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Rhonda K. Kitchens Bio Rhonda K. Kitchens is a Librarian,
Writer, Poet, Pug Enthusiast, Florida History Buff and Kayaker. This purpose
of "Sell it With Sizzle" is to provide free ideas and tips for
adult librarians who do programming. If you are interested in joining my
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Rhonda K.
Kitchens 941-447-6349, 813-759-6522 Education: B.A. Mass Communications, MA Library and Information Science Profile: ·
Over
10 years as a dynamic community-responsive librarian serving in programming,
publicity and adult/reference service in a variety of urban, academic and
specialized settings. ·
Create,
produce, instruct, and market programs for adults for all budgets. Ability to
reach broad spectrum of audiences both internally and externally. ·
Down
to earth communicator with instruction skills and vivid ways of promoting
resources/services to a variety of audiences ·
Exceptional
reference librarian with a diverse background in Government Documents, SABBATICAL 2006
: 4/06 to 8/06 – Snook Foundation – Part-time
Administrative Assistant Professional
Experience: Public Library 1997 –2005 Librarian in Humanities, Public Relations and Business and
Government, Branch Libraries ·
Responsible
for Foundation Collection and Small Business. ·
Produced
publicity materials for all library programming & assisted with other
promotional efforts including revamping the Calendar of Events & Burgert
Brothers Calendar ·
Updated
FAQ module for Business and Government related items/3000 hits a month ·
Developed
highly successful Small Business programming, conceived/produced "50
Ways to Find New Business @ Your Library," and also "Grant Seeking
@ Your Library." ·
Participated
in training and outreach on these and other topics for internal and external
agencies. Judged and promoted annual Wit Lit Poetry Contest. ·
In
charge of building/department in absence of supervisor, supervised directly
part-time and volunteer staff including Friends of the Library ·
Hudson
Park Library Branch, Jefferson Market Regional Branch, Hamilton Fish Park
Library, 58th Street Library, Donnell Library Center and Andrew Heiskell
Talking Book Library. ·
From
Librarian to Adult/Reference Senior Assistant Librarian. ·
Managed
budgets and collection development for a broad range of library populations. ·
Active
member of the Books to Remember
Committee and served as Prime Selector for booklists. ·
Implemented
poetry discussion group, continued/rebuilt book discussion groups and
produced a wildly successful Literary Walking Tour program. ·
In
charge of building/region in absence of supervisor, supervised directly
full-time, part-time and volunteer staff including Friends of the Library Other Library
Experience: 1991-1993 University of South 1998-2000 Part-Time
Reference
Selected Presentations/Instruction/Experience ·
At
Mote Marine Laboratory: assisted
with special projects: The final production of the Mina Walther book -
proofreading and editing. Digitizing and uploading materials into DSpace on
Mote's webpage. Part of the Open Archive Initiative project. Assisted with
the creation of an annotated bibliography for the "Protect Our
Reefs" project. Created posters to help promote the coral reef grant
project and book sales of Mote publications, Created a library brochure for
summer interns. ·
Cataloging
: MARC 21 , Copy cataloging using OCLC and Z39.5 protocol. ·
Science
reference : Literature searching
and ILL using various databases including ASFA, FirstSearch, Medline,
Agricola etc. ·
Perform
ILLs including verification of citation, and receiving and sending materials
using the Ariel document delivery system. ·
September
2006, RSAD Technological Orientation for incoming freshmen ·
May
2005, “Selling the Sizzle: 5 Tips for Tasty Technology
Programming” for NEFLIN’s Two Day “Technology To Go”
Seminar in ·
May
2004, “20 Ways to Find New Business @Your Library,” For the
public of a small library. ·
April
2004, “Home Buying 101.” Formed partnership with City agency for
public program. ·
April
2003, “50 Ways to Find New Business @Your Library.” For the
public @ John F. Germany Library, Tampa Hillsborough County Library
Cooperative’s Main Library. ·
May
2003, “Wrestling With Government Documents.” For 8th
Annual VIP Library Workshop. ·
April
2003, “Grantseeking @Your Library – Online Sources.” For
the public @ the John F. Germany Library. ·
June
2003, “Grantseeking @Your Library – Online Sources.” For
grantwriting professionals and nonprofits @ the Pinellas Grants Collaborative
annual seminar. ·
2001-2003,
Reference Committee Member for the ·
2001-2003,
Contributed/maintained the Business & Government portion of the
“Frequently Asked Questions” database. This local database generated 3000
hits a month during the time I contributed to it. ·
2003,
Poetry Committee Member for the ·
Produced
and instructed “100 Ways To Be Happy and Single in ·
Two
Kathy Fountain WTVT “Your Turn” live television, call-in shows
defending books some members of the community wished to ban. ·
Reviewed/reported
on challenged material ·
2002-3,
“Business Start-Up.” Series of multi-part programs. Formed
partnerships with City, County and other agencies to bring to public. ·
2002,
First Night Tampa Bay’s Word Café – conceived, booked,
located funding, organized a family friendly event that attracted about 500
people through-out New Year’s Night to the John F. Germany
Auditorium. Served as Board
Member on First Night ·
1994-6,
Books To Remember Committee @ New York Public. After a year of reviewing
nearly 300 books, participated in huge presentation at the ·
Noted
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1998-2001,
Ran a poetry open mic “Poetry in
the Dark” that often received newspaper coverage and “Best
of” recognitions. REFERENCES: request
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