Kathryn Powell Email & Phone Number

Chester, South Carolina

I oversee all the Children's and Youth services programs within the library system. I provide activities at all three branches, maintain the collection, and offer the best patron service that I can. I occasionally work the front desk and help oversee the other daily activities of the library. I also manage our social media presence. I helped plan and design our Children's section remodel, balance the cash drawer at the beginning of the day, and manage our website content.

Montgomery, Alabama

My responsibilities for this job include opening and closing the library, planning programs, setting up and tearing down any programs held within the library area, and acting as Branch Head in the absence of the Extension Services Head. Other duties include maintenance of facilities, maintaining the online presence of the Hampstead Library Branch regular monitoring of computer systems, troubleshooting, collections development, weeding, overseeing staff, assisting patrons, running circulation, accumulating monthly reports, and monitoring of cash register.

Thrift Library, Anderson University, Anderson, South Carolina

Primary duties included to answer inquiries placed by visitors (Students, Faculty, and community members), man the circulation desk, assist the student workers and librarians with tasks. Additionally I work on various projects in house, including heading up the library survey compilation of results, creating and editing online library guides (libguides), and handling the periodicals.

Primary duties included helping customers with locating items within the store, ensuring that their experience was pleasant and quick, and ensure that they would be repeat business. I ensured that they get the advertised price for any sale items and satisfied demands as far as the rules would allow. Due to the nature of the job, I must have fiscal management skills to ensure that the til is neither over or under on the amount of money inside.

My primary duties were to help the librarians with whatever task was required. These tasks included recycling of old magazines, weeding the shelves of books and updating them to match the Public Library Catalog, as well as creating kits for parents and teachers to use in the classroom or at home, preparing and running events for children within the library, and helping patrons with technical issues.

My primary duties were comprised of researching family connections and updated the family tree to reflect any new information found or provided.

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Reference Track

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History

Activities and Societies: Omicron Delta Kappa, Concert Choir, Pastimes History Club, Sesquipedalian Literary Society,Graduated Cum Laude.