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Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States

• Responsible for the maintenance and appearance of the Southeast Library, a 31,000 square foot facility open 7 days a week, for a total of 58 hours.• Supervise daily operations of the Southeast Branch, including circulation of 272,000 items, and 206,000 visits• Identify, hire, develop, schedule, supervise and evaluate staff of 16 (14 FTE)• Lead two additional branches with a total staff of 9 FTE as Regional Manager• Uphold high standards of excellent customer service by co-developing a five hour customer-service training module that was implemented system-wide• Create and manage budget for supplies, programming, training, etc.• Write weekly, monthly and yearly reports to library administration and board, perform monthly statistical analyses and facilitate maintenance of library building and equipment• Advertise library programs and services and connect with community through Facebook, library events calendar, print marketing, and monthly e-mails to regional Metro council people• Coordinate system-wide training with in-person and online synchronous and asynchronous opportunities distributes monthly.

Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States

• Responsible for the maintenance and appearance of the Main Library Children’s Department, an 18,000 square foot facility open 7 days a week, for a total of 56 hours and 8,000 visits per week• Maintained a collection of more than 115,500 items in 14 different collections• Supervised 6 full time employees and 3 part-time employees that present high-quality, developmentally-appropriate programming to ages 0-12 years old• Researched, planned and helped oversee a $1.2 million dollar renovation incorporating play spaces into the redesign of a traditional children’s library• Promoted Nashville Public Library’s Children’s services on a system, city, state and national scale• Schedule, plan, and lead the monthly two-hour Children’s Services Committee meetings• Served on system-wide, city, state, and national committees pertaining to children’s services• Represented Nashville Public Library to community organizations• Performed administrative duties, writes reports, and performs statistical analyses• Managed and evaluated the Summer Program from 2012-2016, a three-month-long program which consists of a reading program and system-wide programming.o Led a committee of staff responsible for planning the programo Managed a $50,000 programming budgeto Disseminated summer program information and materials to staff, administration, and the public

Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee, United States

• Administered the statewide Summer Reading Programo Managed the Summer Reading Program workshop committee responsible for the planning, presentation and evaluation of the theme-based workshopso Ordered and distributed materials and supplies for 220 public librarieso Represented the state of Tennessee within the Collaborative Summer Library Program organization• Managed the supply, training and grant budgets for Children’s Services and Continuing Education• Coordinated statewide continuing education workshops and the Public Library Management Institute• Managed the implementation of the Tennessee State Library and Archives e-Learning program including creating goals, policies, and timelines• Supervised the Direct Service Grants program for public libraries

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, Library And Information Science

Bachelor'S Degree