Experience

Washington County Public Library System

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Library Director

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  • Plan, direct, coordinate, and assure the efficiency and effectiveness of all Library operations, facilities, services, collections, and programs.• Lead, guide, and support staff and administrative team to provide exceptional customer service and exemplary services, programs and collections, • Develop and implement methods to measure community needs and Library effectiveness.• Partner with the Board of Trustees in the development and implementation of strategic plans.• Collaborate with the Board of Trustees in the preparation of the annual budget; administer the approved budget to assure proper and efficient use of all library funds; manage State Aid funding; collaborate with local governments to prepare Capital Improvement plans.• Collect pertinent data, compile annual reports. • Communicate organizational needs to Board of Trustees, Library Foundation Executive Board, and the Friends of the Library.

• Assistant Library Director

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2019

  • Perform duties of director in director’s absence or at director’s discretion.• Provide supervision and direction for public services, technical services, and outreach services.• Provide assistance in the development of staff training programs.• Participate in the development of budgets, assist in the allocation of personnel resources, help monitor and adjust expenditures.• Conduct regular reviews of policies and procedures, present proposed policy updates to library board, assure adherence to same.• Assist with marketing efforts, including needs analysis and program development.



Sumter School District

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Principal

  • Jul 2013 - Feb 2016

• Library Media Specialist

  • Jul 2006 - Jul 2013

  • Serve as the Library Media Specialist for R. E. Davis Elementary and Mayewood Middle School.• Operate and supervise the school library facility; prepare annual budget.• Evaluate, select, requisition, and catalog new materials.• Assist teachers in the selection of instructional materials to supplement the instructional program.• Collaborate with teachers in planning assignments and activities to extend use of media center resources.• Instruct student in the development of information literacy skills and in the use of library materials.• Supervise media clerks.• Serve on the Administrative Leadership teams.



Elkhart Public Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Copy Cataloger

  • 1998 - 2000

  • Catalog and classify new materials by identifying and editing matching bibliographic records.• Maintain accuracy and integrity of the catalog database and resolve discrepancies.



Niles District Library

• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Children's Librarian

  • 1988 - 1993

  • Plan, promote, present, and evaluate dynamic programs and events in the Library and the community to assist young patrons, promote library services, and encourage literacy.• Maintain youth collections using collection management best practices.• Provide technical and professional assistance to library patrons.• Compile data and prepare statistical and analytical reports of library activities and operations.• Assist in the development and management of youth services materials and programming budgets.