Kelli Bragg Email & Phone Number

Camano Island, Wa

* Manages a community library to assure its effective operation and services to its customers* Oversees circulation of library materials, display areas, library programming, reader's advisory, reading programs, and facilities maintenance* Represents the library in the local community * Performs much of the day-to-day work of the library alongside other staff members, but is regularly in charge of the library and its operation including the supervision of library staff* Assists… Show more * Manages a community library to assure its effective operation and services to its customers* Oversees circulation of library materials, display areas, library programming, reader's advisory, reading programs, and facilities maintenance* Represents the library in the local community * Performs much of the day-to-day work of the library alongside other staff members, but is regularly in charge of the library and its operation including the supervision of library staff* Assists with resolving building maintenance issues and customer technology issues as needed.* Performs effective community relations with key stakeholders in regards to the promotion of library activities to enhance the public stature and raise awareness of the library as a significant community partner* Assures the fiscal soundness of the operation of the assigned library to include the assisting in developing or participating in the development of operating and capital budgets, monitoring and reporting expenditures compared to budget, directing daily accounting transactions for the library, and reviewing and recommending purchases Show less

* Provide effective and intentional early literacy services to emerging readers and their parents/guardians* Connect community business owners and entrepreneurs with appropriate information to help support their economic success * Locate and host constructive business-related workshops at library* Be well-versed in all library-owned databases and resources * Provide general reference/information services to all community members* Provide Readers Advisory services to all… Show more * Provide effective and intentional early literacy services to emerging readers and their parents/guardians* Connect community business owners and entrepreneurs with appropriate information to help support their economic success * Locate and host constructive business-related workshops at library* Be well-versed in all library-owned databases and resources * Provide general reference/information services to all community members* Provide Readers Advisory services to all ages* Help build and support relationship between the library and the community* Develop program materials, including reading lists, promotional displays, and presentation materials for preschoolers, teens, and adults* Assist customers in resolving technical problems or issues; maintain and troubleshoot equipment utilized in our community library Show less

Arlington, Wa

* Provide technical assistance to staff regarding use of computer hardware and software* Responsible for proactively troubleshooting hardware & software problems and complications with peripheral devices that arise on public library computers, staff computers, self-check machines, and printers; follow issues to their resolution* Assist customers in the use and troubleshooting of both public library computers as well as with their own personal devices (laptops, smartphones… Show more * Provide technical assistance to staff regarding use of computer hardware and software* Responsible for proactively troubleshooting hardware & software problems and complications with peripheral devices that arise on public library computers, staff computers, self-check machines, and printers; follow issues to their resolution* Assist customers in the use and troubleshooting of both public library computers as well as with their own personal devices (laptops, smartphones, tablets) * Report equipment problems and resolution to IT via phone or in person; work with IT staff to solve common hardware, network and software questions and problems over the phone or in person* Change or add to software configurations as directed by IT staff * Coordinate and maintain IT report files* Assist and train fellow staff and customers in the use of pre-installed software (MS Office Suite; Adobe; Polaris ILS); answer policy questions as they arise* Keep current on technological trends, news, and library policies* Teach public classes on the use of computers, eReaders, and accessing the library’s digital resources* Provide basic Reader’s Advisory and Reference services* Act as In-Charge person in the absence of other supervisory staff* Thourough understanding of how to provide excellent customer service; ability to multi-task during exceedingly busy times* Perform other library support services as assigned (daily circulation procedures; assist in delivery; move and rotate materials on library shelves; register customers for library cards) Show less

* Develop and present teen programs, including planning and creating programs and materials* Develop and carry out programs for all age groups including early literacy, reading programs, literacy improvement projects and recreational reading and learning programs* Promote library services through presentations at schools and other community locations* Advise on and assist in locating reference materials, which may involve somewhat complicated searches and requests for… Show more * Develop and present teen programs, including planning and creating programs and materials* Develop and carry out programs for all age groups including early literacy, reading programs, literacy improvement projects and recreational reading and learning programs* Promote library services through presentations at schools and other community locations* Advise on and assist in locating reference materials, which may involve somewhat complicated searches and requests for reference materials from other library systems* Advise on appropriate materials for the various interests and capabilities of customers * Explain and assist in use of library facilities, equipment, rules and services which may include written and verbal instruction and/or training of others* Explain and demonstrate procedures and methods for bibliographic and reference searches * Maintain and develop reference materials and sources * Contribute to organization's Web content* Contribute to developing collections of print and non-print materials by participating in or leading a team for selecting materials appropriate to customers' reading and reference needs and interests * Maintain branch collection* In charge of the building in the absence of other supervisory staff Show less

