Librarian CV — page 1

Eleanor

Vance

Librarian

&

Information

Specialist

evance

@

library

.

org

(415) 555-0184

San

Francisco

,

CA

linkedin

.

com

/

in

/

evance

PROFESSIONAL

SUMMARY

Dedicated

librarian

with

9

years

of

experience

in

public

and

academic

library

settings

,

specialising

in

reference

services

,

collection

development

,

and

digital

literacy

instruction

.

Committed

to

equitable

access

to

information

and

fostering

community

engagement

through

innovative

programming

.

Proven

track

record

of

leading

cross

-

functional

teams

,

managing

budgets

exceeding

$

180,000,

and

implementing

discovery

-

layer

systems

that

improved

catalogue

search

efficiency

by

34%.

PROFESSIONAL

EXPERIENCE

Senior

Reference

Librarian

San

Francisco

Public

Library

—

Main

Branch

2019–

present

Lead

a

team

of

5

reference

librarians

and

2

paraprofessionals

across

the

general

reference

and

government

documents

desks

,

serving

an

average

of

420

patrons

per

day

.

Developed

and

launched

a

city

-

wide

digital

literacy

programme

that

reached

1,800+

adult

learners

in

its

first

year

,

resulting

in

a

28%

increase

in

public

computer

reservations

.

Managed

a

$

187,000

annual

collections

budget

for

the

reference

and

non

-

fiction

departments

,

achieving

a

92%

usage

rate

through

data

-

driven

weeding

and

targeted

acquisitions

.

Collaborated

with

IT

to

deploy

a

new

library

services

platform

(

Ex

Libris

Alma

),

leading

staff

training

and

creating

documentation

that

reduced

the

post

-

migration

help

-

desk

ticket

volume

by

41%.

Curated

themed

reading

lists

and

hosted

24

community

author

events

annually

,

with

an

average

attendance

of

85

participants

per

event

.

Instruction

&

Outreach

Librarian

Oakland

Public

Library

—

Rockridge

Branch

2015–2019

Designed

and

delivered

information

literacy

workshops

for

K

–12

students

,

adult

learners

,

and

senior

citizens

,

reaching

over

2,500

participants

annually

across

3

branch

locations

.

Secured

a

$

22,500

LSTA

grant

to

create

a

mobile

makerspace

program

,

purchasing

3

D

printers

,

circuit

kits

,

and

recording

equipment

that

circulated

to

14

underserved

neighbourhoods

.

Partnered

with

8

local

schools

to

provide

homework

help

,

library

card

sign

-

ups

,

and

summer

reading

programme

enrolment

,

increasing

youth

card

registration

by

33%

in

two

years

.

Managed

the

branch

'

s

social

media

presence

and

monthly

e

-

newsletter

,

growing

the

subscriber

base

from

900

to

3,400

and

achieving

an

average

open

rate

of

47%.

Library

Assistant

Berkeley

Public

Library

—

Central

Library

2013–2015

Provided

front

-

line

circulation

services

,

reader

'

s

advisory

,

and

basic

reference

assistance

at

a

busy

urban

library

serving

1,600+

daily

visitors

.

Processed

an

average

of

280

holds

and

150

interlibrary

loan

requests

per

week

,

maintaining

a

shelving

accuracy

rate

above

98%

during

quarterly

audits

.

Assisted

with

cataloguing

backlog

reduction

,

copy

-

cataloguing

40–60

items

per

day

using

RDA

standards

in

the

OCLC

Connexion

environment

.

EDUCATION

Master

of

Library

&

Information

Science

CERTIFICATIONS

California

Public

Librarian

Credential

—

Level

II

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Librarian CV — page 2

University

of

California

,

Los

Angeles

2013 ·

GPA

3.92

Bachelor

of

Arts

in

English

Literature

University

of

California

,

Berkeley

2010 ·

magna

cum

laude

Project

Management

for

Libraries

(

ALA

eLearning

,

2022)

Certified

Digital

Literacy

Instructor

(

NALA

, 2021)

Intro

to

RDA

&

Linked

Data

(

OCLC

, 2020)

KEY

SKILLS

Library

Operations

Reference

interview

techniques

·

Collection

development

&

weeding

·

ILS

administration

(

Alma

,

Sierra

,

Evergreen

) ·

Metadata

&

cataloguing

(

RDA

,

MARC

,

Dublin

Core

) ·

ILL

management

·

Serials

management

Instruction

&

Outreach

Information

literacy

curriculum

design

·

Adult

learning

theory

·

Workshop

facilitation

·

Community

needs

assessment

·

Grant

writing

·

Bilingual

instruction

(

Spanish

)

Technology

&

Data

Springshare

suite

(

LibGuides

,

LibCal

,

LibAnswers

) ·

Koha

·

Drupal

·

Tableau

·

Excel

(

pivot

tables

,

VLOOKUP

) ·

Basic

Python

&

SQL

for

data

cleaning

·

Web

archiving

(

Archive

-

It

)

Leadership

&

Management

Team

supervision

(5+

direct

reports

) ·

Budget

planning

&

reporting

·

Strategic

planning

·

Volunteer

coordination

·

Policy

development

·

DEI

initiatives

in

library

services

SELECTED

PUBLICATIONS

&

PRESENTATIONS

"

Bridging

the

Digital

Divide

:

A

Public

Library

Model

for

Adult

Digital

Literacy

"

California

Library

Association

Annual

Conference

,

Sacramento

, 2024 ·

Co

-

presenter

"

Weeding

Without

Fear

:

Data

-

Driven

Approaches

to

Collection

Management

"

Public

Library

Association

Conference

,

Portland

, 2023 ·

Workshop

facilitator

"

From

Desk

to

Community

:

Redefining

the

Reference

Librarian

'

s

Role

"

California

Library

Association

Magazine

,

Fall

2022 ·

Feature

article

,

pp

. 24–29

PROFESSIONAL

INVOLVEMENT

American

Library

Association

(

ALA

) —

Member

since

2013;

Reference

&

User

Services

Association

(

RUSA

)

committee

member

(2021–2023)

California

Library

Association

(

CLA

) —

Advocacy

Committee

member

;

co

-

chair

of

the

Public

Services

Interest

Group

(2023–2024)

Bay

Area

Library

Consortium

—

Steering

committee

representative

for

SFPL

(2022–

present

)

Volunteer

tutor

,

San

Francisco

Literacy

Fund

(2019–

present

)

References

available

upon

request

Updated

January

2026

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