Bates Resume
Bates Resume
Bates Resume
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Education
MasterofLibraryandInformationScience
CertificateinYouthServicesLibrarianship
UniversityofIllinoisatChampaignUrbana,December2012
AliceLohrerAwardforLiteratureandLibraryServicesforYouthRecipient
BachelorofArtsinEnglishwithemphasisinCreativeWriting
MinorsinBusinessAdministrationandLeadershipStudies
KansasStateUniversity,May2009
StudyAbroadPrograminOrmskirk,England
EdgeHillUniversity,SpringSemester2007
WorkExperience
YoungAdult/YouthServicesLibrarian
LakesRegionalLibrary,FortMyers,FL(March2015Present)
Planandimplementprogrammingforbirthto18yearsold
Conductoutreachprogramstolocalhighschoolsandmiddleschoolstopromotelibrary
use
ManageteencollectionbyweedingandorderingnewmaterialsfromBakerandTaylor
Participateinsystemwidemeetingsforyouthservicesprogrammingandcollection
development
Staffbusychildrensreferencedeskandassistchildren,teens,andcaregivers
Designdisplaystoincreaseawarenessofcollectionandprograms
Createreadinglistsandbibliographyrecordstoincreasereadersadvisory
Presenttoursandprogramsforschoolandcommunitygroupsvisitingthelibrary
YouthServicesLibrarian
LakesRegionalLibrary,FortMyers,FL(April2013March2015)
Plannedandimplementedprogrammingforbirthtofifthgrade
MaintainedjuvenilecollectionbyweedingandselectingnewmaterialsfromBakerand
Taylor
Staffedbusychildrensreferencedeskandassistedchildrenandcaregivers
Offeredreadersadvisorythroughreadinglistsandbibliographyrecords
TeachingAssistant,InstructionalTechnologyandDesign(ITD)Office
GraduateSchoolofLibraryandInformationScience(GSLIS)
UniversityofIllinoisatChampaignUrbana,Champaign,IL(August2011December2012)
Createdtrainingmaterialsandassistedintrainingnewemployees
StaffedtheHelpDeskandansweredtechnologybasedinquiries
CoManagerofOnlineSales
TheDustyBookshelf,Lawrence,KS(September2007August2011)
Developedtrainingmanualandoversawtrainingofnewpersonnel
Researchedandcreatedmarketingplansforonlinebooksales
LibraryInternofInterLibraryLoanDepartment
HaleLibrary,Manhattan,KS(September2005December2006)
AidedpatronsbyshippingrequestedbooksusingLibraryofCongressClassificationSystem
Trainednewpersonnelandcoordinatedgroupbondingactivitiesforemployees
Leadership
ChairofChildrenandYoungAdultAuthorCommitteeforSouthwestFloridaReadingFestival
(2014Present)
Trainandsuperviseadultandteenvolunteersforthechildrensdepartment(2013Present)
Introducedsystemwideearlyliteracyprogramof1000BooksBeforeKindergarten
CollaboratedonEarlyLiteracyCommitteetocreatetrainingsforpreschoolteachers
Practicum
ChampaignPublicLibrary,ChildrensDepartment
(Fall2012Semester)
Plannedandimplementedstorytimesforbabiesandtoddlers
Selected,orderedandweededthechildrensnonfictioncollection
Offeredreferenceassistanceandreadersadvisoryforchildrenandparents
TechnologySkills
ExperiencedwithmakerspacetechnologyincludinglittleBits,Sphero,andMakeyMakey
KnowledgeablewithAxis360,TumbleBooks,andMangoLanguages
ExtensiveknowledgeofMicrosoftOfficeSuite,GoogleDocs,andOpenOfficeSoftware
ProfessionalOrganizations
AmericanLibraryAssociation(August2011Present)
YoungAdultLibraryServicesAssociation(August2011August2014)
AssociationofLibraryServicestoChildren(July2012Present)