Sara Zettervall Email & Phone Number

Sara Zettervall is a Community Embedded Librarian, HCL Cedar Riverside Opportunity CenterConsultant and Trainer, Whole Person Librarianship at Hennepin County Library. She possess expertise in community outreach, library science, editing, research, nonprofits and 21 more skills. Colleagues describe her as "Sara Zettervall is an incredible coworker. She is a coworker in the sense we have the same position in Hennepin Libraries, but most often I have been in work situations where she is occupying a leadership role. In those types of assignments, she respectfully holds the space for thoughtful conversations and meaningful links group efforts back to the tenets of quality library services. Sara pushes for everyone to feel a sense of urgency and importance about the work they perform. She responds well to and always requests detailed feedback. She cares about continuous improvement, so always pursues tough conversations head on while somehow managing to keep her head on straight, too. I have repeatedly encouraged her to take on roles that would allow her to direct more elements of services that impact the high-need library I work within; her compassion for the needs of community members paired with her well-organized process to increase effectiveness makes her a great leader for every type of library. " and "I’ve been fortunate to work with Sara on two different project teams at Hennepin County Library: Services to Patrons Experiencing Homelessness, as well as the Students and Educators project. Whether serving as co-chair or as a team member, Sara is always a leader. Sara’s skill in facilitating conversations and managing agendas has driven challenging work forward in our large, complex library system. Outside of these teams, I greatly admire Sara’s dedication to the profession. Sara is a calm and clear communicator, but also warm and personable – all of which makes her fun and easy to work with!"

Listed skills include Community Outreach, Library Science, Editing, Research, and 22 others.