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Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Acting as the Interim Executive Director of the BC Libraries Cooperative from September 2024 to September 2025.

West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

-Manage a multi-million-dollar budget including capital, operating, and third-party lines.-Supervise and manage both union and non-unionized staff -Assume the role and responsibilities of Library Director in her absence.-As Privacy Officer for the Library work on a variety of projects related to security and privacy including: creating a data bank for personal information, creating and offering staff training, completing personal information assessments, responding to Freedom of Information requests.-Co-led a structural review of the library’s staffing that addressed a staffing budget shortfall, increasing diversity of staff tasks, allowing librarians to have more time for community connections, and reducing injuries of circulation staff.-Planned the development of a recording studio including space, equipment, and staffing needs.-Led the research and proposal and implementation of the library fines free program.-Led library technology replacement and management projects, including contract negotiations and review, contractor coordination, and implementation of tasks within expected timelines.-Collect and report on the library’s operating statistics to the West Vancouver Memorial Library Board, exempt library staff and the Libraries Branch of the BC Government.-Addressed operating statistics reporting gap through workflow change, moving from an electronic form to a tick-based paper system.-Lead Library Board Meetings and workshops.-Lead Database Stakeholders and Ebook Stakeholders Group in evaluating, adding, and removing electronic subscriptions, as well as initiatives to support and increase use.

West Vancouver, Bc

-Transitioned library services from fully in person to fully remote work in 2020 through the use of new technologies - including phones, chat, programming, and statistics.-Wrote a grant and coordinated granting partnership for North Shore Libraries and Telus of 400 devices and 200 data lines.-Transitioned digital experience staff back to hybrid and in-person service.-Co-led implementing a new library message delivery system to improve communication with patrons.-Led library intranet upgrade including content updates and migration.-Migrated library authentication off of SIP2 and onto EZproxy.-Replaced software for library meeting rooms.-Led project to lend out laptops and wireless hotspots to the community.-Hire and train librarians, library coordinators, and public service assistants and manage unionised staff.-Lead library’s digital strategy through partnerships with other departments, including adults and youth, overseeing public programs, implementing a teen volunteer program, implementing new library technologies, circulating technology kits, and the library’s digitised historical content collection.-Liaised with municipal departments, primarily Information Technology Services, this included leading regular meetings, coordinating budgeted projects, following up on service tickets to ensure service levels were maintained.Oversee and coordinate the work of the staff who are responsible for all library systems and discovery services, including the ILS, public computing and digital learning.

West Vancouver

- Part of the team that launched the Lab, West Vancouver's Digital Learning Space.- Supervise Digital Experience team, comprised of librarians, public service assistants, and casual staff- Coordinate public computing centre and public technology programming and adult digital literacy curriculum - Lead library's Ebook Stakeholders Group- Collect and maintain library statistics

West Vancouver

Creating connections between physical and digital experiences; supporting digital content creation; support staff through technology training; increase ease of access to ebook collections; and working with public device collections.Projects Include:- Staff Technology Training: ebooks, hardware troubleshooting, social media, online security- Hardware Documentation- Public Technology programming on current trends and digital content creation, such as social media, ebooks, self-publishing- Assist with Youth programming around technology, such as Makey-Makeys, Raspberry Pi.- Provide customer service at multiple information desks, for computer and technology support, as well as Reader's Advisory and Reference Services.- Member of Ebook Stakeholders Group, Database Stakeholder Group, Web Steering Committee, Social Media Team.- Maintain library statistics on digital services.

West Vancouver

Summary: Community Computing Centre: basic computer training, eReader lending program management, eBook & eReader troubleshooting.Detailed:- Train new staff to the Community Computing Centre and assist in the on-going assessment of other staff in the department.- Provide customer service for the public computers, library mobile apps, personal laptops and eReaders.- Create and teach the on-going basic computer literacy classes for patrons on topics such as Microsoft Word and Excel, Internet and database search techniques, social media sites and software, privacy and the management of eReaders and eBooks.- Assisted in the creation and launch Kindle lending program and manage the program in an on-going capacity.- Created patron support documents for computer literacy, troubleshooting computer-based issues and Internet safety. - Assist in the creation of staff training, troubleshooting and policy documents surrounding technology and the Community Computing Centre. - Support the selection and implementation of new software, such as Microsoft Office 2007, Evanced RoomReserve and Library Anywhere.- Manage the reference and lending computer book collections.- Coordinate meeting room bookings, taking payment and training staff on meeting room reservation software.- Maintain statistics for the Community Computing Centre, WVML library website and mobile applications.- Participated in the Information Technology Trends Committee from 2009 – 2010.

University Of Western Ontario

- Assisted in circulation & shelving. Basic computer assistance.- Created custom Facebook tabs. -Created online meeting room booking system using MRBS. - Created online equipment booking system. - Created mobile website. - Updated eReader documentation, set up eReader Lending Program.

Circulation.

Masters Of Library And Information Science, Library And Information Science

Activities and Societies: CLA, Student Chapter, Webmaster and Fundraising Co-Chair Student Council, First Term Representative, FIMS.

Diploma, Library And Information Technology

Ba, Psychology

Psychology