Michaela Haberkern Email & Phone Number

Aurora, Illinois

Assists the Executive Director in the development of major policies, goals, objectives and general planning activities of the library; hires, trains, coaches, and manages the public services managers; provides uniformly gracious and friendly service to all customers.

Hinsdale, Illinois

Act as the Executive Director in her absence; assist with planning and evaluation of the annual budget; assist with the compilation and submission of annual reports and applications to the library system and Illinois State Library; act as a FOIA Officer for the Library; maintain and review all job descriptions; evaluate performance review tool and provide.

Hinsdale, Illinois

Plan, manage and direct all activities related to the operation of the Adult Services Department; hire, train, and evaluate staff, including directing and overseeing staff with supervisory responsibilities; develop and manage department budget; staff representative to the Board’s Policy Committee; staff liaison to the Hinsdale Public Library Foundation.

Skokie, Illinois

Grant writing and management of digital projects; assisted patrons with reference and readers advisory questions; developed and taught internet classes for the public; developed and offered programs for community groups; created publicity and promotional materials for adult programming.

St. Louis, Missouri

With Circulation Manager, implemented reallocation of staff into a newly-created Readers’ Service Department; supervised 24 paraprofessional staff; created readers' advisory service for 19 branches; developed and implemented readers' advisory training for paraprofessional staff in 19 branches; developed and taught classes on a fiction database for staff.

St. Louis, Missouri

Assisted Reference Manager in administrative tasks, supervision and scheduling of 12 professional staff members; provided telephone, email, and in-person reference service in a busy, fast-paced environment; scheduled, developed and taught reference classes for 19 branches; developed and taught database and internet classes for staff and public; developed.

St. Louis, Missouri

Provided telephone, email, and in-person reference service in a busy, fast-paced environment; previewed electronic and print resources and made recommendations for acquisition; developed and taught internet classes for staff and public; evaluated legal web sites for inclusion in Reference web page.

Mls, Library Science

Ba, English, History