Experience

Library Technician (Adult Services)

January 2024—Present

• Adult Services

  • Co-planner for adult programs, including monthly adult fiction book group, with a budget of $6,000.

  • Created, arranged, and maintained displays, and collection marketing materials.

  • Analyzed collection statistics and reviewed journals for data-driven collection development.

  • Weeded and inventoried collections.

  • Purchasing of adult fiction, audio books, large print fiction, and nonfiction, with a combined budget of $26,500.

  • Implemented record clean-up to examine adult fiction for accuracy and findability.

Library Technician (Marketing and Graphic Design)

July 2021—December 2023

Library Assistant (Marketing and Graphic Design)

December 2016—July 2021

Laconia Public Library ◦ Laconia, NH

• Graphic Design & Marketing

  • Created all in-house graphic design, both print and digital, including brochures, posters, forms, newsletters, social media graphics, and signs

  • Established and managed all library social media channels, including YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and TikTok

  • Created consistent library branding with templates and staff instruction

  • Produced and maintained the library’s website, including participation in the city’s website redesign committee

• Supervising

  • Trained and evaluated volunteers, keeping track of hours used for statistics

  • Project management, including proposal, procedure, and execution to convert library DVDs to locking cases and implement categorization and relabeling.

  • Supervised media and book repair

  • Prepared weekly desk schedule

• Programming

  • Conducted monthly adult craft program of 10-40 attendees, and a budget of $1,400

  • Created, arranged, and maintained displays

• Technology

  • Instructed patrons in technology, including the library’s microfilm machines, copier/printer, and computer systems

  • Instructed staff members in the use of technology, including software, with in-person and written instructional procedure documents

• Customer Service

  • Assisted patrons with excellent customer service at youth and adult service desks

  • Promoted library services in-person and through social media channels

  • Provided readers advisory and reference assistance to patrons

  • Circulation tasks using TLC and Apollo

• Cataloging & Collection Development

  • Analyzed collection statistics and reviewed journals for data-driven collection development

  • Weeded and inventoried collections

  • Purchased adult media collections, keeping a detailed budget for a combined $12,500

  • Cataloged, using original and copy, with RDA and AACR2

  • Collaborated and researched cataloging best practices to implement as official library guidelines

  • Managed microfilm collection, including collecting and sending newspapers for microfilm, ensuring the accuracy of collection, and archiving digital editions

  • Re-cataloged adult and youth media collections to ensure accuracy and support patron experience

  • Created finding aids for patron experience through the website and ILS

Library Assistant

March 2013 — December 2016

Hooksett Public Library ◦ Hooksett, NH

• Assisted patrons with excellent customer service including technology instruction

• Promoted Library activities and services, including databases

• Created, arranged, and maintained displays. 

• Processed materials

• Handled NHU-Pac inter-library loans

• Circulation tasks using Polaris and Leap

• Developed & collaborated on project procedure, before taking lead on the project

• Assisted Children’s Librarian in the reorganization of the picture book collection

• Initiated new recurring program

• Contributed to Leap beta test

PPT Library Page

September 2011 — December 2016

Concord Public Library ◦ Concord, NH

• Maintained collections using circulation, serials, and cataloging with III Millennium

• Instructed coworkers in use of III Millennium

• Assessed condition of materials to send for consideration for mending or withdrawing

• Ensured accuracy of collection by executing various search lists, shelving, and shelf-reading

• Created and revised forms for workflow efficiency

• Book and media repair

• Processed materials

Volunteer Page

April 2011 – September 2011

Concord Public Library ◦ Concord, NH

• Sorting, shelving, and retrieving materials

• Tidying the library