Allison Reneé Snyder

Youth Services Librarian

Seminole County Public Library

• Initiates, plans and presents developmentally appropriate literacy focused programs for children, tweens and teens. Programs include but are not limited to early literacy story time, school age storytimes, chess, STEAM/Maker projects, reading clubs, art programming and summer reading programs, teen and family programs.

• Participates in youth materials selection and deselection as required.

• Performs reference assistance, reader's advisory and information service for children, teens and adults. Performs professional librarian work using analytical, organizational, and communicative skills to assist people in finding information and using it effectively for educational, professional, and recreational use.

• Participates in system-wide Youth Services team meetings.

• Takes a leadership role in advocating and supporting services for youth in a Branch Library.

• Attends professional library conferences, seminars, and network committees; reads children's and young adult literature, adult and professional literature.

• Coordinates daily activities of teen volunteers, as assigned. Prepares and submits regular and special statistical and other reports, as requested.

•  Serves as a liaison and provides outreach to public schools in support of the library and school partnership.

 

 

 

Librarian

St. Gabriel's Catholic School

Austin, TX

August 2014-May 2018

 

• Organizes and supervises the circulation of library materials

• Provides library services and materials to meet the needs of teachers and students

• Teaches students about book care, library materials selection, and fosters a lifelong love or reading, listening and learning

• Creates and maintains library policies and procedures in accordance with the school and accreditation guidelines

• Selects and orders books, periodicals, and other library materials with approval of the divisional administration

• Maintains library records, statistics and databases

• Weeds materials from the collection when necessary

• Selects materials for rebinding and repair

• Supervises and trains library volunteers to shelve books and shelf read in order to keep the library in order

 

 

Weigle Information Commons Staff

University of Pennsylvania

Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Weigle Information Commons

Philadelphia, PA

June 2014 – August 2014

 

• Served as the initial point of contact for all visitors to the Commons and answered directional and general reference questions and refer students to appropriate academic support services

•  Assist patrons in using Commons services and equipment and provide overview of Commons services, technology, and programs to members of the Penn Community and visitors

• Assisted patrons in following the policies and procedures of the Commons, especially with regards to group study room reservations

• Scheduled rooms and appointments for Commons staff and program partners, and assisted instructors and faculty with educational technology in the Commons Seminar Room

• Provide learning and research assistance to students through individual instruction and reference services through regular sessions of sitting at the Van Pelt-Deirich Library Center reference desk, in person and over the phone, as well as via UPenn's LibChat virtual reference services

• Presented workshops for students on topics on technology and social medias and handled signage and questions relating to course sessions, workshops and special events hosted by the Commons

• Research and develop relevant posting materials for social media accounts and the Events@Penn webpage

• Research and develop relevant posting materials for social media accounts, WIC blog,  and the Events@Penn webpage 

• Track and communicate with Library staff about equipment and facilities issues

• Work with the Director to develop online and print documentation

• Special projects related to the operation of the Commons, as required

 

 

Collections Development and Management Intern

Binghamton University Library

Binghamton, NY

January 2014- May 2014

 

• Worked Collaboratively with Subject Librarians and Acquisitions Librarian in order to perform weeding activities, create and add content to LibGuides, and research subject areas for collection development

• Assisted with collection development and materials acquisitions, including materials selection in the following areas: Political Science, Business, Women's Studies, Health and Medicine.

• Assisted with and carried out weeding projects in the following areas: Computer Science, Business, Women's Studies, Health and Medicine.

• Created and added content to LibGuides

• Provided reference assistance to Binghamton University Students

• Evaluated new databases for content and usability

• Attended weekly training sessions on the Electronic Resource Management system, Serials Solutions

 

 

Library Intern

Temple Israel

Dr. Arnold L. Segel Library

Boston, MA

July 2013-December 2013

 

• Managed circulation, and coordinated the processing of incoming borrowed items

• Shelved books according to their LC call number

• Processed and cataloged new library materials, gifts, and donations using the MARC cataloging style, including creating original catalog records

• Cross referenced LCHS for proper subject titles when cataloging new library materials and corrected faulty and inconsistent catalog records

• Provided reference assistance to faculty, staff, and members of the Temple Israel Community. Searched and retrieved materials such as books, periodicals, and special format items within the Library, for faculty, staff, and members of the Temple Israel Community

• Created pathfinders and instructional tutorials

• Set up displays and exhibits related to relevant topics to the community

• Added and altered accounts of library patrons in the Voyager system

• Supervised, library volunteers, created training tutorials and organized library volunteer activities

• Provided programming assistance in preparation for annual book fair, annual Jewish Book Month Program (both held in November) and monthly book group

 

 

Volunteer Intern of Collections Development

Boston Public Library

South End Branch

Boston, MA

September 2013-December 2013

 

• Re-shelved books, DVDs, and other library materials according to their call numbers (LC)

• Shelf read collections in order to make sure materials were find-able and accessible

• Assisted in weeding collections

•  Assisted in developing speculative fiction and short story collections

• Assisted library patrons with readers advisory and with finding books and other library materials

• Assisted library patrons with technological assistance

 

 

Library Cataloging Volunteer

Boston Teacher's Union School in Jamaica Plain

Boston, MA

 July & August 2013

 

•  Copy-Cataloged library materials

•  Labeled books with barcodes

•  Shelved books according to their call numbers (LC) 

 

 

Processing Intern

Harvard Business School

Baker Library Historical Collections

Boston, MA

October 2012-December 2012

 

• Processed and cataloged collections of the Baker Library Historical Collections in formats including:manuscripts, bound volumes, letters, and typescripts

• Basic collection conservation tasks such as refoldering, flattening and occasionally unfolded items which were folded and did not require humidification in order to be flattened

• Basic preservation tasks such as rehousing collections using acid free standard sized folders, enclosures, archival upright boxes, and custom sized boxes for oversized materials.

• Provided support for the general management of the collections including identifying items as candidates for professional conservation work

 

 

 

Administrative Assistant

Peter A. Rotella Corporation

Endwell, NY

January 2014-May 2014

July-August 2009, December 2009, and July-August 2010

 

• Received and redirected phone calls within the corporation, taking messages when necessary

•  Sent, received, copied, and filed faxes, mail, and other documents 

• Researched relevant information for projects within spec. books 

• Compiled construction project data for business meetings and project presentations 

• Organized past and present project spec. books, construction blueprints, communication documents, etc 

• Helped manage bill payment process and weekly payroll process 

• Prepared business correspondences

• Opened and closed office when necessary 

• Maintained printers and copiers so that they were in working order