Michael August Email & Phone Number

Virginia Beach, Va, Us

Boone, North Carolina, United States

Chesapeake Public Library

• Ensure that the Youth and Family Services (YFS) area of Indian River Library is a welcoming and engaging space for its young patrons and their parent/guardians; act as a conscientious facilitator of learning, connection, and growth.• Monitor and assist young patrons, especially after-school middle and high school-age youth, throughout the YFS area and activity room, respecting both their agency and CPL's Code of Conduct.• Create, develop, and carry out storytime programs for youth patrons and caregivers often aligned with social, environmental, and/or seasonal themes, including the provision of relevant activities and materials for check out. • Assist in developing, promoting, and executing branch-specific YFS programs and system-wide initiatives.• Plan, carry out, and evaluate participation in outreach events, especially related to youth literacy and recreation.• Listen to patron questions, comments, and concerns and provide guidance and information; includes navigation of physical collection, the library website and its catalog, reader’s advisory, and all variety of technological issues.• Frequently carry out shifts at circulation and information desks in addition to regular YFS duties; competent in regular circulation and references duties.• Assist in training and guidance of youth volunteers, esp. in relation to shelving, shelf-reading, and task management.• As a member of the CPL Pride Committee purposed with serving and supporting our LGBTQIA+ community members, confer and collaborate on initiative/project selection. Assisted with Family Pride event at Central Branch and regional Hampton Roads Pride Fest.• Create and facilitate social media advertisements for library programming, resources, and mission, at both the branch and system level, including sourcing relevant topics, original photography, and utilizing public domain graphics and resources.

New Librarianship Symposia: • Attended weekly group meetings of Symposia coordinators; conferred one-on-one with lead coordinator Tami Blumenfield subsequent to these.• Maintained a spreadsheet of current and potential Symposia sponsors, including contact details; developed publicity material for soliciting potential sponsors.• Supervised team of student volunteers tasked with evaluating and recommending revisions for the accessibility of academic papers; performed many of these personally, as well.• Communicated and coordinated with academic authors and presenters connected to symposia, ensuring mutual needs were fulfilled and questions answered.• Edited and updated Symposia website to accurately reflect author information, submission details, and new versions of materials.• Attended live Symposia sessions and assisted as co-host in managing technical details.• Assisted in selection process for grant-recipient authors.

As equipment checkout monitor: • Ensured accurate delivery of requested items and receipt of returned items, along with proper data entry• Organized inventory and updated equipment records• Assisted students with technical questions and recommendations for checkout • Notified technical faculty of missing items or habitual late returnsAs lighting studio monitor: • Kept detailed checklist of rented equipment, along with its orderly return• Allowed access to locked equipment closets• Assisted students with project or technical questions• Maintained cleanliness and order of studio roomsAs teaching assistant to instructors: • Attended classes and kept knowledge of class syllabi• Aided instructor in overseeing and supporting class activities• Helped students with project ideation, troubleshooting, and equipment set-up/take-down• Assisted instructor with out-of-class equipment maintenance and photo projects as neededOther duties: • Swept and maintained organization of lighting studios• Painted or spackled scuff marks and blemishes in department hallways

• Assisted students with photo projects when available, including photo printing and mounting Maintained cleanliness of studio and organization of studio equipment (e.g. lights, light stands, tripods, backdrops, props, cables)• Sorted and labeled drawer system for studio materials• Kept Rototrim station organized and trimmer operable• Cleaned and organized darkroom, including labeling cabinets • Cleaned and dusted enlargers• Disassembled and reassembled enlargers for transport through rotating door• Repaired or manufactured new dividing walls between enlarger stations• Constructed paper trays using foam board

Hilltop Shopping Center - Virginia Beach, Va

Customer service, retail sales, inventory stocking, inventory recovery, regular cleaning, ink recycling, teamwork.

Virginia Beach, Va

Inventory reception and stocking, inventory management, store displays, cleaning keg accessories, regular cleaning, assistance with delivery for customers, customer service.

The Writing Center

• Greeted students and explained The Writing Center’s services• Kept workspaces clean and organized• Maintained availability and organization of handout reference materials• Data entry• Peer review of student papers• Answered phone, as well as phone queries for Grammar Hotline • Various small tasks for Learning Assistance Services

South Rosemont Youth Library

• At welcome/information desk, greeted customers and facilitated general questions, comments, or materials transactions • Guided customers, especially new visitors, to become familiar with the library layout and in the use of the library catalog to locate materials • Registered new customer accounts • Collected payments and updated accounts to reflect fines or change of information • Notified customers about lost/missing items and updated accounts accordingly • Offered advice on reading interests or how to proceed in research projects (i.e. informal reference interviews), including leading customer to precise areas of collection • Served as assistant to information professional during youth programs, specifically after-hours Game Nights • Printed hold slips for customers and organized holds area • Assisted with minor technical/Internet issues on public-use computers • Assisted with initial self-checkout system • Checked library materials in/out, as well as loaded and unloaded materials to and from transport between libraries • Repaired damaged items (e.g. cd/dvd cases) when possible • Occasionally shelved and maintained the order and presentation of collection (more experience here in former position as a library clerk for approx. 2 years) • Served as assistant to information professional on several Bookmobile outings, involving several of the above duties

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa, Photography

Associate Of Science (A.S.), Social Sciences

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa, Student GovernmentStudies concentrated on the liberal arts.

Education record