Jennifer Bishop
Teen Librarian
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
I am an enthusiastic and seasoned librarian who offers 10 years of experience in library services, with education and training in youth services and a specialty in teen services. I am a librarian that is passionate about young adult literature. I pride myself in successfully promoting literacy among community youth through innovative library programming and outreach services.
Librarian II - Teen Services
Jefferson Parish Library
Since March 2014
Full-time
United States - Louisiana
- Leads teen services for the main library, including programming for ages 12-18, providing outreach, library tours and presentations/visits to area middle and high schools.
- Work in conjunction with Children's/Teen Collection Development Librarian for acquisition and withdrawal of YA materials. Manages the YA fiction and nonfiction collection.
- Provide both reference and readers' advisory services to teens, interacting with patrons in person, via phone and e-mail.
- Assists library manager with library operations and serve as Librarian in Charge as needed.
- Assists Youth Services Coordinator with planning and selection of prizes for the summer reading program.
- Develops and implement activities for and promote participation in the teen summer reading program
- Develop and implement public relations campaigns of various forms, including coordination with schools and community groups to promote and disseminate information to large groups and teens and their parents.
- Maintain the library's teen Facebook and Instagram accounts
- Teen Volunteer coordinator, schedule and supervise up to 30 teen volunteers at one time
- Redesigned and remodeled the main library’s teen section to better provide a multipurpose teen space and breathe new life into teen involvement in the library.
Librarian II - Children's
Jefferson Parish Library
April 2011
to March 2014
Full-time
Louisiana
- Performed and supervised youth services for three library branches, including programming for ages 0-18, selecting and managing the collections, providing outreach, story times and library tours for outside groups, and championing early literacy
- Provided both reference and readers' advisory services to all ages, interact with patrons of all ages in person, via phone and e-mail.
- Assisted the Branch Manager with overall library operations
- Developed and implemented activities for and promote participation in the library’s summer reading program
- Developed and implemented public relations campaigns of various forms, including coordination with schools and daycares and community groups to promote and disseminate information to large groups and youth and parents.
- Contributed to the website's children's and teen pages
- Coordinated and implemented outreach in community and schools
- Contributed to library's social media sites (Facebook, Pinterest)
- Program Coordinator for Prime Time, a family literacy program
- Member of website revamp committee
- Member of storytime troupe for Holiday in the Park
My graduate coursework focused on public library service with a youth services concentration.
My undergraduate coursework focused on media arts with an emphasis in video production with minors in film studies and theater.
Learn more
- Teen programming
- Children's Programming
- Supervisory experience
- Teen readers' Advisory
- Storytelling
- Microsoft Office
- Pharos Systems
- OverDrive, Cloud Library, Hoopla, Mango languages
- VIVE Virtual Reality
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Google Drive
Docs, Slides, Forms, some Sheets
- Basic knowledge of Adobe Premiere
- Beanstack (summer reading challenge software)
- Workflows
- Evanced Summer Reader
- Multiple social media sites (i.e. Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.)
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3D Printing
Use Tinkercad and 3D Printer OS in the creation and printing of 3D objects
- iMovie
- Intermediate knowledge of iOS systems
