Experience

Ela Area Public Library District

• United States
• Libraries
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head, Children's Department

  • Aug 1999 - Present

  Responsible for collection development, public services desk, programming for ages 0-12, promotion, budgeting, and training and continued professional development of staff. Develop world languages collection. Serve on international and translated books committees with the American Library Association and U.S. Board on Books for Young People. Manage and mentor a department of 6 full-time and 10 part-time employees. Develop and coordinate Zoom programs featuring art instruction with experts and book discussions with children’s authors and illustrators. Serve on Safety, Public Desks, and EDI (Equity, Diversity, Inclusion) committees. Responsible for collection of digital books and audiobooks for youth on Overdrive. Coordinate the discovery, renting, installation, and related programming of exhibits, including Anne Frank, Monarch Butterflies, Eric Carle, and Dinosaur Discoveries: Ancient Fossils, New Ideas. Show less



Room to Read

• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Ideal Book Collection Consultant

  • Sep 2021 - Dec 2021

  Compiled lists of recommended books focused on diversity for ages 6-8 and for early childhood. Prepared a PowerPoint presentation with information about selection method and criteria, an overview of categories and themes, and highlights of titles on the list. Compiled lists of recommended books focused on diversity for ages 6-8 and for early childhood. Prepared a PowerPoint presentation with information about selection method and criteria, an overview of categories and themes, and highlights of titles on the list.



Carmel Clay Public Library

• Children's Librarian

  • Aug 1996 - Jul 1998