Rebecca Dougherty Email & Phone Number

Racine, Wi, Us

School library collection development and programmingCurate, track, and monitor resourcesOversee and utilize the Common School Fund allocations in accordance with state guidelinesDirect and supervise the work of library assistantsRemain current in professional practices and developments, information technologies, and education research applicable to school library programsDesign curriculum and lessons with a focus on STEM Lead Makerspace learning

Wi, Us

Assisting students and faculty with research, ILL, original and copy cataloging, managing electronic resources, and other duties associated with running a small, academic/special library.- providing one-on-one library orientation to all new students- securing ten new electronic library resources providing access to more information- participating in new student orientation- instructing Information Literacy classes on the use of library resources and how to write a literature review- providing in-depth citation assistance- assisting with server maintenance including setting up and maintaining student and staff email and copier accounts- serving on the IT Committee - serving on the Inclusion Committee

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Us

Direct the organization and operation of the Krug Rare Books Room.Lead the Rare Books room collection development, maintenance, preservation, security and access initiatives and procedures.Evaluate materials in the general collection for transfer to rarities and work with the Technical Services Department on updating catalog holdings records.Supervise expenditure funds allocated to the department.Develop programs that align with MPL’s policies and procedures.Work collaboratively with multiple library units to successfully implement projects.Confer with Administrative Team members on current service programs, budgeting, staff development, strengthening resources, long range planning and other matters affecting the quality of departmental services.Collaborate and cooperate with administrators and other Central Library managers to strengthen the Central Library in its role as the state and county wide resource library.Gather information on the best policies and practices from other libraries; prepare and present narrative and statistical studies, studies of use, reports and plans; handle correspondence.Performance Management:Develop written performance expectations for staff; evaluate their performance and counsel them on the provision of high-quality service, on professional development, and professional reading, writing and speaking.Plan and conduct in-service sessions and staff meetings.Model a high level of customer service, train and coach staff to do the same.Participate in staff recruitment, selection, discipline, recognition, transfer and promotion.Train and supervise staff; identify new volunteer opportunities and develop job descriptions.Community Outreach and Advocacy:Develop and present public programs to increase awareness of our Rarities collection.Write articles or serve as a resource on articles written about departmental resources.Serve as liaison to Rare Books counterparts in other institutions.

Northbrook, Il, Us

Teaching information literacy, digital citizenship, critical thinking, and lifelong learning skills in a K8 school as the sole school library media specialist on campus.- weeded the collection extensively of 13,000+ items or 1/3 of the entire collection- helped design a new Learning Commons including the Library, a Reading Room, and separate classroom with the goals of creating a more open, comfortable, student focused, welcome, and inclusive learning environment - implemented a self checkout station and separate online catalog to instill independence in student and adult learners- implemented online acquisitions and vendor materials processing to streamline workflows- supervising a full time assistant, 5+ adult volunteers and 15-20 student library helpers- teaching 15+ classes each week- utilizing Common Sense Media's Digital Citizenship curriculum- utilizing Teaching books.net materials and lessons creating a curriculum focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion including books, videos, and music about Indigenous Peoples, Latinx cultures, Black History, Women's History, Asian Americans, and more.- actively collecting materials written by and representing marginalized and disenfranchised people including differently abled, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, and others whose stories have not historically been taught - organizing the entire school community's observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day- collaborating with colleagues, for example, with the Art teacher on sharing a book about Loteria and facilitating 6th grade students' creation of Loteria cards and playing the game.- utilizing gamification to engage students, for example, collaborating with the Director of Technology and the Innovation Studio Instructor to facilitate 7th & 8th grade students creating a game based on a book appealing to elementary students. - chairing the ISACS Accreditation Library committee focusing on strengths and challenges with self reflection and goal setting for the future.

Chicago, Il, Us

Working with faculty, staff, and students to ensure the relevance, adequacy, and accessibility of the physical and online holdings; orienting all constituents to best practices for utilizing information resources; supporting the development of an information literacy culture; supervising library assistants, ensuring library support by phone/email/text for students; assisting in integrating resources into the curriculum and improving access to the resources in the learning management system; ensuring that library practices adhere to standards established by state regulators and national accreditors.• Providing reference and research support remotely and in person.• Developing and maintaining the print and electronic collections.• Serving on accreditation team visits.• Tracking student D2L course attendance.• Providing citation instruction and support.

Racine, Wi, Us

Substitute teaching all grades and subjects in a K-12, large, urban, diverse, public school district. • Working independently and using judgment in making decisions within established procedures. • Serving a diverse, majority-minority student body in the fifth largest school district in the state with almost 20,000 students, 65% of whom qualify for free or reduced lunch. • Remotely teaching kindergarten and third grade in the 20/21 school year with Google Meet, Google Classroom, Zoom, Seesaw, YouTube, WeVideo, FlipGrid, Sora, and other online learning platforms.

