MARY J. GALLAGHER

6459 Island Lake Drive

East Lansing, MI 48823

Home: 517.339.4377 Email: as0838@wayne.edu

OBJECTIVE: Public Librarian position with an emphasis on services to children and

young adults

SUMMARY: Current M.L.I.S. student

Seventeen years experience working in libraries with children and young

adults

B.S. in Early Childhood Education and Teaching

EDUCATION: M.L.I.S., expected completion December 2005

Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Teaching Certificate Awarded (now expired), November 1982

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Emphasis on reading and children’s literature

B.S. in Early Childhood Education and Teaching, March 1978

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan

Omicron Nu, National Home Economics Honor Society, 1974

EXPERIENCE: Library Media Center Assistant, September 2001 to present

Lansing Catholic Central High School, Lansing, Michigan

Assist students with research and computer work

Process and repair books

Index periodicals not listed in Reader’s Guide

Assist with other miscellaneous library tasks as needed

Library Media Center Volunteer, September 1987 to June 2001

Volunteer work done continuously at the preschool, elementary, and

high school levels

In charge of elementary library for six months during librarian’s absence

ORGANIZATIONS: Michigan Association for Media in Education, November 2001 to present

American Library Association, February 2004 to present