Bob A. Palas

About Bob A. Palas

American Library Association (ALA) Member • Illinois Library Association (ILA)…

Experience

1. Adult and Teen Services Librarian, Adult Program Coordinator

   Morton Grove Public Library

   Nov 2015 — Present

   Responsible for providing adult programming, including vetting, planning, scheduling, and presenting various programs. I also handle public service desk duties and manage collections in assigned areas, including digital resources. My work includes outreach services to both adult and teen audiences across different environments, as well as planning, managing, and moderating book talks and discussions. I maintain documentation of department procedures and institutional knowledge, create and maintain book displays, and curate suggested reading lists. Additionally, I provide technology support and instruction to patrons and offer a variety of programming for adults and teens. To stay up-to-date with industry trends, I continually pursue professional development and continuing education opportunities.

Education

• Maine South High School

  High School Diploma

  1991 — 1995

• Dominican University

  MLIS, Library & Information Science

  2006 — 2008

• Hellenic College Holy Cross

  Bachelors, Religious Studies

  1998 — 2003

Skills

• Government Documents
• Community Outreach
• Library Programming
• Bibliographic Instruction
• Web 2.0
• Contentdm
• Libguides
• Archives
• Copy Cataloging
• Research
• Library 2.0
• Public Libraries
• Aacr2
• Library Reference
• Digital Libraries
• Library Research
• Online Research
• Information Retrieval
• Virtual Reference
• Digitization
• Cataloging
• Collection Maintenance
• Electronic Resources
• Dewey Decimal System
• Circulation
• Lcsh
• Metadata
• Indexing
• Special Collections
• Library
• Library Management
• Public Services
• Reader's Advisory
• Blogging
• Collection Development
• Editing
• Marc21
• Web Design
• Oclc Connexion
• History