Selected Work Experience
St. Mark’s Community Library, St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, Minneapolis, MN March 2019 – Present
Librarian
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Plan, implement, and perform all collection maintenance and development strategies, including liaising with cathedral ministry staff to determine best books to support programming initiatives, and staying abreast of both secular and Christian children, teen, and adult fiction and nonfiction trends.
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Develop a digital presence by introducing and marketing an online catalog, library website, subject guides, and outreach via social media initiatives.
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Staff library by maintaining all systems, working with patrons on research questions and helping them find their desired materials.
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Recruit library volunteers and maintain a volunteer schedule.
Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL October 2017 – December 2018
Program and Event Specialist Librarian
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Brainstormed, coordinated, executed, and assessed all Adult Services programming initiatives such as author visits, series, and big, one-off events; coordinated 60 events in 2018.
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Collaborated with Children's Services department to design and coordinate large interdepartmental events such as our annual summer reading kick off, Free Comic Book Day, and International Games Day.
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Promoted library programs through TV, radio, and newspaper interviews. Completed 4, in-person interviews for local media sources in 2018.
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Built partnerships with community organizations to enhance access and adult programming at the library.
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Managed the rotation and themes of multiple, weekly book displays to correspond with cultural events and library programming.
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Staffed the Information Desk by answering reference, technology, business, and library material questions by phone, email, chat, and in person.
Ricker Library of Architecture and Art, Champaign, IL August 2017 – December 2017
Graduate Assistant
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Co-organized, planned, and provided day-of assistance with outreach and programming; lead library tours and student library orientations by showing incoming graduate students where to find library materials, how to use technical amenities, providing overview of digital resources, and instructing students how to effectively use the library's catalog and find online materials.
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Helped students and faculty with reference questions, finding library materials or specialized art information and with troubleshooting library's scanners, computers, and printers.
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Assisted with development of collection and online resources by coordinating with vendors and art librarians to place monograph, special, or electronic resource orders, and composed Research Guides that correspond to the school's architecture and art courses as well as for all exhibitions at the Krannert Art Museum.
SLA Student Chapter, the iSchool at Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL June 2017 – May 2018
Co-Chair, Museums, Arts, and Humanities Division (MAHD)
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Developed, planned, coordinated, promoted, executed, and assessed programming that explores the issues facing art libraries and how the arts can be incorporated in public library settings.
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Worked with president to restructure Special Library Association Student Chapter to incorporate divisions, including MAHD, with goal of building a strong, interdisciplinary student group.
Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL May – August 2017
Practicum
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Assisted and advised patrons with their use of library materials including books, movies, music, media, and electronic resources and helped patrons troubleshoot both library and personal computer and other media as well as navigate online library resources such as My Media Mall, Cloud Library, Hoopla, and RBdigital Magazines
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Helped with collection duties such as development and maintenance, pulling Best Bets and marking them as “on display” in Polaris, and readying new magazine subscriptions for the floor.
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Assisted Programming Committee with the booking of non-musical talent and managing musical entertainment at the Food Truck Rally and staffed other library events and lectures as needed.
Champaign Public Library, Champaign, IL January – August 2017
Events and Promotions Office Intern
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Helped develop, plan, coordinate, promote, execute, and assess large-scale, interdepartmental events including National Library Week festivities, Summer Reading Blast Off, the NASA Space Exhibition, and the reoccurring Art Connection: Schools to Library Opening Receptions.
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Implemented the use of Google Sheets to facilitate communication between team members concerning the event’s day-of and planning schedules in a collaborative format.
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Point of Contact for each event: ensured event spaces were correctly set up, giveaways and resources were available to patrons and staff throughout the event, managed all talent and volunteers day-of, answered questions about the event or upcoming library events as needed.
Ricker Library of Architecture and Art, Urbana-Champaign, IL January 2017 – August 2017
Graduate Hourly
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Provided reference assistance, helped patrons troubleshoot library computer, printer, and scanner issues as needed, and helped patrons find library materials, provided instruction, and circulation assistance.
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Assisted with collection development by coordinating with vendors and art librarians to place book and electronic resource orders.
ALA Student Association, the iSchool at Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL September 2016 – May 2017
Co-Chair, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) and Fundraising Committees
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Develop, plan, coordinate, promote, execute and assess programming for all ACRL and Fundraising events including coordinating with speakers, vendors, and venues, designing event posters, and promoting events on social media.
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Coordinate monthly meetings with committee members to discuss current event progress, assess past events, and brainstorm future ACRL activities and Fundraising efforts.
Champaign Public Library, Urbana-Champaign, IL August 2016 – May 2017
Volunteer, Adult Services
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Helped maintain Romance, Science Fiction, and Fiction collections by working with Polaris, Wilson’s Web, and online resources to accurately map series, determine core collection items, check circulation dates and print reports to help with the weeding process; replacing labels and Mylar as needed; and processing donated materials.
Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY August 2015 – July 2016
Welcome Ambassador, Volunteer Position
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Greeted visitors and provided general information about library amenities, program information, BPL history and policies, and directed patrons as needed.
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY November 2012 – August 2016
Assistant Director, Reception Services
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Assisted with day-of coordination of meetings, including greeting speakers, security walkthroughs, checking in guests, handling special requests from meeting attendees, and liaised with facilities staff during the function.
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Received all guests, including heads of state and foreign dignitaries, answered and directed all calls at the Council’s busy switchboard; served on Safety and Security Response team in the case of emergency.
HochKunst, Seattle, WA July 2010 – December 2011
Owner/Curator
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Independent curator working with local artists and venues to curate shows at galleries, cafes, and coordinate “art parties,” which combined art shows with music and live performance.
Education
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL May 2018
Master of Science, Library and Information Science
University of Washington, Seattle, WA December 2009
Bachelor of Arts, Art History; Minor: German Cultural Studies
Study Abroad, Berlin, Germany 2007 – 2008
Technische Universität zu Berlin
Conferences, Honors, and Scholarships
Recipient of the Herbert Goldhor Award for Public Librarianship, Poster presenter at BOBCATSSS 2017; Dean’s List at University of Washington; Der Verband des Deutsch-Amerikanischen Clubs (The Federation of German-American Clubs), Technische Universität zu Berlin
Languages, Computer Skills, and Professional Memberships
Proficient in German; HTML; Social Media platforms Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, SnapChat, Twitter, and Tumblr; Voyager and Polaris circulation software; MARC and XML schemas; member of the American Library Association, and the Public Libraries Association