April Parker
Greensboro, NC | (336) 686-5971 | aprilparker83@gmail.com
EDUCATION M.L.I.S. LIBRARY SCIENCE, UNC-GREENSBORO 2013 B.A. SOCIOLOGY, KEAN UNIVERSITY 2010 A.S. GENERAL SCIENCE, VIRGINIA WESTERN COMMUNITY COLLEGE 2006 • GRADUATED WITH HONORS, CUM LAUDE LIBRARY EXPERIENCE Media Specialist Lead teachers, technology staff, and students in collaborative Guilford County Schools assessments to select and evaluate resources that address Sep 2014 – Present curricular needs and learning goals Instruct students and staff in the effective use of ideas and information while promoting lifelong learning Incorporate information literacy and instructional technology into day-to-day instruction Work with principal and school leadership to provide flexible access to school library media center resources Evaluate school library media program on a continual basis according to accepted standards of quality, and prepare and submit accurate reports as required Oversee Media and Technology Advisory Committee’s budgetary process to ensure even the most marginalized students retain equitable access to instructional materials Librarian Chefs Academy June 2014 – Aug 2014
Maintained accurate resource inventories, compiled statistics, and generated regular reports Responded to daily requests for information and library services, including interlibrary loans and cataloguing data Trained patrons on effective reference research techniques
Graduate Assistant/Special Library Consultant Women and Gender Studies Program UNC-Greensboro Aug 2012 – May 2013
Initiated and maintained the Intersectionality Information Alliance, a collaborative collection development program between the UNCG WGS program and library committee, the Guilford College LGBTQ coordinator and student representatives, and the Eternal Summer Black Feminist Mind Lending Library Helped develop WGS/LIS department intern program, including training and supervising new employees