Stephanie Thoreson Email & Phone Number

Vernon, Bc

-Plan and perform preschool storytime-Plan and facilitate a wide variety of Summer Reading club activities for kids ages 6-12 including black light shows based on books, literary or scientifically inspired crafts, and trivia based learning-Plan and facilitate after school and weekend programs for school aged children-Outreach to schools and community partners-Weeding and collection maintenance for the JR and YA areas-Teen programming-Reader's advisory including the creation of personalized booklists-Information services -Instruct children and adults in the use of the catalogue and databases-Membership on the Youth Services Committee Team that provides leadership and support to other branches in the system-Involvement in community committees and projects concerning early childhood

Salmon Arm, Bc

• Plan and execute storytimes (ages 2-5)• Facilitate Summer Reading Club (ages 5-12)• Outreach to schools and community organizations• Reference Desk (serving both adults and children)• Oversee the youth areas, displays and blogs• Implement teen programming• Youth Services Committee for the library system• Bibliocommons Implementation Committee• Early Childhood Development Committee for the region• Advocate for youth• Create personalized booklists

National

-Read and review all the Canadian YA book submissions -Facilitate meetings via teleconference-Send call out to publishers and field questions-Coordinate with jurors to make sure everyone receives the submissions-Plan and facilitate a session at the CLA conference

Organized an event in London with speakers and a think tankStarted the blogStarted the Facebook group and Twitter accountCreated a directory of programs in Ontario for teensHelped organize and spoke at a pre-conference day in Halifax

Salmon Arm

volunteer 2 hours a week teaching seniors how to use computers. Providing basic training on e-mail, Internet searches, managing photos, using Microsoft Office ect.

Marketing: Poster DesignFundraising: Bake Sale, selling calendars and buttonsWeb Redisign Comittee

Ottawa, Ontario

-Represented Client Services in a bilingual environment through reference, interlibrary loans and circulation- Updated and created HTML content for the Intranet- Applied creative marketing ideas to the Guide to Library Services and memos- Conducted serials maintenance including check-in, renewal and database clean-up- Used Sydney Plus, Front Page, Outlook, Quicklaw, Best Case and Microsoft Office on a daily basis

Sault Ste. Marie

-Assumed leadership role training new employees- Responsibilities included cash register duties and counting the float

Waterloo, Ontario

Rehired for three consecutive positions-Performed reception duties booking appointments for students with disabilities.-Executed data entry, website updates and ordered e-text from publishers.-Efficiently completed campus-wide deliveries and clerical work-Edited handbooks and performed comparative research-Organized and hosted orientation for new students

Mlis, Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: Librarians Without BordersArea of specialization: Public Libraries

Ba, English, Communication Studies

Activities and Societies: The Cord student newspaperHonours