Stephanie Tyson Email & Phone Number

Issaquah, Washington, United States

Cultural Competency: Recognition of the need to continually develop and practice cultural competence with communities and staff that a librarian does not identify with.Community Engagement and Partnerships: Understand the role of community engagement in identifying community needs and goals, and develop relevant and responsive programs, services, and content that meet those needs. Engage with community members and organizations to develop and maintain both formal and informal relationships to realize outcomes that further community and Library goals. Reference Services and Readers’ Advisory: Assist patrons of all ages and interests in finding information they need and materials that surprise and delight. Support system-wide service initiatives and strategic priorities. Develop and maintain expertise in a wide range of information resources in order to deliver high quality reference and readers’ advisory service in a variety of modes (in person, phone, virtual). Ensure that information resources and the Library’s collection reflect the range of information needs in the community and effectively serve the city’s diverse and growing population. Program and Service Design, Development, Delivery and Evaluation: Commitment to continually support community needs and interests. Use community information to create relevant programs, services and content that responds to specific community interests and needs.Programmatic Leadership: Understand how the role of the librarian functions within the context of the system-wide service initiatives and local service delivery.Operational Leadership: Knowledgeable in the effective use of the Library’s facilities, equipment, services, and programming. Cultivate healthy working relationships with colleagues locally and regionally; engaging with them in support of Library program and services. Working effectively under the supervision of the Regional Manager, the Teen Services Librarian will regularly serve as a staff lead.

Assists with the flow and organization of materials: Sorts, files, shelves and routes books and a variety of other materials; lifts and transports books and materials using book carts, hand trucks and similar equipment; empties book drops and uses computer-based automated systems to check in materials; locates and retrieves materials for processing; maintains the order and appearance of materials; and retrieves materials for patrons and Library staff.Performs support duties: Gathers information or data, when instructed, and maintains records and files; compiles statistics; and assists with various projects, such as processing damaged materials, updating circulation records and/or developing circulation-related reports.May provide circulation services to patrons: Serves as a back-up for circulation desk staff, providing friendly, responsive customer service to patrons by phone or in-person. Performs duties such as: checking materials in and out; renewing and reserving materials; collecting fees; registering patrons for library cards; providing directions or information to patrons regarding the location and use of materials, equipment and resources; and responding to a variety of related issues.

Gainesville, Florida Area

- Create new and innovative programs for children ages 0 - 11 - including virtual programs. - Write blogs to entertain, inform, and promote library resources, services, programs, and the collection. - Provide quality and efficient library services to all members of the community at the service desks, by phone, or curbside service.- Process, file, and shelve library materials to support patron access to materials.- Assist with the daily work flows of the Branch as required.- Participate in professional development through online training and webinars.- Serve as a member of the live programming committee.

Gainesville, Florida Area

- Daily check of the bookmobile - the vehicle itself, as well as stock on shelves. - Restocking/troubleshooting performed as necessary. - Performed circulation and reference duties as necessary, as well as story times performed at special stops.- Monthly exchange of materials performed. Low-circulation materials were pulled and returned to HQ, and new materials were pulled and checked into the bookmobile.

Lake City, Fl

- Supervised 1 program specialist, the two of us encompassing the entire youth services department.- Wrote annual employee evaluations for the specialist.- Served as Person In Charge (PIC) on the weekends, responsible for building, staff, and patron issues.- Hired 2 Program Specialists (Library Specialists), including application review/scoring and interview.- Provided input on policy and procedures as a member of the Management Team for the library district. - Generated statistics for all youth programs and prepared quarterly reports. - Managed $30,000 set forth by the County and Friends of the Library. Approximately $25,000 was the collection budget and $5,000 was the program/program supplies budget.- Selected and ordered all fiction and nonfiction materials for ages 0-18 for the main library, as well as all of the graphic novels (all ages) for the main library.- Responsible for coordination and facilitation of regular and summer library programs for three libraries. - Managed library collections through regular weeding (based on condition and last time circulated) and maintenance.- Coordinated outreach with community partners.

Lake City, Fl

- Upkept rotating book collection between 27 daycares. - Performed story time at 10 daycares, as well as the occasional in-house. - Headed teen program planning and implementation.

Lake City, Fl

-Performed circulation duties. -Worked reference desk in two capacities - reference side and internet sign-up.- Tallied statistics of internet usage. - Performed all levels of interlibrary loan - borrowing, recieving, processing, etc.

Lake City, Fl

- Performed general circulation duties. - Helped with internet sign-up at the reference desk.-Shelved books and read shelves.

Lake City, Fl

-Put carts in order-Shelved books-Read books on shelves and reshelved any wayward books.

Master Of Library & Information Science - Mlis, 4.0

https://stephaniemtyson.wixsite.com/usfportfolio

Bachelor’S Degree, Art/Art Studies, General, 3.65

Activities and Societies: College Democrats- BFA - Art - Specialization in Animation (Traditional). - History of Animation I & II