Information Specialist

• Sep 2017 - Present

School Librarian

• Jan 2014 - Sep 2017

Managing a school library leading on the refurbishment of the library- library renewal project stock purchase and budget management creation of procedural and CDP policies evaluation of stock (collection mapping)- non-fiction renewal project purchase and evaluation of online resources and curating free resources for students and staff development of library lesson scheme incorporating information literacy skills collaborating with teaching staff to meet informational needs running a student librarian scheme coordinating World Book Day and other events running Anime club, participating in extension and enrichment projects, induction etc. Coordinating, supervising and delivering skills for Extended Project Qualification in the school Supervising and entering Independent Research Reports as part of Cambridge GPR Show less

Librarian

• Jun 2011 - Jan 2014

A librarian post with responsibility for the branch in the absence of the library manager and with information responsiblities. The job role included: premises management, health and safety responsibility, staff management including sickness and absence monitoring, customer care responsibility, answering enquiries, developing and running ICT sessions with the public, designing and delivering children's events, coordinating outreach events, promoting reading schemes and library events, recording statistics and banking money. Show less

Assistant Librarian

• Mar 2010 - Jun 2011

This role was focused on delivery of library services to children as it was within a children's library. It included some premises management, handling and responsibility for money, designing and delivering children's events, working with schools and children's centres, answering enquiries, stock maintenance, promoting the service and adding new borrowers, recording statistics, issue and return of stock and supervising staff.

Learning and Information Officer

• Sep 2009 - Mar 2010

This role involved mainly frontline library services, answering enquiries, shelving items, stock maintenance, delivery of children's events, storytelling, issue and return of items, handling money and till use, creating promotional displays and the recording of statistics.

Saturday Library Assistant/ Casual Assistant

• Sep 2002 - Sep 2009

This part time position was held between a variety of branches and involved issue/return of items, answering queries, shelving and stock maintenance, till use, helping users on the OPAC and PCs and joining new borrowers. This part time position was held between a variety of branches and involved issue/return of items, answering queries, shelving and stock maintenance, till use, helping users on the OPAC and PCs and joining new borrowers.