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Candidates for Secretary of KLAS Users' Group |
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Written by Andrea Callicutt
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Friday, 01 May 2009 09:21 |
Biographies and Statements submitted by candidates for Secretary of the KLAS Users' Group Nominee: Patrice Johnson, Talking Book Center, Chicago Public Library Biography:Patrice Johnson is currently working as a Readers’ Advisor/First Assistant at the Chicago Public Library Talking Book Center (part of the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Libraries) providing reference and readers’ advisory assistance, creating statewide library reading programs, conducting outreach presentations, creating library related workshops/sessions (in-house and virtual), fostering relationships with sister agencies, providing assistive technology support, editing the quarterly newsletter, training new readers’ advisors and more. She has conducted programs and workshops at ALA Annual and Midwinter Conference, Illinois Library Association Reaching Forward Conference, KLAS Users’ Conference and the Chicago Public Library System All Staff Institution Day.
Library Related Committee Work:
ALA Membership Committee
ALA Intern Subcommittee
ALA Spectrum Scholars Interest Group
ALA Legislation Committee (NMRT Liaison)
ILBPH Reader's Advisor Group
Awards, Honors:
Illinois State Library Training Grant Scholarship
Illinois Library Association Sylvia Murphy Williams Award
American Library Association Spectrum Scholarship
Synergy-The Illinois Library Leadership Initiative
Graduate Education:
Master of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Why I would be willing to serve as Secretary of the KLAS Users' Group?I believe it is a privilege to work for one of the NLS Network libraries and be a part of such a dedicated national team that strives to provide quality specialized library service. Being secretary of the KLAS Users' Group is just one of the many ways I can assist our “team”.
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