Experience

St. Paul's School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director of Library Services

  • Aug 2023 - Present



Bancroft School

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Instructor of Inquiry & Identity

  • Sep 2022 - Aug 2023

  Freshmen class requirement teaching students about their identities and the intersectionality of those identities. Using curiosity as the basis of instruction.

• Director Of Library Services

  • Jun 2022 - Jul 2023



Phillips Academy

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Director of Oliver Wendell Holmes Library

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

• Research and Instructional Design Librarian

  • Mar 2016 - Jun 2021

  Responsible for working with colleagues to improve instruction and reference services, enhance student learning in traditional and online environments. Plan for staffing needs at the library’s help desk. Serve primarily as one of the library liaisons to the History and Social Sciences Department. Lead the Library’s instruction program; planning, teaching, and assessing teacher-requested instruction sessions. Provide reference and research assistance to the community. Create and maintain online instructional materials and content for the OWHL’s online presence. Plan and develop outreach initiatives including: displays, workshops, programs, and community engagement activities. Identify and select materials for purchase in liaison areas. Participate in professional development activities. Create and produce digital literacy videos discussing the permanence and persistence of what is posted online. Show less



Rivier University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • May 2015 - Mar 2016

  Manage all day-to-day functions of the library. Coordinate the information literacy and library instruction programs and assessment; hire, train and supervise staff. Oversee the library’s Liaison Program. Work to create new library policies, reports, and surveys. Plan, implement, and evaluate all library functions. Develop and revise operating policies and procedures in accordance with patrons' needs and available resources. Supervise the management of electronic library information services, systems and materials, including the ILS, ERMS, electronic journals, e-books and streaming media. Ensure adherence to established cataloging policies/practices; ensure quality and integrity of all cataloging systems/records. Monitor vendor performance, balance turnaround times and costs. Confer regularly with ERC Librarian to plan and evaluate all functions and services of the ERC. Prepare staff work schedules and year-round library hours of operation. Confer regularly with the Library Director regarding the library’s goals and objectives, upcoming initiatives, and operational matters. Assist in communicating about these matters to staff and assure that they are working together towards these goals. Collaborate with the Library Director in collecting library data, surveys, statistics and the like to generate internal and external reports. Collaborate with the Library Director to manage the libraries’ materials budget, with the assistance of the Acquisitions Librarian and other designated staff as needed. Assist the Library Director in managing the operational budget. Manage the library’s credit card and other vendor accounts. Regularly prepare materials and operational budget reports which reconcile internal accounting functions with the University budget.Manage the library’s approval plans. Promote library resources and services. Generate annual report. Participate in the ongoing development of library services that support the University’s online instruction programs. Show less

• Assistant Director of User Services

  • Jan 2012 - May 2015

  Plan, implement, administer, coordinate, monitor, and evaluate all of the specific functions and services of the User Services department. Develop, assess and revise circulation and reference operating policies and procedures in accordance with patrons' needs and available resources. Directly supervise four full-time and six part-time library employees. Interview, hire and train new staff. Plan staffing needs, work schedules, and year-round library hours of operation. Assist in developing and administering an operating budget. Create, edit, and maintain Canvas based courses as well as work with faculty to incorporate library resources into their courses. Maintain a comprehensive Social Media policy detailing the reasons for adopting each platform, the ways they should be used, and the overall rationale for the library’s social media presence. Oversee the creation of library tutorials for faculty and students including databases specific tutorials. Communicate the importance of excellent customer service to department staff. Plan and implement the library’s information literacy program and assessment to meet NEASC standards. Partner with administrators and faculty to determine student needs and to use assessment data to make any necessary changes to the program. Select print and electronic reference resources and databases; participate in library liaison and collection development activities. Promote library resources and services via the library website, print publications and social media. Work with faculty to follow copyright guidelines. Collect library data, surveys, statistics and the like to generate internal and external reports. Compile, generate data, and write the library annual report. Participate in the ongoing development of library services that support the University’s online instruction programs. Develop and provide workshops on the use of the library resources and all new adopted tools to library staff and university faculty. Show less



Mount Ida College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• User Services/Reference Librarian

  • Sep 2010 - Jan 2012

  Supervised and scheduled full time employees including reference desk schedule. Participates in hiring new staff as well as training of procedures and routines. Oversaw Inter Library Loan and Circulation Staff. Liaison to the Graduate School, School of Design, New England Institute (Funeral Service), American Studies, and English Department. Developed Information Literacy Plans by program and taught classes to meet student needs. Provided workshops to faculty about the use of the library resources such as new databases and Web 2.0 tools. Established and maintained relationships with faculty to incorporate the resources through information literacy. Collection Development including overseeing budget for: Bereavement, School of Design, American Studies. Edited, Redesigned, and maintained library website. Provided both virtual and in person reference for students, faculty, and public users Integrated library resources into course management system. Created individual resources guides by major. Show less

• Circulation Supervisor/Reference

  • Sep 2008 - Sep 2010

  Worked with faculty to identify course reserves and follow copyright guidelines. Enter reserves into Innovative Interfaces' Millennium integrated library system. Performed all functions of the OCLC loan processes (lending and borrowing). Circulation Supervisor: Oversaw fines, billing, collection assessment, and item and patron record updates. Supervised 30 part-time student employees and evaluated their performance. Provided reference services to undergraduate and graduate students as well as public patrons. Liaison to Minuteman Library Network: Keyuser (Technology) and Circulation. Show less