Laura Lambert Email & Phone Number

East Gwillimbury, Ontario, Canada

Barrie, Ontario, Canada

• Coordinating leisure programming, including book clubs, popular film, trivia, genealogy, and Visiting Library Service• Piloting new programs, including Coffee Chat and BPL Book Chats• Coordinating large scale special events including Simcoe Reads and BPL Genealogy Fair

Gravenhurst, On

• Creating and revising policy, including the Collection Development Policy, the Children's Services Policy, the Teen Services Policy, and the Adult Services Policy• Creating an extensive library wide collection plan, including collection statements, collection maintenance schedules, and long term and short term plans• Creating and conducting a digital literacy training curriculum • Conducting one-on-one digital literacy sessions• Carrying out a library wide collection weed and collection update• Conducting a library wide inventory of all physical collections• Preparing for accreditation by the Ontario Public Library Guidelines Monitoringand Accreditation Council• Facilitating library programming, including author visits and a Harry Potter themed escape room• Streamlining processes, including setting up email notifications and card expiration notifications

Lethbridge, Alberta

• Acquisitions duty for the Adult Fiction collection across multiple branches• Curating the Overdrive eBook Collection for Adult Fiction• Creating and fostering partnerships with organizations across the community • Contributing to the Cheers4Lethbridge committee though managing the Social Media Campaign with an emphasis on Facebook• Liaising with special guests, and representing the library at community events• Aiding patrons with computer help, and troubleshooting library app queries• Partnering with the Children's Librarian to represent the library at parent groups

Vancouver, British Columbia

• Acquisitions duties for the Youth Audio Visual collection as well as the Youth Multilingual collection • Planning and leading regular Storytimes, including Babytimes, Tales for Twos, and All Ages Storytimes• Launching new collections• Liaising with special guests, and representing the library at community events

Camrose, Alberta

• Ensuring the accuracy of the Library Banking information through weekly and monthly bank deposits and statement reviews. • Providing aid to the Library Director through collecting library statistics, writing policies and procedures, and completing miscellaneous jobs

Camrose, Alberta

• Collection development duties, including ordering for all Children, Junior, and Young Adult collections• Aided in Children and Teen Programming• Cultivating customer service, circulation, and reference skills by ensuring patrons’ needs are met Special Projects: • Arranged the Young Adult collection by Genre • Spearheaded a project to create a Safe Teen Space in the library • Created a Procedure to help reduce Video Game theft in the library• Wrote a policy that was passed through the Library Board to allow dogs in the Camrose Public Library • Created the Plot Matures: A Book Club for Twenty-Somethings. Wrote a monthly column in the Camrose Canadian discussing that month's read.

Camrose, Alberta

• Provided face painting services for the Camrose Canada Day Celebration to ensure kids had fun, and to advertise the summer camp• Aiding the camp coordinator in the implementation of activities, including games, stories, and crafts• Ensuring children feel welcome and are having fun

Innisfl, Ontario

• Cultivated customer service skills while multitasking by serving customers, filling individual orders, making recommendations based on individual needs, and writing personalized messages on cakes

• Educated customers about XM Satellite Radio programs and policies• Trained new and inexperienced telecommunications representatives• Listened to and responded appropriately to customer’s inquiries and concerns• De-escalated tense situations over the phone

Ontario, Canada

• Taught in three different English classes under direct supervision (ENG 1P, ENG 1D, ENG 4E)• Collaborated with Associate Teachers• Planned a unit following ministry guidelines• Planned and implemented interactive and engaging lessons

Ontario, Canada

• Taught in four different English classes under direct supervision (ENG 2L, ENG 2D, ENG 4C, ENG 3/4E)• Participated in skill-building seminars• Planned and implemented interactive and engaging lessons• Team-taught with another student teacher

• Organized, marketed, and implemented library summer programs, including programs for children 2-12 years of age while maintaining the TD Summer Reading Program theme• Worked with multiple group sizes and ages of children• Supervised volunteer assistants• Compiled a detailed report discussing the programs, making suggestions, and tracking the budget and the attendance of said programs

Ontario, Canada

• Performed secretarial duties including filing, photocopying, faxing, and taking messages for the Small Claims and Civil filing office as well as for the Enforcement filing office• Entered Garnishments and Writs into a variety of government databases• Answered phones and assisted the client representatives with customer service• Worked in a team environment

Ontario, Canada

• Demonstrated fast learning capacity, as well as flexibility and strong work ethic while independently attending the Museum throughout the week• Educated myself about the Kagawong’s history in order to give tours of the Museum• Offered suggestions as to where tourists should visit• Began the first ever inventory of the Museum and researched town genealogy

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

Activities and Societies: Librarians Without Boarders

Bachelor Of Education (B.Ed.), Intermediate Senior, English And History

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) (Honours), English Literature