Kelli’s Resume

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98 Livingston Bay Road, Camano Island, WA

Phone: (425) 299-7612

www.linkedin.com/in/kellibragg/

PROFESSIONAL STATEMENT

I’m a Certified Information Professional seeking to provide high-quality Research, Reader’s Advisory services, Adult/Teen Programming, and Information Literacy Instruction. Other areas of expertise include working with technology (using various devices, HTML/CSS coding, basic SQL queries, etc.), assigning metadata, and cataloging using MARC standards.

LIBRARY WORK EXPERIENCE (Sno-Isle Libraries):

Interim Teen & Adult Services Librarian May 2013 – Nov 2013

Technical Liaison Sept 2012 – present

Public Service Assistant Substitute Apr 2008 – Aug 2012

Metadata and Cataloging Intern Sept 2011 – Dec 2011

Library Assistant III – Temporary position Aug 2010 – Feb 2011

Library Assistant II – Temporary position May 2009 – Nov 2009

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Designing and presenting Information and Technological Literacy sessions for adults
Planning, developing, and presenting recreational and educational programs for teens and tweens
Professional experience presenting booktalks and information literacy programs to middle school and high school students
Administered 2013 Teen Summer Reading Program at the Arlington library
Created and presented a successful and well-reviewed Strategic Initiative Teen STEM program – “Explore Arduino!”
Strive to deliver excellent service to a diverse clientele; innate desire to help create a collaborative atmosphere wherever I work
Providing Reference services in-person and via the QuestionPoint Chat interface
Providing Reader’s Advisory services to customers of all ages
Development of materials collection through assessment and interpretation of customer interests and analysis of review publications; maintenance of assigned collections
Teaching customers to effectively use public library resources: OPAC, databases, and digital resources
Assisted with an ILS migration for large library system
Highly competent with using technology, troubleshooting technical issues, and using SFTP tools to transmit crucial data
In-charge of building in the absence of supervisory staff
Excellent written and oral communication skills

Technical Skills:

Proficiency troubleshooting and resolving computer and personal device issuesWeekly contributor to the Sno-Isle Teen Blog with “Tech Thursday” postings
Assumed the Sno-Isle Teens Twitter account while serving as Arlington Librarian per request of Teen Services Coordinator
Created my own website: http://kellithelibrarian.com/
Member of Sno-Isle’s Emerging Technology Advisory Group (ETAG)
Abundant use of Social Technology (WordPress and other blogging sites, Facebook, Twitter) to collaborate and to disseminate information among colleagues and public-at-large.
Directly assisted the Technical Services Director during Sno-Isle’s CARL-to-Polaris ILS Conversion

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES

MLIS, University of Alabama, December 2011

MLIS Concentrations: Accessibility, Metadata, and Emerging Technology, plus a strong interest in User Instruction and Digital Resources

Internship: Metadata and Cataloging with Sno-Isle Libraries

Activities: Secretary, Student Chapter of ASIST at the University of Alabama

B.S. Conservation of Wildlands Resources, University of Washington, December, 1995

Concentrations: Ecology, Ornithology, Forest Stand Dynamics

Activities: member of Xi Sigma Pi (College of Forestry Honor Society)

Washington Library Association (WLA)

Member of the Marketing & Communications Committee; main Continuing Education contributor for the bi-monthly online newsletter from January 2011 – September 2013

Volunteer experience

Editor of “I Need a Library Job”, an online library and information services employment clearinghouse and Northwest Central, an education opportunities clearinghouse for library staff

Special Libraries Association (SLA)

SLA’s Information Technology Division

SKILLS

Creating and maintaining a WordPress website
Camtasia Screencast Software
Foundational knowledge of how an Integrated Library System (ILS) functions
Omeka, CONTENTdm, Past Perfect software
Created two LibGuide Information Pathfinders: one for college students taking a Folklore Class (http://libraryschool.campusguides.com/KelliBragg_Folktales) and one for military librarians (http://bama-slis.libguides.com/KelliBragg_Military)
HTML, CSS, and Java Languages
Microsoft Office
Comfortable with Public Speaking