Sean Thibodeau Email & Phone Number

Dracut, Massachusetts, United States

In partnership with Library Director, manage daily operations, policies, facilitymaintenance.• Oversee reference department, including maintenance of non-fiction collection,reference materials, and technology including online resources and in-library technology.Provide quality reference customer service. Utlizing research methodology to tailor a seamless user experience. Provide on the spot mentoring and teaching across a wide range of topics, aptitudes, technologies and equipment. • Plan, assist, implement adult programming and cross collaborative library programs.• Administrative duties payroll, budgeting, accounts payable, supervision, recruiting, hiring, and evaluation of personnel.Implement professional development resources for staff

Lowell

Led adult programs, events, and services, included eight (8) Lowell Reads communityreading programs, 2 Kerouac’s on the Road reading marathons, four literary LowellWalks, non-ficJon book club, film nights, and art installaJons.• Coordinated internal and external communicaJons and public relaJons via social media,website, email newsle[er, printed signs, adverJsements, press releases, and staffcalendar.• Built new partnerships and liaised with community ancillary library groups to enhanceprograms and service uJlizaJon.• Supervised Community Planning Librarian, library assistants and volunteers.• Answered informaJonal inquires and de-escalated conflicts to ensure patron and staffsafety at busy urban reference desk.

• Appointed by City Manager Eileen Donoghue, as City-wide coordinator of services tocoordinate access to and among non-profits and volunteer organizaJons responding toresident’s needs during pandemic.• Directed an immediate wellness call phone-bank to senior residents• Built and distributed a non-profit survey and directory of COVID-19 specific services.Compiled informaJon for residents and organizaJons looking for services in print and onthe city’s coronavirus response website.

Lowell, Ma

Guest/contributor to the Mid Day Cafe program on a local AM radio station. Mainly to promote events at the Pollard Library

Lowell Ma

Book reviews and recommendations for this local print & online magazine.

Acquisitions & Cataloging of law materials for a private firm. Managed collection development and maintenance.

Part time job staffing the reference desk. Mostly helping students with research on their various projects and fulfilling ILL requests.

Trouble shooting computer issues and peripheral equipment, leading workshops on technology issues, answering techy questions from GSLIS students and faculty on various software, equipment and services offered in the Technology Lab (printers, RSS, Wikis etc.) Worked as assigned in support of various projects initiated by GSIS Technology Group.

My primary responsibilities were staffing the circulation desk and performing document delivery in the Social Law Library's copy center. I also helped collection maintenance and with various projects deemed appropriate by the Access Services Librarian such as shifting the collection and setting up the library for special events.

Interned at this political watchdog organization cataloging and processing the books in their special collection of material focused on the Political Right in the USA. Utilized a homegrown taxonomy and Access Database.

Northampton, Massachusetts, United States

Semester long internship inventorying the Daily Hampshire Gazette photographic collection.

Master Of Library & Information Science (M.L.I.S.), Libary And Information Science

Activities and Societies: Vice President - LISSA (Student Government) Secretary - SLA

Bachelor Of Fine Arts, Creative Writing