Experience

Anne Arundel County Public Library

• United States
• Libraries
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Assistant Branch Manager

  • Oct 2020 - Present



Freelance

• Baltimore, MD

• Freelance Writer and Library Consultant

  • Sep 2011 - Present

  *Author of "Books in Motion," "Get Real with Storytime," "Nonfiction in Motion," and write-for-hire projects. *Offers training sessions for children's library staff and other interested in early literacy. Presentations include sessions at the Texas Library Association Conference, Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, and North Dakota Library Association Conference. *Available for short-term library projects including school library substitute positions *Author of "Books in Motion," "Get Real with Storytime," "Nonfiction in Motion," and write-for-hire projects. *Offers training sessions for children's library staff and other interested in early literacy. Presentations include sessions at the Texas Library Association Conference, Pennsylvania Library Association Conference, and North Dakota Library Association Conference. *Available for short-term library projects including school library substitute positions



American Library Association

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Member

  • Jan 2001 - Present

  *ALSC Division Councilor (7/18-6/20) *Arbuthnot Committee (7/17-6/19) *Priority Group Consultant for Organizational Support (7/15-6/17) •Member of Continuing Education Task Force (6/14-1/15) •Member of Nominating Committee (1/14-1/15) •Member of Education Committee (7/12-6/14) •Member of Budget Committee (7/11-6/12) •Member of John Newbery Award Committee (1/10-6/11) •Bill Morris Seminar Participant (1/10) •Co-Chair of Organization and By-Laws Committee (7/08-6/10) •Member of Scholarships: Melcher and Bound to Stay Bound Committee (7/07-6/09)



Baltimore County Public Library

• United States
• Libraries
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Librarian

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2020

  January 2020-October 2020: Part-Time Librarian at the Pikesville Branch. July 2016-December 2019: Early Literacy Programming Assistant at the PIkesville and Randallstown Branches. January 2020-October 2020: Part-Time Librarian at the Pikesville Branch. July 2016-December 2019: Early Literacy Programming Assistant at the PIkesville and Randallstown Branches.



Maryland Library Association

• Member

  • Jan 2001 - Jul 2016

  •Member of Children’s Services Steering Committee (1/03-present) •Member of Marketing/Membership Committee (7/11-6/13) •President of Children’s Services Division, served on MLA Executive Board (7/05-6/06) •Vice-President of Children’s Service Division, served on Annual Conference Planning Committee (7/04-6/05) •Member of Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers Award Committee (7/03-6/05) •Member of Children’s Services Steering Committee (1/03-present) •Member of Marketing/Membership Committee (7/11-6/13) •President of Children’s Services Division, served on MLA Executive Board (7/05-6/06) •Vice-President of Children’s Service Division, served on Annual Conference Planning Committee (7/04-6/05) •Member of Maryland Blue Crab Young Readers Award Committee (7/03-6/05)



Enoch Pratt Free Library

• Assistant Children's Services Coordinator

  • Sep 2006 - Sep 2011

  *Acted as Interim Children's Services Coordinator March 2011-September 2011. *Set and managed policies and procedures for children's services in city-wide library system. I wrote the children's specialists standards manual. I was also instrumental in implementing weekly storytimes as all locations. *Chaired Summer Reading Committee. This included managing a tight budget, coordinating incentives and their distribution, and managing yearly procedural adjustments. *Managed statistics for city-wide children's library programming. I created an Excel document to track and analyze program attendance across multiple variables. *Planned city-wide children's literature celebrations. This included working with partners and volunteers, working with a print shop to create promotional materials, managing branch program requirements, scheduling performers, and everything that comes up the day of the program.



Frederick County Public Library

• Librarian I

  • Jan 2002 - Sep 2006

  Acting Branch Manager - Brunswick Branch Library (April 2006 — September 2006) •Supervised 6 part-time staff members •Served as library representative for Friends of the Library, Brunswick Branch Librarian I, Children's Department (July 2003 — April 2006) •Provided library services to the public through reference interactions, storytimes, and school age programs •Trained new FCPL staff members on Babies With Books program and reference collection •Coordinated and delivered Vermont Center for the Book Mother Goose training programs to 100+ child care providers Library Associate II, Children's Department (October 2002 — July 2003)



George's County Memorial Library

• Library Associate I

  • Jan 2001 - Oct 2002