Photo by Marta Murvosh
Skills and training:
Summary of skills
- Customer service focus
- Technology tutor
- Deadline driven and cool under pressure
- Skilled in reference interview techniques and RUSA Guidelines
- Speaks a little Spanish
- Clear, quick expository writer
- Public relations and strategic marketing
- Shoots and edits video and still photography
- Four years experience as a leader in professional groups
Education, Certifications and Training:
- This list is woefully out of date and I am in the process of updating
- Master of Library Science, August 2011, Emporia State University, Oregon 10 cohort
- Washington State librarian certification, No. 5943, 2011 to present
- Tech Training Series: four-part series that covers assessing needs, planning and promoting programs and responding to adults’ learning styles, Washington State Library, August to November 2013
- Tech Center Training: Apple operating systems and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator, Sno-Isle Libraries, September 20 and 21, 2013
- Hosting Programs for Teens and Adults, Sno-Isle Libraries, September 2011, June 3, 2013
- Children’s programs and children’s reader advisory, Sno-Isle Libraries, June 4, 2013
- Reference training, teaching adults and developing programs, Sno-Isle Libraries, Aug. 21, 2013
- Reference training, including reader advisory, validating Requests for Items Not in Catalog (RINCs,) reference interviews, and databases, Sno-Isle Libraries, June 3, 2013
- Reference Basics: Sno-Isle Libraries, October 9, 2013
- Gale databases, including Gale Virtual Reference Library, Aug. 7, 2013; and Student Resources In Context, Sept. 10, 2013
- So Many Devices, So Little Time, WebJunction, April 3, 2013
- Leadership for Results, part of Sno-Isle Libraries’ in-charge staff training, October 2012
- Librarians as Information Guides: Financial databases Morningstar Investment Research Center and Value Line Research Center, July 16, 2012
- Adobe Dreamweaver, Skagit Valley College Computer Training Institute, Mount Vernon, WA, January 2012
- Polaris training, several sessions giving in-depth knowledge of circulation and other integrated library system transactions, October 2011 to May 2012
- CRP/AED certified for adult and children, November 17, 2011, renewing in early November 2013
- Successful Volunteer Engagement Strategies, Washington Library Association, October 2011
- OverDrive training, including Overdrive Experience, Just the Basics, OverDrive Mobile, and Patron Assistance, September 2011
- Managing Reference Service in a Small Library workshop, Washington Library Association and and Washington State Library (WLA), March 2011
- Digital Video Production & Editing training, Communication Workers of America and Stanly Community College, N.C., September 2010
- Core Reference Skills training, Amigos Library Services and WLA, July 2010.
- Open-Source Tools for the Reference Desk training, Amigos and WLA, August 2010.
Collection development expertise:
- Genre fiction, especially science fiction/fantasy, mystery and romance
- Young adult literature
- Government resources, especially the U.S. legal system
- Environment and science
- Outdoor recreation, hiking, climbing and mountaineering
- Writing resources
- Fine art and photography
- Job hunting resources