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● Oversee library collections staff of the State Library of Michigan● Maintain collections, programming and facilities budgets ● Help write strategic plan of the library● Build state wide community partnerships● Coordinate activities of the Center for the Book● Strengthen relationships with other cultural state wide organizations● Work with Library of Michigan Foundation to cultivate donors● Conduct media interviews on programs of the library● Present on library topics and subjects around the state● Manage all community outreach of the state library● Supervise building of exhibits and displays

● Oversee the facilities management of Herrick District Library locations● Create emergency procedures for staff of the library● Formulate policy for the Herrick District Library system● Oversee outreach and programming into the Greater Holland community● Help to manage annual $5.2 million dollar budget of the Herrick District Library system● Participate on Library management team● Cultivate Community Partnerships● Prepare Library State Aid Report● Present monthly library financial report to the Library Board

● Administer over 1 million dollar budget, in private and public funds, for personnel, materials, projects, equipment, exhibits and supplies ● Manage over 20 professional and paraprofessional staff, interns and volunteers ● Help write library strategic plan ● Align departmental projects with library strategic plan ● Co-author library collection development policy ● Write library system security policy ● Negotiate labor contract ● Originate and coordinate system-wide adult summer reading program ● Maintain donor relations with the library's foundation ● Raise nearly $400,000 in private funds for library projects ● Start and expand library system's current digitization efforts to now encompass over 85,000 digital objects ● Create system-wide exhibits ● Partner with local organizations to conduct library system outreach efforts ● Communicate with media about departmental and library activities ● Negotiate and handle all contracts for departmental databases ● Build system-wide training in local history research ● Write grants with Grand Rapids Public Library Foundation, library friends group, Michigan Center for the Book, Grand Rapids Community Foundation and National Endowment for the Humanities for departmental projects ● Oversee all departmental collection development ● Select public electronic resources for library system ● Evaluate all meta-data creation for digital collections ● Train new staff in archival procedures and research ● Develop departmental programming ● Supervise library system as needed ● Formulate all promotional materials for department, including website

● Created and coordinated system-wide adult programming and services ● Increased adult programming budget through foundation grants ● Chaired all adult programming committees ● Supervised and scheduled professional and paraprofessional staff ● Managed the library system on evenings and weekends ● Led library security personnel ● Taught patron computer classes ● Maintained Business, Reference, and Music collections of the central library ● Trained staff in collection development and reference work ● Updated scheduling techniques of the department ● Initiated and monitored the library's blog