| | KIMBERLY BOLAN
Associate Consultant | CONSULTING EXPERIENCE:
Independent Teen Services Consultant 1998 – present
Serve as a consultant and conduct workshops for libraries & library systems throughout the United States.
Consulting Projects:
Queens Public Library designing and renovating teen spaces in all Queens branch libraries (Queens, NY – 2007 - ), East Brunswick Public Library (NJ-2006/07), Deschutes Public Library (Bend, OR – 2007), Loudon County Public Library (Leesburg, VA – 6/05); Canandaigua Middle School Expansion Project (Canandaigua, NY – 11/04 – 12/04); Teen Spaces, Cool Places Project (Kent District Library, MI – 11/04); Fairfield Public Library Teen Area Project (Fairfield, CT – 5/04); Westbury Public Library Teen Area Project (Westbury, NY – 5/04); Guilderland Public Library Teen Area Project (Guilderland, NY – 8/02 – 9/02); Department for Libraries and Archives’ Mindbenders Project (FIVCO Big Sandy Region, KY – 3/1/99 – 5/15/99)
Workshops & Presentations:
• Make Room For Teens – Mid-Hudson Library System (Poughkeepsie, NY – 5/17/05); Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens Library Systems (Jericho, NY – 2/17/05); Ramapo Catskill Library System (Middletown, NY – 10/4/04); Montana State Library (Great Falls, MT – 9/25/04); Pioneer Library System (Canandaigua, NY – 5/26/04); Nioga Library System (Lockport, NY – 3/24/04); PLA National Conference (Seattle, WA – 2/26/04); Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES School Library System (Walworth, NY – 1/29/04); North Country Library System – (Watertown, NY -- 10/22/03); Indianhead Federated Library System (Eau Claire, WI – 10/13/03); South Dakota State Library (Rapid City, Pierre, Aberdeen, Sioux Falls, SD – 9/22 – 9/26/03); Michigan State Library Association’s Youth Services Annual Conference (Novi, MI – 4/09/03); \ Central & Southwest Iowa Library Service Area (4/8 – 4/9/02)
• Space and Design in Intergenerational Programming – Libraries for the Future (NY – 6/14/04)
• Teen Space: Capturing Teen Imagination in the Library – Nebraska State Library Commission (NE – 5/17 – 5/21/04)
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
Webster Public Library, Webster, New York 1999 – 2004
Assistant Director – Network & Patron Services
• Oversaw network services, patron services, page services, and technical services departments
• Served on long-range planning committee
• Served as coordinator for the Monroe County Library System’s (MCLS) Wide Area Network
• Coordinated all aspects of computer services, including hardware evaluation and implementation, selection of software and online databases, management of computer training programs for patrons and staff, and development and maintenance of web page
• Chaired MCLS Tech Talk Group, co-chaired MCLS Database Committee (1998 – present), and served on a variety of MCLS committees including Electronic Reference – E-Chat (2002 – present), Electronic Pathfinders and Tutorials (2002 – 2003), Internet Access (1999), and Everybody’s Catalog (1998)
• Library Expansion Project, 2001-2002
Brighton Memorial Library, Rochester, New York 1996 – 1999
Reference & Network Services Supervisor
• Coordinated all aspects of reference and network services, including supervising 12 part-time librarians (3 FTE), scheduling part-time and full-time librarians, and reporting statistics to the Director
• Managed reference collection (print and electronic) with emphasis on integration of online & emerging formats
• Coordinated electronic services programming, including in-house as well as community outreach classes
PUBLICATIONS:
Teen Spaces: the Step-by-Step Library Makeover, ALA Editions, Chicago. 2003. (Currently being revised by Ms. Bolan.
Technology Made Simple: an Improvement Guide for Small and Medium Libraries, with Robert Cullen, ALA Editions, Chicago. 2006.
EDUCATION:
Syracuse University, School of Information Studies – Syracuse, New York M.L.S. 1995
State University of New York at Geneseo – Geneseo, New York B.A. 1992
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