Madison, Wi, Us

Providing dynamic and innovative information literacy instruction tailored to individual instructors and courses;developing strong, long lasting relationships throughout the campus and community; developingand promoting library services to faculty, staff, and students; participating in information literacyassessment; providing in-depth reference assistance in person and via chat service• Increasing the number of library instruction classes taught and students reached by 25% in one year.• Partnering with new departments including Business and Communication Arts to provide library instruction in their classes.• Participating in the NEA grant WI READS Big Read program by collaborating with other UW Colleges Libraries, West Bend Community Memorial Library, Germantown Community Library, UW-Washington County's Gay Straight Alliance student organization, and FRIENDS, Inc., a local non-profit that works to prevent, educate, and advocate for victims of sexual and domestic abuse. Co-facilitating book discussions, film screenings, hosting speakers, and so on. • Serving as the Political Science/Law subject liaison for all 14 UW Colleges campuses.• Serving on the UW Colleges Library Council Professional Development and Service Committee. Organizing Lunch & Learn speaker series, recommending approval for professional development funding requests, and planning annual all UW Colleges Library staff professional development day.• Weeding print periodicals and reference collection.• Selecting print & A/V materials including graphic novels, popular CD's, DVD's, and monographs.• Embedding LibGuides and other learning objects on D2L course pages.• Serving as the campus representative on the UW-Milwaukee Libraries Restructuring Team.

Reference, readers' advisory, cataloging, collection development, IT troubleshooting, programming, serving as Librarian in charge during evening and weekend shifts, among the many, many other duties conferred upon a Reference Librarian.- ordering children's DVD's, CD's, and audiobooks.- ordering adult DVD's and CD's.- assisting with school visits- contributing to the library blog

Working at the Youth Services department desk assisting patrons with their information needs.- assisting with the summer 2011 Harry Potter event at the DeKoven Center- creating a top 10 best books for new mothers bibliography- completing safety, dangerous person in the building, online training- volunteering for the 2011 library sponsored Racine Literacy Council spelling bee team

Coordinating the operations of an academic library consortium including but not limited to: planning and managing the budget, managing future growth including marketing services and establishing services to new members, acting as liaison between the Consortium and automation system and online subscription vendors, representing the Consortium to other groups and agencies and so on. • Preparing membership proposals for potential new members and adding a new Full Member.• Gathering information for and designing the WISPALS Annual Report.• Revising the Operating Agreement and Bylaws documents with the Executive Committee.• Securing legal counsel.• Working with the Executive Committee and attorney to create a new membership level.• Working with a web designer and creating a new website, www.wispals.org.• Maintaining an internal blog, wiki, and discussion forums and training staff on their use.• Creating in depth budget analyses.• Presenting WISPALS information to the Board.• Facilitating the AskAway virtual reference schedule.• Working with the Executive Committee on strategic planning.• Training staff on library software including Voyager.

Fulfilling general librarian responsibilities in a medium, urban public library including but not limited to: providing reference and readers’ advisory services, fulfilling collection management responsibilities, planning and facilitating all adult and teen programming, assisting patrons and staff with technological issues, performing cataloging duties, working with the local high schools, attending continuing education opportunities, creating promotional materials, performing interlibrary loan duties and so on.• Initiating and building teen fiction and rap music collections for the first time at this library. • Building the graphic novels collection.• Working closely with the youth services department on programming for families and teens and on collection development.• Facilitating a lapsed relationship with the local high schools and school media centers by attending district meetings and conferences, keeping in contact through email and school visits and offering my services to students and staff for research and leisure assistance.• Increasing the amount of adult programs offered to at least once a month and the variety in program topics including starting the library’s first ever Adult and YA Summer Reading Programs.• Assisting with non-fiction book cataloging.• Creating bibliographies, reading lists and book displays.• Supervising librarian nights and weekends.• Serving as system administrator.

Maintaining all operations of a small, rural public library including but not limited to: supervising, training and evaluating staff, providing reference and readers’ advisory services, fulfilling collection management responsibilities, budgeting, writing and implementing policies and procedures, providing technical support, conducting circulation and cataloging duties, conducting and facilitating monthly family programs, weekly story times and elementary school class visits, performing community outreach, attending staff, library and village board, system and other community organization meetings, reporting library statistics, creating promotional materials, performing interlibrary loan duties, attending continuing education opportunities and so on.• Being the first librarian at this library to attend all village board meetings. Preparing and presenting a proposed budget to the village board with the assistance of my library board. The village board approved an annual increase in our budget of approximately 30%. • Writing the first Collection Management policy the library ever had.• Serving on the Sharon Main Street organization committees and going door-to-door with a survey about local businesses and organizations.• Writing a request for proposal for new hardware and software for our local area network, presenting it to the library board, receiving proposals and ultimately hiring someone to do the work.• Building graphic novels and digital video discs collections from scratch.• Setting up the library’s first online public access catalog.• Moving the Young Adult collection out of the children’s room and giving them their own space.• Applying for and receiving the Libri Foundation Grant.

• Supervising student workers.• Providing reference assistance in person, over the phone and virtually.

• Writing the Collection Management policy with the Director.• Writing an extensive bibliography of parenting materials owned by the library and found on the Internet.

M.A., Library And Information Studies

B.A., Film Studies/English

English

Marine Biology

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