Angelia Lake

Vision and Goals

• Provided open and equitable access to a wide range of resources and services in order to promote critical thinking, lifelong learning, and a love of reading.
• Created a Media Center that is the welcoming hub of our school where the students and staff can come together to learn, grow, discover, and create.

Promoting Literature

• Promoted literacy and a love of reading through various means such as: BookBreak, Book Talks, Author Visits, Book Tastings, Book Character Parades, Pumpkin Book Character Decorating Contests, Weekly Media Lessons, NC Children's Book Award Contest, Windows/Mirrors Activities, Book Fairs, Book Swaps, Online Storytelling, STEM Genre Activities, Battle of the Books Competitions, Reading Buddies, Displays, Dynamic Shelving, Ebooks etc.
• Promoted independent inquiry and a love of learning.
• Designed and refreshed children's educational displays, featured books, and interactive games / activities.

Teaching & Serving Patrons

• 22 years experience in education and media centers with extensive knowledge about what students enjoy reading, and creating lesson plans and resources.
• Familiar with using various programs to create digital presentations such as Goole Slides, Canva, PowerPoint, SeeSaw etc.
• Assisted and trained students and staff in locating and using library resources and technology.
• Scheduled and coordinated the use of library equipment.

Diversity & Inclusion

• Supported an environment that values and promotes diversity, equity and inclusion.
• Updated collection to ensure that all students could see reflections of themselves in the books they read, as well as to learn empathy and critical thinking by reading about all types of people, places, and perspectives.
• Participated in a year long district training on how to create a diverse and inclusive collection and environment.
• Participated in year long book study with fellow librarians titled Collection Development for Youth: Equity, Inclusion & Learning.
• Analyzed current collection and population served to guide Collection Development Plan and help acquire more diverse resources.
• Lessons taught and displays created on diversity resources and Windows / Mirrors concept.

Collection Management

• Created a Collection Development Plan to guide the library media coordinator and the School Improvement Team in the selection of library materials to meet the academic and personal reading needs of students, support the curriculum, and ignite a lifelong love of reading.
• Researched, purchased, processed and promoted new acquisitions for the library that supported our Collection Development Plan and met the reading needs of all students.
• Catalogued, circulated and organized books, materials and other documents for proper library management.
• Supported digital library collections containing e-books, audiobooks and digital media.

Information Literacy and Technology

• Maintained inventories and managed technology service requests for all 1:1 technology devices (around 1,000 patrons).
• Taught information literacy and digital citizenship skills and collaborated with teachers to meet instructional objectives.
• Used and assisted library patrons with integrating instructional technology in the classroom.
• Served as school webmaster.

Administrative Duties

• Worked collaboratively with our School Improvement Team and our district to develop policies and procedures for our media program and technology needs.
• Trained, scheduled and assessed effectiveness of library assistant and volunteers to meet library needs of our patrons.
• Established fundraising opportunities and secured grants to increase funding for more media resources.
• Maintained and completed annual reports for district and state level in regards to collection, media program, technology and budgets.