Assist with the administrative and managerial duties associated with the operation of the library. Responsible for the planning, coordination, and supervision of public service functions of the library. Plan and recommend changes in organization, methods, policies and procedures for improvement in efficiency and service. Responsible for major events planning, implementation, and budgeting. Serve as liaison to YDL Friends and oversee their annual budget. Represent library on board and staff committees. Assume the duties and responsibilities for the overall operation of the library in the absence of the Director. Achievements include:Participated in labor contract negotiationsResearched and wrote YDL Personnel Handbook and YDL Emergency ManualAssisted with ten annual budgetsAssisted with two library strategic plansContributed to the development of library policies including Internet Access Policy and Patron Behavior PolicyRepresented YDL community on the Ann Arbor – Ypsi Reads Steering and Screening Committees Brought Ira Glass, Anchee Min, SyFy Channel’s Ghost Hunters, Scott Simon, Sarah Vowell, Luis Rodriguez, Alberta Adams, Billy Collins, Mitch Ryder, and Art Spiegelman to YpsilantiDesigned, fabricated, and installed two photographic exhibits based on the books of photojournalist Rose Eichenbaum—The Actor Within and The Director WithinCreated, planned, and facilitated the Ypsi Song Fest, featuring Freedy Johnston, Jon Langford, Paul Burch, Jason Ringenberg, Rosie Flores, Graham Parker, Sam Llanas, Peter Case, John DoeApplied for and installed eleven national touring arts and cultural exhibits from the Smithsonian Institution, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Mid-America Arts Alliance to YDL Grants and Awards:John Cotton Dana Award for Second Annual Ypsilanti Songwriting FestivalThree Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs grants for Ypsi Song Fest totaling $16,1259 NEH On the Road programming grants totaling $9,000

Supervised staff of seven employees, planned and implemented youth and teen programs, oversaw collection development of youth and teen areas.Highlights include facilitator, One Book, One Conference: Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale,ALA/CLA Annual Conference, Toronto, 2003, secured Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation – national touring exhibition organized by the Huntington Library and The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in cooperation with the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2006 (included programming grant), Pfizer Global Research and Development Community Grant, Art Matters @YDL, 2004-5, Michigan Humanities Council Grant, Art Matters@YDL, 2004-5, Listening to the Prairie: Farming in Nature’s Image – national touring exhibition organized by Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the American Library Association, 2002, Bard of the People: The Life and Times of John Steinbeck – funding for Steinbeck Centennial programming, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2001