Brittany J. Julian
Adult Services Librarian
Providence, RI · (401) 555 0180 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/brittanyjjulian
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Nine years in public library adult services, reference and collection development
INDUSTRIES
Municipal public libraries, regional library systems, adult literacy partners
SPECIALTIES
Adult programming, readers advisory, collection development, community partnerships, digital literacy
SYSTEMS
Sierra, OverDrive, Microsoft Office, LibGuides, Canva
CREDENTIALS
Member of the American Library Association and the Public Library Association
EDUCATION
Master of Library and Information Science from a program accredited by the American Library Association
Executive Summary
Public library adult services librarian with nine years at the desk and in the community room. Builds programs people actually attend, weeds and buys a collection that circulates, and helps patrons with everything from job applications to health insurance forms without making them feel small.
Signature Achievements
- Raised adult program attendance from about nine hundred to four thousand two hundred a year across three branches.
- Rebuilt the adult nonfiction collection after weeding a fifth of it, and circulation in those areas rose by twenty eight percent.
- Started a weekly job help session that has seen more than six hundred residents and now runs with two trained volunteers.
- Won a state library grant of forty five thousand dollars for a digital literacy lab with lending laptops and mobile internet devices.
- Set up a partnership with the adult education center that added ninety eight new library cards in its first year.
Professional Experience
Adult Services Librarian
Blackstone Valley Public Library, Providence, RI 2020 to present
Three branch municipal system serving about seventy thousand residents, with two librarians covering adult services.
- Plans and runs roughly ninety adult programs a year, from author visits to tax help clinics.
- Selects adult fiction, nonfiction and large print within a materials budget of eighty thousand dollars.
- Covers the reference desk twenty hours a week and handles technology help appointments.
- Supervises two part time assistants and the adult volunteer schedule.
Reference Librarian
Seekonk River Free Library, Pawtucket, RI 2017 to 2020
Single building library of eleven staff in a working class city with high demand for public computers.
- Answered reference and readers advisory questions at a desk that saw about forty patrons a day.
- Ran the public computer center and taught basic email and online form classes.
- Managed interlibrary loan borrowing and lending for the whole library.
- Built the first Spanish language collection the branch had held.
Licensure and Certification
Certificate of Librarianship, Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services
Member, American Library Association
Member, Public Library Association
Education
Master of Library and Information Science, University of Rhode Island, 2017
Bachelor of Arts in English, Providence College, 2014
Core Skills
Adult programming · Readers advisory · Collection development · Weeding and evaluation · Reference interviews · Sierra · Community partnerships · Grant writing · Digital literacy teaching