Resume
I EXCEL IN
• Building meaningful partnerships with local organizations
• Providing quality programming to both staff and patrons
• Enlisting outside speakers and experts to fulfill business and community needs
• Utilizing online subscription library e-resources
• Coordinating productive teams who work toward long-term projects by completing short-term goals
• Creating and overseeing digital projects and social media initiatives
• Collection Development
EDUCATION
• MLIS, Dominican University (River Forest), 2006
• BA, Sociology and Anthropology, Lake Forest College (Lake Forest), 2005
• Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart (Lake Forest), 2001
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Barrington Area Library (Barrington) 2012-Present
Adult Services Librarian
• Responsible for a significant budget toward the procurement of digital ebook and audiobook collections in 3M, Overdrive, and OneClickdigital. Purchase titles weekly with a team
• Provide reference and readers advisory at a busy public service desk
• Planned and executed a circulating “VHS > DVD” kits, the first of its kind in libraries
• Developed classes, including “Consumer Research” for Money Smart Week, Photoshop, VHS > DVD, Infographics, Memes, and iMovie. Co-taught Google Hangouts, Skype, and eBook classes.
• Assisted Business Librarian with shooting videos for small business owners
• Provided website help to local business franchise owner
• Co-chair, Staff Development Day Committee, 2013
• Team member for new makerspace and media labs, launched April 2014
• Interviewed pinnacle community members for upcoming video series, “Living Library”
• Coordinated with area libraries to reclassified music collection into non-ANSCR
• Co-developed staff learning initiative, “100 Days of Downloads”
Northbrook Public Library (Northbrook) 2007-October 2012
Reference and Web Services Librarian
• Built Northbrook’s Oral History Website: http://www.northbrook.info/voices and created training materials
• Selection in the 100s, 400s, 800s, 700-720s and ESL
• Planned, organized, and executed training for new library catalog
• Developed computer classes for the public, ranging from Introduction to Computers, Email, LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and eResources
• Strategically planned and assigned content creators to website projects
• Maintained the back-end of Drupal6 CMS
Sisters of the Living Word (Arlington Heights) 2007-2009
Archivist
• Described documents according to archival standards
• Organized digital photographs on a shared server
• Created numerous PowerPoint presentations for fundraisers and events
• Developed finding aids in Microsoft Access
• Wrote for quarterly publication
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• LACONI Tech Committee. Planned successful continuing education opportunity for librarians including Podcasting experts from WBEZ.
• May 2009-2013: Served on the Reference Librarian Association Continuing Education Committee (RLA-CE). Planned programming, established bank account for the organization, served as treasurer and web content developer
• August 2009-Present: Member of the Chicago Area Drupal Users Group
• August 2009-Present: Member of Web Related Networking Group
• March 2008-May 2009: Served as Secretary of Religious Archivists
PROJECTS
Garden Stakes
Learning Exchange Article