Asher Call

Experience

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  The Daily Grind

  Aug 2003 - May 2007

  Assistant Manager/Barista/Prep Cook/Baker

  Responsibilities included stocking and tending the bar, placing alcohol and coffee orders, making coffee and tea drinks, managing employees, working with a point of sale system, cash register, credit card machine, serving customers, baking cookies, cakes, pies, cheesecakes, creating and researching recipes, tempering chocolate, creating molded chocolates, cutting and preparing vegetables, fruits, and other foods for salad bar and cook line.

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  N/A

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2009

  Home Health Care

  Responsibilities included meal planning, shopping, cleaning house, feeding, bathing, administering medicine, and caring for an elderly bedridden woman.

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  N/A

  May 2010 - Aug 2011

  Personal Assistant

  Responsibilities included research assistance, computer support, shopping, cooking, and other assorted errands for a Professor (Emeritus).

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  Wayne State University School of Business Administration

  Sept 2011 - Mar 2012

  Student Assistant

  Answer phones, take messages, copy, fax, and scan documents, Microsoft Word and Excel document creation, meeting room set up, errands.

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  Marygrove College

  Mar 2012 - May 2012

  Reference Librarian

  This was a temporary position. Reference assistance,teaching information literacy, computer trouble shooting, assisting with creating social media sites.

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  Troy Public Library

  Jun 2012 - Nov 2013

  Adult Services Librarian

  Reference assistance at a large public library, working with a wide range of patrons and needs, including roving and phone reference. Assisted and taught courses on computer literacy and job seeking to adult patronsOrdered, weeded, and related collection development duties for paperback fiction, eBooks, religion, history, and geography/travel collectionsDeveloped a large book club kit collection, including ordering, designing promotional materials, processing, causing an increase in circulation for the collection.Problem-solved for a variety of eBook readers and tablets, including set up, usage, and eBook downloads and purchasesAssisted patrons on how to use Overdrive, Freegal, Zinio, and Freading library services on computers, smartphones, and other handheld devicesFamiliarity with Polaris ILS for day-to-day library operations, such as circulation, placing holds, searching titles, withdrawing items, creating record sets, etc. Developed, implemented, and marked successful programming for teenagers and adultsAssisted with Adult Summer and Winter Reading programming Show less

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  Marygrove College

  Nov 2013 - Oct 2015

  Reference and Instruction Librarian

  Worked the reference desk experience at a small urban college, working primarily with undergraduate students. Solely designed and implemented a small scale trail eBook reader circulation program withvarious devices. Ordered, weeded, and related collection development duties for Education, Religion, and Philosophy departments. Designed and taught various courses on information literacy at an academic level with positive feedback from faculty and students.Successfully collaborated with fellow faculty members as an embedded librarian in a reading skills course. Social media management including: Twitter and Wordpress. Show less

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  Queens Public Library

  Oct 2015 - now

  Provides reference services to community members including research needs, computer assistance, readers advisory, and more. Organizes, plans, and implements programming for adults, children, and tweens. This includes running weekly children's events and a monthly book club for older adults. Orders fiction and non-fiction materials for the collection and weeds relevant areas. Provides computer assistance and technology support to patrons. Creates the desk schedule and organizes the program schedule for the branch. Show less

  • Assistant Community Library Manager

    Mar 2019 - now

  • General Librarian

    Oct 2015 - Mar 2019