Virtual (Http://Inalj.Com/)

I started out in the spring of 2011 as a Volunteer forwarding job opening notices from SLA emails and the XML4Lib listserv, and then increased my responsibilities to Editor status in September 2011. I now research and review new Information Professional job listings in both the US and abroad from various assigned sites, including idealist.org, ALA Joblist, TRAK Library, and METRO (a NY-based site) for inclusion in the "I Need a Library Job" digital publication. I contribute an average of 30-45… Show more I started out in the spring of 2011 as a Volunteer forwarding job opening notices from SLA emails and the XML4Lib listserv, and then increased my responsibilities to Editor status in September 2011. I now research and review new Information Professional job listings in both the US and abroad from various assigned sites, including idealist.org, ALA Joblist, TRAK Library, and METRO (a NY-based site) for inclusion in the "I Need a Library Job" digital publication. I contribute an average of 30-45 new jobs every week, depending on the websites, of course. (The lists contain more than openings than that, but my duties include weeding out duplicates.)INALJ provides a daily pdf of all current openings (150+ pp.); the submissions are also included in the daily INALJ updates on Facebook and Twitter. To subscribe to the daily INALJ email, subscribe @ http://inalj.com/. It's an amazing resource! Show less

Snohomish And Island Counties

As a PSA sub, I perform all the functions of front desk staff and more:* Connect people with the information they need (this is the best part of my job and always thrills me) * Daily use of an automated library system (Polaris ILS) to assist with information dissemination -- Reference and Reader's Advisory -- in addition to using it for various circulation procedures.* Assist customers with technical issues (their laptops and personal devices as well as the library's… Show more As a PSA sub, I perform all the functions of front desk staff and more:* Connect people with the information they need (this is the best part of my job and always thrills me) * Daily use of an automated library system (Polaris ILS) to assist with information dissemination -- Reference and Reader's Advisory -- in addition to using it for various circulation procedures.* Assist customers with technical issues (their laptops and personal devices as well as the library's computers) * Perform basic reader's advisory services and reference interviews.* To be solidly informed, I keep abreast of company policiees and procedures.* Above all, I strive to always provide excellent customer service to Sno-Isle's patrons * Build and/or support positive working relationships. This is a continual goal, especially since as a substitute I work in a variety of branches and varying customer needs, so a positive experience for the customer, even though I'm not part of the 'regular' staff, is imperative for a smooth work flow Show less

Sno-Isle Libraries

The Online Content Manager described my work in an email as "ground-breaking" toward helping future video creation.3-month position assisting the Online Content Manager with restructuring the Catalog Help page. I scripted and produced accompanying video tutorials, as well as creating a document to guide future video production.

Service Center

* My first project was abstracting intranet pages, and then using those abstractions to apply searchable metadata tags to improve staff UX of the organization's intranet. * Used the CMS report system to analyze (as best as can be determined) Polaris user manual keyword search terms entered by staff. * My success metric: if you entered a certain search term, all pages associated with those terms + closely-related pages needed to appear, so that staff gets information as quickly… Show more * My first project was abstracting intranet pages, and then using those abstractions to apply searchable metadata tags to improve staff UX of the organization's intranet. * Used the CMS report system to analyze (as best as can be determined) Polaris user manual keyword search terms entered by staff. * My success metric: if you entered a certain search term, all pages associated with those terms + closely-related pages needed to appear, so that staff gets information as quickly as possible (front desk staff are always busy and don't need to spend any extra time hunting for what they need!). * Although hoping to create a complete intranet thesaurus/folksonomy using statistical reports of the post-coordinated staff-entered keyword search clouds, along with the pre-coordinated search terms, the semester time period was insufficient to complete this project. I was able, however, to create a solid base of staff-side ILS terms most often-used by those employees in branches.* For the Cataloging portion of the internship, I learned how the control fields of MARC records, most especially fields 006-008, map to the OPAC record displays. Show less

Ua

During my term as Secretary and Acting Chair, I worked closely with the Student Advisor to: * create a list of event topics * contact presenters * create recruitment flyers to ensure the recent chapter revival continued * create informational listserv mailings * help the Webmaster keep our Facebook and wordpress sites currrent; and, of course * take meeting minutes.

