Ann Theis

Background

About Ann Theis

Retired due to health issues including MS & RA. Collection Management Administrator/Coordinator/Selector. Project Management, Budget, Collection Analysis, and Community Analysis; Selector - Adult Fiction (all formats), Adult eContent (eBooks, eAudio, magazines), YA, Juvenile, Digital, Databases, Music, Video/DVDs, AV; Purchasing and RFP experience. Supervised - CCPL: a staff of 14 (selectors, catalogers, processors, acquisitions). HCPL: a staff of 4 selectors and 4 acquisitions staff. Collection Management projects for library system including opening day collections, weeding and inventory. Managed materials budget (~ 1.7 million). Enthusiastic, knowledgeable, organized, and adaptable library professional. Experience with high performance teamwork. Fortunate to have a strong network of colleagues across the country. Interested in and involved in whole collection advisory and readers services. Strengths Big Picture Overview Planning Statistical and Collection Analysis Novelist and NextReads CollectionHQ Web sites Readers Services Project Management Experience 45 years + Budget/Funds Customer Service Professional Commitment Team Player Readers Advisory: Overbooked and Overbooked The Next Chapter (1994-present) ALA Committee experience includes: The Reading List, CODES Readers Advisory Committee, Collection Evaluation, YALSA Alex Awards Committee member and chair, Printz Award Committee member, Chair of Morris Award task force, Publisher Liaison Committee Chair, NOYSAL Committee member and chair. VLA- CYART chair Specialties: Library Collection Management, CollectionHQ, collection analysis, budgeting, fiscal accountability, purchasing, readers advisory, adult books for teens, young adult readers advisory, music collection development, film collection development, audio book selection, digital collection development (E-books, E-audio), programming, grant writing.