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ABOUT ME
(The resume, should it
please you.) I am the Assistant Director at the
Princeton Public
Library where I am involved in managing all aspects of the
library’s day-to-day operations including: collection
development, technical services, and coordination of services to
children, teens and adults, and oversight of information
technology.
In my previous role as Assistant Director of the South Jersey
Regional Library Cooperative, I helped create and grow
QandANJ.org, New Jersey's 24/7 virtual reference service
--the first 24/7 collaborative virtual reference service in the
United States.
My ALA activities include Chairing and Co-facilitating the
Emerging Leaders
program in 2009-2011 and serving as a planner/facilitator since
its inception. I have done a three year stint as Secretary for ALA's Learning Round Table
(LearnRT), where I also served as membership chair and
webmaster. I developed the Round Table's first blog CEBuzz
(now ALALearning),
a collaborative blog that addresses continuing education and
staff development. Locally, I have served as Chair of NJLA's Professional Development Committee,
and have collaborated and worked on numerous state and regional
committees and projects.
I enjoy speaking
and presenting, and
have previously
served as President of a Toastmasters club for librarians. I'd be happy to talk to other
librarians who are interested in setting up their own local
chapter.
In my spare time I enjoy reading, writing,
keeping up with trends, playing tennis, learning to play guitar.
COACHING
I have been offering formal and informal personal coaching
services (sometimes called life
coaching, or executive coaching) since July, 2006. I
am still learning how to do it, but seem to have a natural
ability for it
and enjoy it quite a bit. I received
training on how to be an effective coach from one of the best --
a former President of the NJ Coaches Association--through
a grant to CJRLC.
If you are interested in learning more about coaching, or
think you may find value in being coached,
check out my coaching page, or
get in touch
with me.
LEADERSHIP
I have been involved with library leadership issues in one
way or the other for the past ten years.
- In 1998 I had the honor of attending the Leadership
Institute at Snowbird.
- In 2001 I was selected to attend a "recall" session of
the Leadership Institute at Snowbird.
- In 2004 I participated in (and helped plan) the New
Jersey Library Leadership Academy.
- In 2006/2007 I served as a Mentor to a
group of ALA
Emerging Leaders.
- In October, 2007 I served as a Mentor for the
Maryland
Library Leadership Institute.
- 2007-2011: I served on the Emerging Leaders
Planning Committee, a select committee which is charged with instituting the
Emerging Leaders program, securing funding, creating a
sustainable structure and planning future programs.
My ideas about leadership revolve around authenticity and
honesty, self-awareness, courage to act, the ability to stand in
the future, and a deep respect for the power of strong visions,
healthy systems and organizational cultures, and the
integrity and wisdom of individuals to choose right action and
exert influence in any given moment.
In addition to continuing education and staff development, I am
very interested in customer service (aka customer experience)
and the idea of "library as place". These interests and ideas are
often informed by my experience working at Nordstrom.
Sometimes I blab about these and other topics at my blog,
CuriousKind. I
have also blogged about learning and staff development at
alalearning.org. I
previously created and blogged at
Library Garden.
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