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This list shows a summary version of 'About Me' for each mentor. Please click the 'Read More' text link to read the full 'About Me'.
If you find a mentor who you think is a good match for you, please contact them using the 'CONTACT' link (Online Contact Form) for that mentor.
If you see '+SHOW MORE' sign under "Areas of Expertise" of a mentor, it means you can click it to expand the list for that mentor.
Click on 'Advanced options'. Here, you can search for mentors by 'County' in each state, 'Library Types', and their 'Areas of Expertise'.
- "Areas of Expertise": Click in the field box where it says 'Choose some options'.
  - You can simply scroll through and select an area of expertise. Or, if you type in a keyword, a list of areas of expertise related to that keyword will show up like a drop down list, and you can select from the list.
  - For multiple selections, press and hold down the Ctrl key, and then click each item that you want to select. Or, you can simply repeat the step above.

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NJ-County: OCEAN Areas of Expertise

Collection development
Collection arranging & processing
Digital collections
Project Management
Time Management & Staff Scheduling

About Me I am the Librarian 4 overseeing the Collections Department for Ocean County Library. I directly… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

NJ-County: MIDDLESEX Areas of Expertise

Makerspace
Technology
Emerging Technology
System Administration
Project Management
Library Administration

About Me I am currently the Associate Director for the Piscataway Public Library in central NJ. I have… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

NJ-County: UNION Areas of Expertise

cataloging
System Administration
Technical Services
Project Management

About Me I am currently working as technical services librarian and system administrator. I have previously… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

NJ-County: PASSAIC Areas of Expertise

cataloging
Public Library
Public libraries
Computer Classes
Technical Services
Library technology
Resume Writing
Customer Service
Public Policy

About Me I'm Nick from Passaic County. I'm a librarian at the Wayne Public Library 2024-2025 NJLA Public… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

NJ-County: UNION Areas of Expertise

Library Administration
Human Resources
Presentations & Public Speaking

About Me Hello! My name is Amy Behr-Shields and I am the Director of the Summit Free Public Library. With… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

NJ-County: MORRIS Areas of Expertise

Administration
ILS
Technology
Electronic Resources Management
Budgeting
Organizational Leadership

About Me I serve as Executive Director of the Main Library Alliance (Main), the technology backbone and… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Academic
Library Agencies
Non-Library Company/Organization
Public
School
Special

Areas of Expertise

Statewide Services
Management (Personnel)
Project Management
Library Administration
Technology
Public libraries
Adult Program & Services

About Me Ralph began his tenure as Executive Director of LibraryLinkNJ in July 2021 after serving as… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Library Agencies
Public

Cathy Black, from Orena Humphreys Pubic Library, working with pre-school students to make an owl hand puppet during story time at the Whitwell Head Start center

TN-County: Marion Areas of Expertise

Organizational communication
Event Planning
Youth Services
Seniors / Older Adults
Presentations & Public Speaking
Marketing and Public Relations

About Me I am Cathy Black, Library Director at Orena Humphreys Public Library. Although I am new to the… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

Jennifer Boeseman, Burlington County Library System

NJ-County: BURLINGTON Areas of Expertise

Accessibility
adult reference
Circulation
Collection development
ESL
Grant writing
Outreach

About Me I am a Senior Library Assistant at the Burlington County Library System, Bordentown Branch, where I… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Academic
Public

NJ-County: BURLINGTON Areas of Expertise

CMS Moderation
Digital Content Strategy
Social Media Management
Adobe Creative Suite
Niche Academy

About Me I joined LibraryLinkNJ in May 2023 following a 16 year career with Burlington County Library System… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Non-Library Company/Organization
Public

TN-County: Washington Areas of Expertise

Library Administration
Project Management
Management (Personnel)
Policy Creation
Trustee Meetings
Budgeting
Strategic Planning
Collection development
Consulting
Team-building
Friends Groups

About Me Hi, I'm Jennifer Breuer, Regional Director for the Holston River Regional Library, located in… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Library Agencies
Public

NJ-County: MORRIS Areas of Expertise

Purchasing
Management

About Me I would be happy to share my experience and knowledge gained over 25+ years as well as to hear new… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public
Special

NJ-County: MIDDLESEX Areas of Expertise

Youth Services
Makerspace
YA Program & Services
YA literature
Graphic Novel Collection Development

About Me Hi! My name is Kate-Lynn Brown and I am one of the Teen Services Librarians at the Piscataway… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

TN-County: Sequatchie Areas of Expertise

Children’s Program & Services

About Me Im Robin Burgin, the Director of Sequatchie County Public Library in Dunlap Tn. I have been… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Public

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TN-County: Anderson Areas of Expertise

Manga/Graphic Novels
Collection development
Technology
Library Administration
Digital Literacy
Project Management
Outreach
Social Media Management
Social Media Content Creation
Website Management
Games and Game Systems
Canva
Building Management
Adult Program & Services

About Me Hello! My name is Kimberlee Byrge. I currently serve as the Library Director of the Betty Anne… Read More Types of Libraries I have worked in

