Megan Mcfarlane Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL

• Responsible for the day to day implementation of the Campaign for America’s Libraries, ALA’s public awareness campaign about the value of libraries and librarians.
• Manage and promote national Campaign initiatives including Scholastic Library Publishing National Library Week Grant and I Love My Librarian Award.
• Pitch public service announcements to national media, resulting in over $2 million in donated print and digital ad space for ALA and Campaign for America’s Libraries.
• Senior contributor on atyourlibrary.org, management and creation of written and video content for the Connect with your kids @ your library blog, development and implementation of the promotions.
• Monitor the brand management of @ your library, including the implementation of the brand and disseminating weekly press releases about how libraries use it.
• Coordinate promotional efforts with celebrities, including Caroline Kennedy, Neil Gaiman, and Stan Lee.

Chicago, IL

• Assist the children’s and youth services librarians to promote the Chicago’s Summer Learning Challenge to children at the McKinley Park and Bucktown-Wicker Park Branches of the Chicago Public Library (2014).
• Work with children in book reporting and reflecting on their summer learning activities.
• Provide support in promoting, staffing, and preparing for programs within both the branch libraries.
• Enter data into online database for individual readers.
• Distribute book bags and readers certificates to participants who have earned them.
• Help children in information seeking and books selection.

Burr Ridge, IL

Master Of Library & Information Science (Mlis), Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Majored In Journalism And Religious Studies, With A Minor In Spanish