Jodi Wortsman

844 Greenwood Court, Roselle, Illinois 60172

Home: (630) 307-7220; Cell: (708) 751-9039; jewortsman@aol.com

Summary
Youth services librarian passionate about motivating children to read, grow and thrive in a library setting.
Enthusiastically promote literacy and a lifelong love of reading through reader's advisory, programming, storytelling
and creative presentation of materials.
Highlights

MLIS (Fall 2014) with focus on youth services

Collection management
Reader's advisory

Storytelling
Communication and technology skills
Library and reference databases

Accomplishments

Attended the International Childrens Book Fair in Bologna, Italy as part of graduate studies at Dominican
University in March 2014. Met with representatives from various countries to gain a global perspective on the
trends in childrens publishing.

Planned, organized and secured funding for two writing workshops at Westfield Middle School with Kevin Coval,
co-founder of the Louder than a Bomb poetry festival. Students heard poetry, then wrote and shared their own
poems in an all-school assembly.

Selected as chairperson of the Library Committee at Congregation Etz Chaim. Supervise volunteers, oversee all
operations of the library, assist teachers with research projects, and coordinate monthly book discussions.

Received one of two annual student scholarships from the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), a worldwide
professional library association. The award was presented at the AJL Annual Conference in Montreal, Canada in
June 2011.

Experience
Library Assistant, Westfield Middle School Bloomingdale, Illinois
July 2010 to Present

Assist the head librarian in all aspects of running the library, including circulation, processing, and cataloging.
Fully manage the library when the head librarian is providing in-class instruction.
Supervise student volunteers on a daily basis.
Purchase and maintain the librarys picture book collection.
Provide effective and thoughtful readers advisory.
Research and recommend fiction and non-fiction titles for acquisition.
Weed fiction and non-fiction titles to ensure a current, useful and attractive collection.
Assist students with on-line reference and other library skills.
Create attractive displays to promote readership. Maintain a non-fiction display that highlights current topics and
supports the common core curriculum.
Run circulation reports to track overdue items and fines due.

Library Committee Chair, Congregation Etz Chaim Lombard, Illinois

July 2011 to Present

Responsible for all aspects of running the library, including purchasing, processing, cataloging, circulating and
weeding items.

Manage the collection of 5,000 items, which includes fiction and non-fiction books, reference resources, audio and
visual materials, and educational items.
Maintain the on-line catalog system.
Supervise three volunteer committee members.
Assist teachers with special research projects and story selections.
Coordinate monthly adult book discussions.

Analyst, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Chicago, Illinois

May 1989 to December 1999

Corporate Planning - Coordinated business planning and budgeting processes for all departments of the Federal
Reserve Bank, including the head office in Chicago, and regional offices in Michigan, Iowa and Indiana.
Management Consulting Improved efficiency and effectiveness of operations for various departments as
requested. Spent significant time streamlining the check processing function at all District offices.
Internal Auditor - Performed audits of all internal departments, including check processing and financial services.
Led surprise audits of the cash department that included securing the vaults and counting all cash on the
premises.

Education
Master of Library and Information Sciences (Fall 2014)
Concentration in Youth Services
Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois
Masters in Management, Kellogg School of Management (2005)
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
Bachelor of Arts in Economics (1989)
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

Professional Affiliations

American Library Association (ALA)

Illinios School Library Media Association (ISLMA)
Illinois Library Association (ILA)

Volunteer Experience

Roselle Public Library

Erickson Elementary School library
Westfield Middle School library

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