Fort Lee Public Library
Head of Youth Services | Librarian 3 January 2020 – Present
- Directs and supervises the operations of the Children’s and Young Adult departments; trains, evaluates and creates assignments for four full time staff and two part time employees
- Coordinates youth services with other library services and functions, develops and delivers programs that meet the specific needs of children; including story times, summer reading and year round special events in addition to supervising programs delivered by other staff
- Oversees the development of the Children’s & Young Adult collections
- Serves as a member of the library’s management team and helps steer the preparation and implementation of library-wide programming, services, policies, and initiatives including strategic planning and plans for renovations
- Serves as a liaison to schools, preschools, and daycare centers. Coordinates visits to schools as well as other community outreach
- Promotes use of library collections, programs, and services in-house through promotional materials, press releases for local news organizations, social media, listservs and outreach to local schools and partner organizations
- Serves as on-site supervisor for all departments when needed
- Oversees departmental budgets for programs and collections as well as monthly statistics and reports to the Library Board
East Brunswick Public Library
Teen Services Librarian August 2013- December 2019
Facilitating the planning, implementation, and outreach of both teen and programing for 20 & 30somethings. The majority of time being spent on teen programming with everything from monthly teen library clubs, the extensive teen volunteer programs, as well as working closely with the public schools to provide educational services to students, and the East Brunswick recreation departments and other community organizations. Member of the East Brunswick Public Library’s Programming, Readers Advisory, Maker Space and Website committees. Chair of the Library Makerspace Committee. Overseeing the Library’s young adult print and non-print collection development. Responsible for managing collection and programming budgets. Supervisor of customer service representatives and annual summer employees in the teen department
NJLA YA-Section Member-at-large 2015-2017
NJLA YA-Section Secretary 2017-2018
Libraries of Middlesex County YA Section President 2016, Vice-President 2017, President 2018
Interim Adult Services Manager July 2017- March 2018
Supervising a staff of seven in the Adult Services and Technical Processing departments. Overseeing all print and non-print collection development for the adult and teen collections. Responsible for major decisions that resulted from the current library renovation on new shelving, the creation of a makerspace, and collection details. Involved in major budgetary decisions for the 2018 fiscal year. Creation of non-traditional circulating collection policies, procedures, staff training, and processing.
ALFRED BAUMANN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Teen Services Librarian July 2012- August 2013
Facilitating the planning, implementation, and outreach of both teen and adult programming including computer classes, book clubs, summer reading programs, and more. Overseeing the Library’s young adult print and non-print collection development. Manager and creator of all social media marketing strategies, promoting library materials, programs, and services. Working with CMS to update and upkeep the library website. Providing reference services and technical assistance to patrons.
DARIEN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Knowledge and Learning Services Librarian January 2012- August 2013
Providing reference services and technical assistance to patrons. Creating and maintaining LibGuides for the library. As the Teen intern, I worked to create programs weekly for teens visiting the library as well as working to maintain the young adult library collection and provide reference help to young adults.
CENTER FOR FICTION
Library Intern August 2011-December 2011
Working on the cataloging backlog, reader’s advisory, bookstore sales and upkeep. Preservation assessment and repair on some of the collection.
PRATT INSTITUTE
Graduate Assistant June 2011-December 2011
Working closely with Professor Deborah Rabina coordinating classes for the Fall 2011 semester. Researching and coordinating for the German Traces mobile app project, an educational German history walking tour. http://www.germantracesnyc.org
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Assistant Legislative Information Specialist January 2011-August 2011
Researching library data for legislative packets. Managing and coordinating legislative information and data. Working closely on national library advocacy efforts.
Jessica E. Schneider, MLS 