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| Processing textbooks, Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts |
In May 2017, I returned to Santa Rosa, California. I work as a Library Technician at Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts (within Santa Rosa City Schools).
As a volunteer (2010 to 2013) with the Lake County Library, I shelved returns and located and processed holds. These holds might be destined for any library within a cooperative lending partnership between Sonoma, Lake and Mendocino County libraries.
During move-in of the Middletown library collection to a new and larger facility, I trained and supervised other volunteers to correctly shelve library materials.
At a local church, I volunteered as administrator of a small lending library. When I started work, the library occupied an out-of-the way shelf — its existence largely out of mind in the congregation’s awareness.
I was convinced that people would utilize this resource if I boosted its visibility. I presented a purchase request to the church board for a shelving cart to house the library collection. This enabled me to bring the church library each Sunday into the meeting hall. I also engaged in ongoing publicity through blogging, social media, email campaigns, and fliers.
Support for libraries made regular appearances in a weekly newspaper column published in the Lake County Record-Bee. (I worked professionally as a newspaper editor while volunteering for the library.)
From 2010 to 2014, I earned my Associate degree in Library and Information Technology through Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo, Calif. In 2015, I completed additional coursework to earn certification of specialization in library service to children.
While in school, I became a student member of the American Library Association.
I continue to develop my skills through independent study. And, as of Spring 2022, I have been taking graduate courses in Library and Information Science through the University of Central Missouri.
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