Work Experience

Children's Services Librarian

(April 2010 - present)
Naperville Public Library
Naper Boulvard Branch- Naperville, Illinois

  • Develop and implement new concepts and themes for children’s programming, including seasonal reading and special events.
  • Provides Readers Advisory services to children and patrons who work with children, identifying new reading and interest trends.
  • Demonstrates and assists patrons with electronic resources, including computer databases and the Internet, as well as print resources.
  • Assists with collection development of the juvenile collection, including evaluation of new materials, replacement and repair of existing materials.

Reference Assistant

(April 2008 - April 2010)
Education Library
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana

  • Assists patrons by providing in-person and phone reference services.
  • Provides one-on-one research assistance for students, including online databases and library catalog instruction.
  • Services computers, printers and copy machines.
  • Maintains daily reference usage statistics.

Student Conservation Assistant

(August 2008 - April 2010)
E. Lingle Craig Preservation Laboratory
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana

  • Performs restorative treatments on a broad range of library materials from the circulating collection.
  • Assists the head of conservation and technicians in training new student employees in basic repair techniques.
  • Construct enclosures to prevent further damage to popular and brittle library materials and prepares items to be sent to the bindery.

Graduate Assistant

(August 2007 - August 2008)
Library Information Technology, Herman B Wells Library
Indiana University - Bloomington, Indiana

  • Produced web and intranet pages, created reports, instructions and other documentation for library staff and patrons.
  • Assisted with research, usability testing and analysis of test data for LIT staff.
  • Performed regular maintenance, trouble-shooting and testing of federated search products, web pages and the online library catalog.

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Teaching Experience

Student Teacher- Library Media

(October 2009 - November 2009)
Clear Creek Elementary School- Bloomington, Indiana

  • Independently conducted daily story time sessions for K-2nd grade students, utilizing a variety of storytelling methods.
  • Collaborated with classroom teachers to create lesson plans for struggling readers and provide individualized research assistance.
  • Provided instruction on usage of the online catalog to students.
  • Evaluated and selected materials for the fiction and non-fiction collections, as well as ordering Reading Is Fundamental books for students.

Student Teacher- Library Media

(October 2009 - November 2009)
Bloomington North High School- Bloomington, Indiana

  • Independently taught daily Library Inforamtion classes, with lesson ranging from collection development, book review writing and library promotion.
  • Collaborated with classroom teachers to promote reading programs and to provide database instruction for reasearch projects.
  • Advised the student run Book Club, wrote grants to help obtain funding for activities and designed new club logo and T-shirts.

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Related Work Experience

Multimedia & Children's Department Supervisor

(March 2005 - August 2007)

Bookseller

(July 2001- March 2005)
Borders Books & Music- Orland Park, Illinois

  • Managed a team of booksellers, oversaw the daily opening and closing operations of the store and resolved customer service and staff issues.
  • Organized merchandising in children's and multimedia departments.
  • Supervised and lead children and young adult activities, story time and events.
  • Supported management team to ensure that store goals were met.
  • Assisted customers in finding materials and ordering materials not available in store.


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