Academic
Public
Special

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1:1
3D Printing
academic libraries
access services
Accessibility
Administration
Adobe Creative Suite
Adult Program & Services
Adult Program & Services
adult reference
Advocacy Programs for People with Special Needs
Animals
Archives
Arduino
Assessment
Award Selection Committee Participation
BCCLS
Book Club
Branding
Budgeting
Building Local Partnerships
Building Management
Business
Business services
Canva
Career Online High School
cataloging
Change Management
Children's Collections
Children's Diversity Programs
Children's Programming
Children’s Program & Services
Chromebooks
Circulation
Circulation
Citizenship Exam Practice
Civil Service Issues
CMS Moderation
Coding literacy
Collaboration
Collection arranging & processing
Collection Development
Collection development
Collection Management
Collection Shifts
Community Engagement
Community Partnerships
Computer Classes
Computer Network Administration
Consortia issues
Consulting
copyright
County Library Systems
Creative Aging
Creative Arts: Visual
Creativity & Innovation
css
Customer Service
CyberPatriots Team
Cybersecurity
Data analysis
databases
Destiny
Digital collections
Digital Content Strategy
Digital Literacy
disaster planning
Disaster Recovery
Display ideas
Diversity
Drupal
E-reading
Early Literacy Programs & Spaces
eBooks
editing
Edtech
Education
Electronic Resources Management
Electronics
embedded librarians
Emerging Technology
Empathy and Compassion
Employee Engagement
English Language Learning
ESL
Event Planning
Facilitation
family literacy
FIRST Tech Challenge Team
Friends Groups
FTC
Fundraising
Games and Game Systems
Gaming
genealogy
Genrefication
Google Apps for Education
Google Services
graduate programs
Grant Management
Grant writing
graphic design
Graphic Novel Collection Development
High School
Homeschool
html
Human Resources
ILS
ILS management
Information Literacy
Information Literacy instruction
information policy
Information Service | Reference
Inkscape
Innovation
inquiry
Instruction
instructional design
Instructional Technology
Inter Library Loans
interlibrary loan
international students
Job Interview
Knowledge Management
Labor Negotiations
leadership
lesson planning
LGBTQ Programming & Collections
LibGuides
Library Administration
Library Advocacy
Library Confidentiality
Library of Things
Library Science
library services
Library technology
Local History
Makerspace
Management
Management (Personnel)
Manga/Graphic Novels
Marketing and Public Relations
Media in Libraries
Media Mentors
Mentoring
Microsoft Office Suite
Middle School
Middle-Grade Library Service
Mobile Computing
motivation
Multilingual Collections
New Jersey
Niche Academy
Non-MARC metadata
One person libraries
Online instruction
Online Learning
Open Educational Resources
Organizational communication
Organizational culture
Organizational Leadership
Original documents
Outreach
PARCC testing coordination
Participating in Library Groups
Partnerships
Photographs
PHP
Policy Creation
Popular Culture
Presentations & Public Speaking
Preservation
Professional Development
Programming for All Ages
Programs & Services for All Ages
Project Management
Psychology
Public libraries
Public Library
Public Library, Library Board, Policy Creation, Partnerships, Library Statistics
Public Policy
Publishing
Purchasing
Raspberry Pi
RDA
Reader advisory
Reader's Advisory
Recruiting and Hiring
Reentry Services
Renovations
Research
Research & Publishing
Resource description
Resource-sharing
Resume Writing
Retail
School librarianship, including collection curation, information literacy instruction, and programming
School Libraries
School Library Service
School Media Specialist
School Outreach
Self Directed Programming
Self-Published Author Submissions Review Committee Chair
Seniors / Older Adults
Services for People with Special Needs
SGOs
Social media
Social Media Content Creation
Social Media Management
Social Networking
Social Work/Gerontology
Space Management Databases
Special Libraries
Staff Development
Staff Scheduling
Staff Supervision & Evaluation
Staff Supervision & Evaluation
Staff Training
Staff Training & Scheduling
Statewide Services
STEAM Programming
STEM in Libraries
Storytime
Storytimes, Music times, Literacy Buddies, Lego League, Home School programs, pet therapy program, conducting oral histories, YA Program & Services , y
Strategic Planning
Summer Reading
Supporting Teen Mental Health and Serving at-Risk Youth
sustainability
Sustainable Shelves Program, Library System Coordinator
System Administration
System Administration
Systems Thinking
Task Management
Tax and Government Assistance Aid
Teaching
Team-building
Technical Services
technical services advocacy
Technology
Technology integration
Teen Collection Development & Management
Teen Engagement and Passive/Pop Up Programming
Teen Programming
Teen Services
Teen Volunteers
Teen Volunteers
Teen Zone Decoration/Environmental Design
Time Management & Staff Scheduling
Training
Trustee Meetings
Union Leadership
Unions / Collective Bargaining
urban libraries
urban schools
User Experience
User Training
Video Game Collection Development
Virtual Reference
Visual Literacy
Volunteers
Web Design
Website
Website Management
Weeding
wordpress
Working with a Foundation
Working with Local Officials
Wsite
YA literature
YA Program & Services
Young Adult Collection Development & Management
Young Adult Program & Services
Youth Services