Joyce Abbott Email & Phone Number

Washington State Library

Mesa, Arizona, United States

Mesa Public Library- Red Mountain Branch

Supervise team of eleven librarians and paraprofessionalsServe as Acting Building Manager for Scottsdale’s main libraryFacilitate and plan programsAdminister the AzLA Mentoring ProgramProvide direct customer support for information, technology and entertainment needs to diverse populationCurrent Projects:Lead Adult Programming TeamProvide training and support for system-wide adoption of When to Work scheduling platformUpdate and expansion of SPL's job-help programming

Re-launched the AZLA mentoring program. 2017 cohort begins February 2017!

Maricopa, Az

Manage 4.5 FTE circulation staff, responsible for implementing grants, developing and teaching computer literacy and adult programs, adult non-fiction collection development, office management duties including scheduling, supplies, daily cash, petty cash reconciliation and budget management. Recruit and oversee volunteers and volunteer tech coaching program. Participated in overhaul of website and implementation of social media. Provided direct patron service at the circulation desk including reference and reader's advisory. *Wrote proposal for ALSC Bookapalooza grant, awarded February 2015*Wrote proposal for LSTA Grant funding Oculus Rift Virtual Reality programming, awarded May 2015

Phoenix, Arizona Area

Working in Records Management assessing retention for large numbers of records and supporting the adoption of SharePoint 2010 as the global content management platform.*Developing process for maintaining and improving FAST search for SharePoint 2010*Applying records management principles to the decommissioning of Shared Drives and SharePoint 2007 to ensure appropriate retention policy is enforced.*Working with existing taxonomy to enforce proper retention.*Development of Knowledge Center for SharePoint end users and KnowledgeShare Wiki for Mine site Employees (in progress)*Completed AIIM Taxonomy Training

*Choosing, purchasing, cataloging, promoting, weeding and maintaining materials*Reference, reader’s advisory and circulation*Soliciting, coordinating and sorting book donations*Forming community partnerships to provide appropriate programming and education to clients*Supervising, training and scheduling library assistant, volunteers and interns*Creating monthly statistics reports and annual departmental budget*Writing and teaching computer literacy and MS Office classes (Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook) *Responsible for creation and formatting of the center’s trimester brochure using Adobe InDesign*SharePoint Administrator*Serve on interview panels for hiring of both center staff and On-The-Job training participants.

Mobile crisis response

Graduate Certificate, Public Sector Leadership

Program offered through ELGL (Engaging Local Government Leaders) in partnership with the Drucker Institute

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Library And Information Science

Ba, Anthropology