Service Center

As LAIII, I worked directly with the IT Director during our Migration from one ILS to another. * Cleaned up all database records (customer & bibliographic information) * Collocated employee-user needs assessment surveys completed by Department Heads with the Polaris System and Subsystem documentation manual to create a sensible system of Permission Groups. * Assigned permission for the entire 450+-member staff of Sno-Isle; my documents was sent to Polaris for permissions… Show more As LAIII, I worked directly with the IT Director during our Migration from one ILS to another. * Cleaned up all database records (customer & bibliographic information) * Collocated employee-user needs assessment surveys completed by Department Heads with the Polaris System and Subsystem documentation manual to create a sensible system of Permission Groups. * Assigned permission for the entire 450+-member staff of Sno-Isle; my documents was sent to Polaris for permissions setup. * Performed some troubleshooting of permissions anamolies once the system was Migrated.* Created a wide variety of reports as requested by managers from various departments as needed.* Communicated system-wide directives and surveys to Branch Managers to meet the goal of ensuring the bibliographic records reflected actual shelf holdings.* Used the Polaris ILS PAC manual and training powerpoints to write and/or outline scripts for user tutorials * Created tutorials using Camtasia * Used my Camtasia software expertise to troubleshoot a file-saving issue and also tutored & advised other employees in the use of Camtasia* Diverted the Large-Type items weeded from the Library on Wheels Department to the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library, which I knew from talking with WTBBL direction Danielle Miller had recently undergon a complete slashing: our shelves were cleaner, and they had 440+ newer LG -Type Teen and Adult titles Show less

* Identified, defined (application of metadata & controlled vocabulary), and verified record metadata using museum accession logs * Digitized delicate local historical photographs using HP products * Created records using the Past Perfect software program

Service Center

As LAII, I created various departmental reports and presented those reports to committees.* Ensured the customer database was clean and up-to-date in addition to opening accounts from online customer requests* Assisted the Collections Developement librarians by verifying bibliographic & catalog records as well as customer title requests (using our ILS records as well as Baker & Taylor and Ingram)* Successfully completed any other tasks that needed attention, such as… Show more As LAII, I created various departmental reports and presented those reports to committees.* Ensured the customer database was clean and up-to-date in addition to opening accounts from online customer requests* Assisted the Collections Developement librarians by verifying bibliographic & catalog records as well as customer title requests (using our ILS records as well as Baker & Taylor and Ingram)* Successfully completed any other tasks that needed attention, such as entering program survey results, weeding and purging shelves, helping prepare book sale items for Once Sold Tales shipments, and printing out necessary document records to help librarians with their decision making re: books needing review.* Sent notices to customers when items-on-hold were no longer available * Created reports on non-available and outlier items; imported the comma-separated-value data into a consuamble format in an Excel spreadsheet. * Created Baker & Taylor and Igram carts for ordering by the Collection Development librarians* Created a comprehensive directory listing all Pugest Sound Collection Development librarians Show less

* Took comprehensive meeting minutes during the monthly Bishops Committees * Served on both the Building and Discernment Committees * Prepared re-usable task and supply-ordering sheets for the altar guild to accomodate the members with neurocognitive disorders so that they could successfully fulfill their duties * Created and printed weekly service bulletins (for 6 mos. of the 2 years)* Trained and received certification for Outreach

Master'S, School Of Library And Information Studies

Activities and Societies: ASIS&T UA Student Chapter: Secretary & Acting Chair Special interest in Metadata, Cataloging, Emerging.

Bs, Conservation Of Wildlands Resources

Activities and Societies: XI Sigma Pi (Forestry Honors Society)