Laina Kelly Email & Phone Number

Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

I supervise a team of desktop and network administrators and librarians overseeing all aspects of technology services to public libraries.I administer a large departmental budget, which includes hardware replacement, software licensing, and special projects.I work closely with fellow managers and senior administration to communicate departmental work and achieve organizational goals.Major projects include:- Website Redesign: a complete region-wide website needs assessment, vendor selection and redesign, which was completed in under seven months. Customer feedback on the CMS and look-and-feel has been very positive.- Library CMS & Ticketing System: sourced and implemented a ticketing management system for use across four departments, improving the entire organization’s response time to customer tickets. Collaborated with staff to develop methods within the software to track statistics for different departments based on organizational goals and reporting requirements

Spruce Grove, Alberta

My role focused on building relationships with member libraries in order to discover their learning and development needs. I developed and delivered everything from focused one-on-one training sessions to large scale PD events about all areas of librarianship, including ILS training, management, human resources, plan of service development, collection assessment, and diversity and inclusion.

- Provide consulting services to school and public libraries- Train new school and public library staff- Develop and deliver workshops, webinars and conference presentations in response to the professional development needs of member library staff- Develop and maintain makerspace kits for library use in response to technology and service trends (e.g., coding and robotics, physical literacy, circuitry)- Provide technical support and training for Polaris ILS- Use evidence-based data to modify and improve training and services for member libraries- Communicate library and education news, trends and professional development opportunities via Twitter, Facebook and bi-weekly newsletters- Key contact for diversity-based initiatives in order to provide high quality and equitable library service to patrons with varying backgrounds and needs

Stony Plain, Alberta

- Prepared a comprehensive Spanish curriculum for beginner learners, incorporating cultural events, authentic language material and the four pillars of language acquisition: speaking, listening, reading and writing- Created engaging lessons involving a wide variety of activities and technology- Created slideshow presentations, videos and graphics to help facilitate learning- Developed games, challenges and activities focusing on helping students build their spoken-language proficiency- Developed strong relationships with students spanning subsequent sessions- Received very positive feedback from anonymous student reviews

- Planned and delivered foundational literacy and children's programming, such as Baby Lap Time and Sing, Sign, Laugh and Learn.- Planned and delivered Adult Storytime Programming for seniors.- Summer Starts at EPL (Summer Reading Club) branch liaison for summer 2016, 2018.- Responsible for maintenance and weeding of library collection, circulation of library materials.- Provided excellent customer service to all library customers, such as assistance locating resources in the library, online and in the city. - Hired, trained and managed Student Pages.- Worked with a team to prepare staff training and documentation for 2018 Summer Reading Club. - Nominated for a 2017 Staff Excellence Award.

Edmonton, Alberta

- Responsible for organizing and categorizing qualitative and quantitative research data for two SSHRC funded research projects.- Assisted in grant application for a SSHRC funded conference.- Updated and maintained an open-access academic journal using Open Journal Systems.- Used HTML and CSS skills to modify and personalize the style of the journal.- Acted as Editorial Assistant for the "International Journal of Information, Diversity and Inclusion", which included communicating with the editorial team about website changes, responding to requests for help, creating newsletters and calls for submission and assisting co-editors with responding to and organizing submissions.

- Taught English, Literacy, Art, Physical Education, Health and Spanish. - Grades 2, 5 and Junior High.- Designed and implemented curriculum-based lesson plans.- Designed authentic, hands-on projects for student learning using Project-Based Learning.

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.)

Bachelor Of Secondary Education, Spanish Language And Literature, English Language Arts

Activities and Societies: Member of the Golden Key Society. Member of the University of Alberta Spanish Club. Volunteered.