Work Experience
Teen Services Librarian
New Albany-Floyd County Public Library, New Albany, IN
June 2012-June 2016
- Ran teen programming, including monthly meetings of teen advisory board (TAB), where the teens were empowered to plan their own library events, as well as Maker Monday, teen anime club and other events with an average of 15 students at each meeting/li>
- Maintained a teen collection that reflected the community's diverse needs with a $15,000 annual materials budget and saw a 150% increase in circulation
- Coordinated monthly library outreach activities for tweens at teens at the local youth shelter and public schools, including booktalks to junior high students and craft projects
- Oversaw the relocation and expansion of the teen area into its own room
- Organized the library's teen summer reading club with weekly activities and over 500 registered students and a winter reading club with 100 registered students
- Supervised the teen advisory board's summer reading video, which won the statewide Collaborative Summer Reading Program's best video award in 2013 and 2016
- Answered reference, readers advisory, and ereader questions at the adult, teen, and children's department refrence desks
- Served on the Hispanic Outreach committee to help plan events to serve the local Latinx community
- Worked with the library website committee to upgrade the library's old website and continued to contribute content to the library's teen page
Reference Assistant
Funk ACES Library, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
February 2011-May 2012
- Answered patrons’ online, phone, and in person research questions at one of the nation's only agriculture libraries
- Provided excellent customer service for circulation, scheduling, and directional questions
- Created and maintained online subject guides for agriculture and nutrition classes
- Maintained the ACES library website and researched new LibGuides
- Supervised two undergraduate student assistants
Intern
New York Public Library, Bronx, NY
March 2012
- Staffed information desk and answered reference questions in English and Spanish at a neighborhood branch library serving a diverse community
- Led a pre-school storytime and afterschool craft program
- Assisted with a bilingual storytime and science activity led by outside educators
Practicum Student
Champaign Public Library (Adult and Teen Services), Champaign, Illinois
June 2011-August 2011
- Staffed information desks, providing reference help and readers' advisory at a busy public library
- Assisted librarians with collection development and weeding
- Researched and prepared four teen booklists
Paid Blogger
BuyFun.com
November 2011-May 2012
- Wrote blog posts assigned to me by BuyFun.com to provide content for their partner sites
- Example posts available here
Program Director
Camp Kiwanis, Mahomet, Illinois
June 2010-August 2010
- Supervised and assisted four staff members at a Girl Scout day camp
- Planned and scheduled a variety of weekly activities for forty campers ages 6-10
Information Technology for Education Volunteer
United States Peace Corps, Cabarete, Dominican Republic
February 2008-May 2010
- Taught English and computer skills classes for adults and youth
- Formed an IT youth group for high-achieving high school students
- Maintained computer lab as a community center
- Assisted with the installation and utilization of ResourceMate software to catalog the community library
- Served as editor-in-chief of the Peace Corps DR volunteer magazine
Units Director
Camp Green Eyrie, Harvard, Massachusetts
June 2007-August 2007
- Supervised and assisted 12 unit staff members at an overnight Girl Scout camp
- Performed administrative duties in camp office, especially scheduling
- Led out of camp trips
- Varied other duties as needed to ensure a positive camp experience for staff and campers
Conferences Attended
Indianapolis, IN, November 17-19 2014
- Presented Every Hero Has a Story - CSLP 2015 with Suzanne Walker
Indianapolis, IN, March 11-15 2014
- Presented "Betwixt and Be-Tween: Readers' Advisory and Programs for Tweens" with Abby Johnson
Chicago, IL, June 27-July 2 2013
Indianapolis, IN, November 12-14 2012
Indianapolis, IN, August 26-27 2012
New Orleans, LA, June 23-28 2011
Dominican University, River Forest, IL, September 8-9 2011
Boston, MA, April 4-7 2007
- Presented the paper "Defining Ourselves, Defining the Other: The Use of Myth in Sandman #50, 'Ramadan'"