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●Managed the development and submission of WASC Senior College and University Commission accreditation in addition to the
oversight of the Academic Libraries portion of the National Association of Schools of Music Accreditation application process
●Hired, mentored and trained multiple staff and delivered ongoing professional development, training and continuing education
opportunities that supported employee engagement and retention
●Instructor of Information Literacy and Research for graduate, undergraduate, and online students
●Spearheaded the concept and development of the Musicians Institute Library Scholarship that awarded $1,000 to a student
who was employed with the library and taking courses with the College

Librarian 2013 – 2014

Musicians Institute College of Contemporary Music | Los Angeles, CA
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
●Led the development and maintenance of national accreditation standards and delivered exceptional services for students and
faculty that needed assistance with reference services and library collections
●Developed and implemented short and long-term strategic planning that increased the facility’s ability to deliver exceptional
services and academic resources to both students and faculty
●Led the selection and management of electronic collections, evaluating holdings, usage data, overlap analysis, financial data
and the preparation of reports for collaboration relative to licenses electrical resources
●Designed and delivered ongoing information literacy instruction that educated students and faculty relative to outreach
databases, research demonstrations and bibliographic instruction
●Hired, mentored and trained a staff of more than 20 members and provided ongoing coaching and feedback to enable them to
perform to the best of their ability that included professional development, career coaching and ongoing training opportunities

Contract Librarian / Librarian I 2012

County of Los Angeles Public Library (LAC Group) | Los Angeles, CA
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
●Proactively provided customer service to library patrons and assisted them in navigating the library based on their questions
and requests
●Managed reference desk research services as well as other services that included database research, information retrieval,
database querying and the collation of historical, legal and current resources

Senior Librarian, Head of Reference, Interim Principal Librarian 2011
East County Regional Library | Lehigh Acres, FL
●Lead a professional staff of 40 overseeing two regional libraries as Interim Principal Librarian
●Author of the Lee County Library System’s Online Presence as part of a team
●Spearheaded an LMS migration as part of a team within a sixteen regional and branch library system with a circulation of over
six million
●Winner of grants totalling over one-hundred thousand dollars as part of a grant writing team

Young Adult Librarian, Head of Reference, Interim Principal Librarian, Page Supervisor 2007 – 2011
East County Regional Library | Lehigh Acres, FL
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
●Conceptualized the redesign and implementation of the system’s intranet via SharePoint and HTML that included video,
graphics and content for purposes of information, collaboration and training
●Developed strategic partnerships with faculty and school administration to deliver weekly academic courses that included the
library’s online and mobile research services as a part of the curriculum
●Lead a professional staff of 40 overseeing two regional libraries as Interim Principal Librarian

Paraprofessional Experience

Youth Services Associate 2005 – 2007
Lakes Regional Library | Fort Myers, FL
Library Assistant, and Library Assistant, Floater 2002 – 2005
South County Regional Library | Estero, FL

Library Assistant, Floater 2001 – 2002
South County Regional Library | Estero, FL