Valerie Bailey Email & Phone Number

North Region

Oversee library services and operations for fourteen community libraries and two bookmobiles.

Lancaster, CA

• Manage the largest (48,721 sq.ft.) and busiest (avg. 1,000 customers per day) library in the LA County Library system
• Train, develop and oversee a staff of 39 including 11 full-time professionals and paraprofessionals.
• Direct the development of all collections including Adult, Teen, Children’s, Audio-Visual and Books-By-Mail, totaling over 270,000 volumes
• Oversee all library programming for adults, teens and children
• Maximize use of $50,000 annual FOL budget to enhance our collection and programming
• Foster mutually beneficial community partnerships with local organizations and other county departments

Acton, CA

• Responsible for the creation and promotion of extensive library programming for adults and teens
• Responsible for adult, teen and audio-visual collection development and management
• Proactive, intense involvement with the community: local government, civic organizations and an active Friends of the Library group.

Lancaster, CA

• Provide reference services to adult and teen patrons: help them perform research, find materials and use the computer/Internet/databases/printer/copier
• Contribute heavily to adult, teen and periodical collection development and management: making purchases, processing donations, shifting locations, weeding, etc.
• Assist with adult programming: hosting monthly book club and creating library displays

Canyon Country, CA

• Manage a busy 17,000 sq. ft. library with 4 full-time and 11 part-time employees
• Plan and execute all adult programming; responsible for adult collection development
• Oversee teen and children’s programming and collections
• Perform both routine and in-depth reference assistance on a daily basis

Lancaster, CA

• Develop and manage an extensive audio-visual collection
• Supervise one assistant and one warehouse worker
• Provide reference services to adult and teen patrons: help them perform research, find materials and use the computer/Internet/databases/printer/copier
• Assist with collection development (weeding, suggested acquisitions, etc.)

Lancaster, CA

• Manage the federal and state government documents collection in accordance with FDLP and LA County Library guidelines
• Provide reference services to adult and teen patrons: help them perform research, find materials and use the computer/Internet/databases/printer/copier
• Assist with collection development (weeding, suggested acquisitions, etc.)

Palmdale, CA

• Circulation Desk: check materials in and out, collect fines and process library card applications
• Assist patrons with finding materials and with Internet use
• Process new acquisitions and perform book mending

Lancaster, CA

• Provide reference services to adult and teen patrons: help them perform research, find materials and use the computer/Internet/databases/printer/copier
• Assist with collection development (weeding, suggested acquisitions, etc.)

Lancaster, CA (AVHS)

• Prepare and deliver lesson plans in accordance with state guidelines
• Manage classroom to provide an environment conducive to learning
• Score assignments and calculate students’ grades

Palmdale, CA (HHS) & Quartz Hill, CA (QHHS)

• Responsible for office management in support of district-wide implementation of the Senior Project program
• Assisted with creation of Senior Project manual and other instructional materials

Palmdale, CA

• Plan and execute all store event programming (children’s activities, reading groups, book signings, musical performances, etc.)
• Perform community outreach and partnership with schools, charitable foundations, and literacy advocates
• Customer service, sales, merchandising, cash handling, loss prevention, and training of new booksellers

San Francisco Bay Area

• Executive assistant to regional director of a 10-district, 135-store market comprised of the western United States
• Conference planning and execution for store managers and district managers
• Creation and distribution of reports (sales goals and performance, budget, bonus, reforecasting, etc.)
• Travel planning and booking (air, hotel, car, restaurants, entertainment)

Palmdale, CA

• Customer service, sales, merchandising, store organization and maintenance, cash handling, loss prevention, shipping and receiving, inventory control, and hiring, training, and supervising the bookselling staff

Master Of Library & Information Science (Mlis), Library And Information Science

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature, General

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Letters, Arts & Sciences