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

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.

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.
• 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.

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.

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.