Sophia S.

Kenney
About Me
Education

Im a crea)ve, energe)c, passionate librarian dedicated to diversity and

serving patrons of all kinds. I hope to ins)ll a love of reading and books
and strive to be a life-long learner.

Dominican University



August 2011 - Current
Master of Library and Informa)on Science, Youth Services Cer)ca)on
Bradley University



August 1998 May 2002
Bachelor of Science in Adver)sing, Marke)ng Minor

Experience

Glencoe Public Library

January 2014 Present
Childrens Librarian



Develop and execute engaging, diverse, and meaningful youth services
programs that promote library services and literacy ini)a)ves.
Host weekly Book Babies Story)me, monthly Pajama Story)me, and other
programming.
Select and maintain juvenile biography and graphic novel collec)on.
Provide essen)al library services to children, teens, parents and caregivers such
as readers advisory, reference requests, interlibrary loan and technology
support.
Highwood Public Library


October 2012 December 2013
Youth Services Librarian




Managed monthly and yearly budgets for materials and programming.
Responsible for cataloging new childrens and young adult materials as well as
de-selec)on of duplicate, outdated or unused materials.
Promoted library events and ini)a)ves through community and local school
outreach. Updated library website with new informa)on.
Created promo)onal marke)ng materials for distribu)on.
Open Books - Volunteer


September 2010 September 2011
Volunteered weekly as a mentor and literacy tutor to a 3rd grade student at
Cameron Elementary School in Chicagos Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Skills
References

Procient in MS Oce Suite, MS Publisher, Google Sites, Google Docs, HTML

programming, Internet and Database searching skills.
Available upon request.
Sophia S. Kenney
864 Osterman Ave Deereld, IL 60015
Email: Sophie_slek@yahoo.com
Cell: 847-226-5336