Dylan V.

Blakeley
dblakeley1986@gmail.com EDUCATION University at Buffalo: Buffalo New York Masters in Library and Information Science, 2012 Possesses A New York State Public Librarians Certificate Le Moyne College: Syracuse, NY Bachelor of Arts in English, 2010 Concentration in Creative Writing

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Strong writing and communication skills along with the ability to easily connect, educate,

and interact with a wide variety of patrons, including adolescents and young adults.
A passion for computers, technology, and software troubleshooting. Enthusiastic and effective in teaching others how to use new software.

LIBRARY EXPERIENCE Northern Onondaga County Library System; North Syracuse, NY Part-Time Teen Librarian; March 2013 Present Point of contact with OCPL to implement a new summer reading program. Taught other staff members how to use Evanced. Created digital badges for teens to earn. Coordinated and oversaw community outreach programs. Helped host the NOPL Summer Reading kickoff event. Supervised Anime Club, one of NOPLs most consistently attended groups. Contributed to the setup of a new iPad kiosk. Developed the Teen print collection and increased circulation statistics. Substitute Librarian; March 2012 - Present Performed tech support and taught users the basics of Microsoft Office programs. Searched for items for patrons in person and over the phone. Onondaga County Library System; Syracuse, NY Substitute Librarian; March 2012 March 2013 Identical duties as NOPLs. Digitizing Volunteer; June 2011 Volunteered in the Local History department and digitized local vintage postcards. LIS564 Digital Libraries; Buffalo, NY Digital Archiving Intern; Spring 2011 Worked closely with The Center for Inquiry to create digital objects out of postcards from Lily Dale, NY. http://history.nnyln.net/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=/ZCQ002

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General Dynamics; Williamsville, NY Document Tagger; July-August 2011 Tagged/Catalogued military documents for the US militarys database. Collaborated closely with the Center for Army Lessons Learned. (CALL) Noreen Reale Falcone Library, Le Moyne College; Syracuse, NY Student Reference Librarian; 2008-2010 Assisted students and faculty in locating reference material. Used ProQuest, EBSCOHost, JSTOR and WorldCat extensively. Oversaw Circulation Desk student workers. Onondaga County Library System - Soule Branch Library; Syracuse, NY Page; 2002-2007 Processed new books and cataloged using Polaris.
Provided service to patrons at the Circulation Desk. Organized and shelved books, other printed media and videos.

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SKILLS * Proficient with Microsoft Office suite. * Experience with Polaris and Millennium software. * Familiar with Adobe Photoshop. * Experience with ContentDM. * Comfortable working independently or collaboratively. * Placed highly on Onondaga Countys Librarian 1 Exam. * Excellent organizational skills.

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE Sodexo Dining Services at Le Moyne College; Syracuse, NY Deli Worker; 2009-2010 Founders Day Fundraiser at Le Moyne College; Syracuse, NY Workstudy Production Crew, November 2004, November 2005 WCNY TV Fundraiser; Liverpool, NY Volunteer phone operator, December 2003, December 2005 Theatre at Le Moyne College; Syracuse, NY Volunteer Production Crew, 1999 2005