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Select, curate, and promote digital media and electronic resources for a large suburban library system. Includes selecting all adult, teen, and children's books and audiobooks on Libby, and managing Hoopla, Kanopy, and CCPL’s 80+ databases and other electronic resources. Additionally, I select the print manga and graphic novels for our 27 branches. Train staff systemwide on weeding and collection maintenance using CollectionHQ and readers advisory using Novelist. Sub at the reference and… Show more Select, curate, and promote digital media and electronic resources for a large suburban library system. Includes selecting all adult, teen, and children's books and audiobooks on Libby, and managing Hoopla, Kanopy, and CCPL’s 80+ databases and other electronic resources. Additionally, I select the print manga and graphic novels for our 27 branches. Train staff systemwide on weeding and collection maintenance using CollectionHQ and readers advisory using Novelist. Sub at the reference and children's desks in our branch libraries on a regular basis. Show less

Select and purchase juvenile, teen, and adult materials of all formats for 7-branch library system, including the bookmobile and outreach department. Develop systemwide polices regarding floating, weeding, and merchandising and train all staff on them. Create systemwide weeding schedule. Support branches in continually evaluating their collection and spaces, including planning and physically moving several collections across each branch and department. Continually evaluate our collection on a… Show more Select and purchase juvenile, teen, and adult materials of all formats for 7-branch library system, including the bookmobile and outreach department. Develop systemwide polices regarding floating, weeding, and merchandising and train all staff on them. Create systemwide weeding schedule. Support branches in continually evaluating their collection and spaces, including planning and physically moving several collections across each branch and department. Continually evaluate our collection on a systemwide level, including major re-cataloging projects. Serve on systemwide Children's and Teens services committees that set systemwide age level goals, including storytime training and the annual Summer Reading game. Develop new products for the collection including: Discovery Packs, Grief Kits, Park Packs, and Early Literacy Kits. Serve on the Author Events planning committee. Hire and train new department staff. Show less

Programming, reference, and reader's advisory for children, teens, and adults at a rural library branch. As the branch's only librarian, I coordinated all branch programming, ran the adult book club, ran a children's book club at the local after-school center, did school visits, worked in circulation as needed, and served as the Person In Charge. Coordinated the annual Summer Reading Kickoff event. Supervised branch's page staff.

Library programing and readers' advisory for babies, children, and teens aged 0-18 years at a mid-size suburban library branch. Plan and perform storytimes for all ages, recruit teens and tweens for Teen Advisory Board, and assist with major author events. Visit schools to promote the library, particularly National Poetry Month and Summer Reading. This included local daycares and preschools, as well as the 5 elementary schools, 2 intermediate schools and high school in the Perry Local School… Show more Library programing and readers' advisory for babies, children, and teens aged 0-18 years at a mid-size suburban library branch. Plan and perform storytimes for all ages, recruit teens and tweens for Teen Advisory Board, and assist with major author events. Visit schools to promote the library, particularly National Poetry Month and Summer Reading. This included local daycares and preschools, as well as the 5 elementary schools, 2 intermediate schools and high school in the Perry Local School District. Maintain relationships with local teachers and school leaders, as well as the Stark Parks and Perry YMCA. Coordinated the annual Summer Reading Kickoff event. Show less

Design and teach group technology classes and do one-on-one training sessions at all 10 library locations for both patrons and staff. Including: Microsoft Office Suite, job skills training, teen technology, photo editing, social media, new Mac users and eBooks/eReaders. Manage Stark Library's Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and official blog.Additionally, work in the adult reference and genealogy departments at Stark's Main library in an urban downtown center. I also work in… Show more Design and teach group technology classes and do one-on-one training sessions at all 10 library locations for both patrons and staff. Including: Microsoft Office Suite, job skills training, teen technology, photo editing, social media, new Mac users and eBooks/eReaders. Manage Stark Library's Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, and official blog.Additionally, work in the adult reference and genealogy departments at Stark's Main library in an urban downtown center. I also work in circulation at the various branch libraries. Show less

Teacher for Toddler II classroom ages 2 and a half to 3 years.

Transfer of analog tapes to archival CDs and creation of a corresponding finding aids using DACS and EAD. I also created a reference guide for library users.Doing original and copy cataloging using AACR2 (RDA) and MARC via OCLC Connexion.Doing reference work using the Millennium ILS Interface

Shelved library materials and other duties as assigned.