Stephanie Spaid

• Manages budget for youth services including Family Place, the Julie Martin-Matylewicz Memorial Fund, collections, and materials resources budget.
• Promotes library services and programs within the library and the community.
• Evaluates information sources and advises patrons as needed.
• Manages library and staff in director's absence.
• Selects, acquires, catalogs collection materials.
• Attends professional meetings, workshops, and classes.
• Assists in planning, implementation, and evaluation of long- and short-term goals and objectives.
• Assists the director with monthly reports, grant proposals, statistics, and annual reports.
• Plans, organizes, and implements special projects as needed or determined by the Director.
• Provides leadership in working relationships and communication, ensuring high productivity and quality public service; encourages initiative and creativity.
• Directly supervise a team of three and facilitate weekly staff meetings and monthly 1-1s to ensure a cohesive, people-focused team.
• Provides leadership in working relationships and communication, ensuring high productivity and quality public service; encourages initiative and creativity.
• Assists the Director in the development of library policy and procedures.
• Train and supervise new library staff and volunteers.
• Represent the library at local meetings, committee, and community events to advocate and establish partnerships, promote collaborative programs, and foster community engagement.
• Interact with patrons and staff to build connections, resolve concerns, and nurture positive relationships.
• Establish, promote, and implement Family Place Library and related programs.
• Create and implement a variety of fun and educational programs for children zero to seventeen.

Developed and implemented innovative programs for a diverse community, which led to increased library usage.

Trained fifteen new library assistants and pages ensuring a prominent level of expertise and competence in their roles.

Partnered with local schools to promote library initiatives resulting in increased student participation in library programs each year.

Developed relationships with local schools, senior centers and businesses to promote library services which led to expanded community partnerships that benefited library patrons by offering off-site library services, and opportunities to hear speakers on cultural awareness.

Mitigated librarian workload by independently managing basic patron requests, reference questions and locating library materials.

Provided exceptional customer service to a diverse patronage of 94,000 while resolving issues and concerns with professionalism.