars and professional conferences.• Create original events and programming individually and through team collaboration.• Co-leader and co-creator for Teen Anime Con, a yearly event that draws an average of 100-120 teens. Administered budget, booked talent, and sought donations yearly. • Perform story time each week for ages 0 – 5; engage children with songs, rhymes, stories and other early literacy practices

Arlington, Texas, United States

Provided professional library services to pre-teens and teens ages 11-18 in a city of 365,000. Oversaw most aspects of these services including scheduling, event planning, and managing interns and staff. Managed one full time employee (2010-2011).• Increased participation in the Teen Summer Reading program by 46%, exceeding a self-directed goal (Summer 2009-2012).• Oversaw the budgeting, purchasing, and design of a new teen science lab through a $44,000 grant from the Gene and Jerry Jones Family Foundation.• Cultivated community contacts and relationships with the Arlington and Mansfield school districts, YMCA, local private schools, and other local organizations.• Assisted in the hiring of interns and paraprofessional staff for The Studio (Teen digital media lab), The Lab (Teen STEM lab), and the Teen Zone (after school club).• Designed and created original graphics, calendars, and brochures for the Arlington Public Library website and for teen events and services.• Maintained the teen portion of the Arlington Public Library website and oversaw teen-specific social media. • Created original events and programming for ages 10-18 including technology workshops, crafting, STEM, Teen Summer Reading Club, and literacy-related programs; assigned specific duties to programming staff, oversaw large events, and personally presented classes and programs• Co-Presenter at NTRLS Tech Net, presenting on Arlington Public Library's Digital Arts, Robotics & After-School Technology Centers, 2012• Recipient of Arlington Alliance for Youth’s America’s Promise grant award, 2011 & 2012• Completed the City of Arlington's 12-month supervisor training program, 2011• Managed budgeting and purchasing for Young Adult fiction and audiovisual materials for seven library locations, 2008-2010

Cody, Wyoming, United States

Digitized and cataloged photographs and postcards of the Paul Dyck Plains Indian Buffalo Culture Collection. Worked across departments to write accurate descriptions and metadata.• Researched Indigenous Plains Tribes, clothing, and historical figures.• Developed and administered a controlled vocabulary for digital collection cataloging.• Created and uploaded the Paul Dyck Digital Collection using CONTENTdm software.

Atascocita, Texas, United States

• Courteously and efficiently responded to customer complaints and inquiries.• Circulated library materials using Horizon Info Portal.• Helped patrons with general computer questions and instruction.• Repaired, relabeled, and repackaged damaged A/V materials.• Processed interlibrary loans and new adult materials.• Selected donated materials for inclusion into the library’s collection.• Assisted library staff members collection maintenance and adult and youth programs.

Master Of Library Science, Library Science

Activities and Societies: Texas Library Association (March 2007 - present), GLISA (Graduate Library and Information Studies Association)

B.S., Electronic Media

Activities and Societies: National Broadcast Society, Kappa Tau Alpha, Spring Break Campaign (Leader - France 2003), Spring Break Campaign.