Library Assistant

Senior Library Assistant — Seattle Public Library

Seattle, WA | June 2023 – Present

• Supervised a team of 3 pages to catalog, sort, and shelve over 45,000 newly acquired media items, increasing cataloging throughput by 22% using Koha LMS.
• Organized 12 community literacy events and seasonal reading workshops, increasing patron attendance by 35% and successfully attracting 300 new active cardholders.
• Audited physical collections and catalog databases for 6 departments, identifying 1,200 misplaced items and improving inventory record accuracy to 99%.
• Conducted 24 information literacy seminars for patrons, training over 400 community members on using electronic research databases and physical microfilm archives.

Library Assistant — King County Library System

Bellevue, WA | August 2021 – May 2023

• Managed the daily circulation desk operations, checking in and out over 1,500 books, periodicals, and digital assets per day with zero catalog errors.
• Assisted over 50 patrons daily with reference queries, online library catalog navigation, and computer lab troubleshooting, scoring a 98% satisfaction rating.
• Processed interlibrary loan requests for 8 local branches, reducing checkout fulfillment times by 18% and coordinating delivery logistics for 200 items weekly.
• Restructured the physical shelving layout for the youth fiction section, successfully reducing patron navigation search times by 30% for over 500 weekly visitors.

Library Management Systems, Koha, Destiny Library Manager, SirsiDynix, Cataloging, Classification Systems, Reference Services, Database Querying, Interlibrary Loans, Patron Assistance, Circulation Management, Archival Preservation, Inventory Audits, Event Coordination, Information Literacy

Digital Archive Migration

Role: Lead Coordinator

Tools: Koha, Dublin Core metadata standards, Google Sheets

Managed the metadata migration and scanning of 12,000 historical documents, completing the project 2 weeks early and boosting database accessibility by 40%.

Community Reading Drive

Role: Program Lead

Tools: Destiny Library Manager, Canva, Mailchimp

Coordinated a summer literacy campaign that engaged over 600 students, increasing youth fiction checkouts by 35% and registering 150 new library members.

• Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) (2023)
• Certified Library Assistant (CLA) (2021)

• Languages: English (Native), Spanish (Conversational)
• Volunteer Work: Reading tutor for public school youth programs (2022-present)
• Availability: 2 weeks notice