Kel Rowan, Young Adult Librarian by Kel https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio An overview of the contributions I've made to the Ocean County Library, the greater County community, and our profession. en-us 2021-04-06 22:12:14 UTC 2024-05-15 17:29:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f4da.png LGBTQ History Month 2020 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664247986 An LGBTQ Timeline to help LGBTQ teens connect with their history through Ocean County Library resources. ]]> 2021-07-29 16:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664247986 International Trans Day of Visbility 2020 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664248951 Increasing the awareness of trans identities and support for trans teens in throughout the county, including local news articles detailing some trans experiences in the county throughout the years.]]> 2021-07-29 16:51:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664248951 Social Justice Resources June 2020 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664297771 In light of current events, I collaborated with Allison Ryan to create this resource guide providing teens with ways to increase their personal and social awareness regarding social justice and racial equity topics. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664297771 Teen MLK Day of Service 2020 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664308707 In honor of National Martin Luther King Day of Service stop by the library to get volunteer hours or learn more about volunteering at the library year-round. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:30:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664308707 Point Pleasant Borough PRISM Club Outreach kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664309068 Visited PRISM, an LGBTQ club, at the high school 2x a time to provide support, recommend books, and gain feedback on library programing. These teens inspired me to create my first virtual resource, OCL Resources for LGBTQ Teens Coping with a World in Crisis.]]> 2021-07-29 18:31:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664309068 LGBTQ Programming Resources kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664309653 As part of our NJLA 2021 presentation "In, Out, & In-Between: Serving LGBTQ Youth in Libraries" I created the following padlet to further connect librarians to resources at other libraries and beyond to help them create inclusive programming. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664309653 Homework & Chill kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664310393 A recurring after school homework and chill space for teens (and tweens!) as they waited for their rides after school. 

This provided teens the opportunity to connect with one another, balance school work and social time, and a low-pressure environment to get to know their new teen librarian. 

This program greatly decreased incidents with teens because they were given space to express themselves and knew they had the program to look forward to when it wasn't being held. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664310393 Memorial Middle School Career Day kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664312527 Each year Memorial Middle School holds their career day where professionals from different fields set up a table highlighting their jobs and answer questions from the students. We saw multiple 7th and 8th grade classes throughout the day. This was an excellent opportunity to support this initiative by the school as well as connect teens in the community with resources at the library and hopefully, inspire some future librarians. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664312527 7th Grade English Class Visits kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664313479 Hosted multiple 7th grade English classes in the branch where I provided a tour, an overview of our digital resources (including a tutorial on downloading libby and checking out books), providing curated reader's advisory, and library card sign-ups. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:39:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664313479 Education Initiative Support for Teachers kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664314065 Assisted with class room book clubs by reserving multiple copies of one title for classrooms and promoting the use of our educator card for this type of classroom activity. 

Encouraged the use of our assignment alert form to provide better support to historical fiction book report projects coming from the middle school.]]> 2021-07-29 18:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664314065 Summer Reading Collaboration with Point Pleasant Borough School District 2020 & 2021 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664315040 Ensured the availability of summer reading titles for the high school honors and AP courses by requesting additional copies of titles and recording where the titles were available through the library (physically and digitally).

Assisted with the compilation of resources for the summer reading page on the district website.

Contributed posts to the summer reading instagram to promote library prizes. ]]> 2021-07-29 18:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664315040 Summer Reading Collaboration with Children's Department 2021 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664316745 Collaborated with Children's Librarian, Cindy Fragale, to create curated summer reading book talking videos for all grade levels, which included assisting with editing and filming Cindy's videos for the elementary schools, creating the middle school video together, and curating the high school video that were then posted to the school's website and google classrooms.]]> 2021-07-29 18:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664316745 NJLA 2021 Presentation kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664331176 This presentation has been requested for reprisal through a LibraryLinkNJ Webinar in October for National Coming Out Day.]]> 2021-07-29 19:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664331176 Virtual SAIL 2020 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664334532 Assisted with the creation of the first ever virtual SAIL!]]> 2021-07-29 19:21:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664334532 Virtual SAIL 2021 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664334574 Revamped SAIL for 2021 and assisted with any troubleshooting throughout the program.]]> 2021-07-29 19:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664334574 Ocean County Resource Guide for Learning @ Home kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664337954 Created a brief resource guide for OCL content that students could access from home during the pandemic to be displayed on the High School and Middle School Library pages.]]> 2021-07-29 19:28:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664337954 ALA Rainbow Book List & Stonewall Book Award Administrative Assistant kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664342798 Maintained:
  • consistent contact with publishing agents to request copies of titles for all committee members and retrieve contact forms for authors
  • confidentiality of titles considered and committee opinions
  • spreadsheet of all requested and received titles, forms, and 
Requested over 500 books for each committee and donated portions of these books I received to teachers and LGBTQ organizations
]]> 2021-07-29 19:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664342798 Book-o-Scopes kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664356920 Recommended reads based on your sun sign!]]> 2021-07-29 20:08:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664356920 National Coming Out Day kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664357144 2021-07-29 20:08:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664357144 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664358084 2021-07-29 20:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664358084 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664358681 2021-07-29 20:11:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664358681 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664359602 2021-07-29 20:13:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664359602 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664359805 2021-07-29 20:13:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664359805 Volunteer Opportunities Brochure for the Point Pleasant Borough Branch kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664367251 2021-07-29 20:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664367251 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664368315 2021-07-29 20:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664368315 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664370469 2021-07-29 20:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664370469 Youth Art Month kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664371146 Hosted the Point Pleasant Borough High School Art Honor Society for Youth Art Month]]> 2021-07-29 20:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664371146 10 Year Challenge Interview kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664372415 In December of 2019 I was interviewed by WebJunction when my 10 year challenge book display caught the eye of some librarians through a facebook group!]]> 2021-07-29 20:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1664372415 RAAD Book Buddies kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665067733 In collaboration with the High School's Key Club we hosted a reading buddies program for Read Across American Day. The teens chose and prepared the craft, selected the titles, and ran the program!]]> 2021-07-30 15:21:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665067733 The Middle Ground kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665070901 Just right reads for the teens in between from YA and J. This is my department's most successful displays, with over 65 circs at this time. It is also an excellent opportunity to swap reader's advisory with our Children's Librarian.]]> 2021-07-30 15:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665070901 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665071037 2021-07-30 15:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665071037 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665073748 2021-07-30 15:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665073748 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665073998 2021-07-30 15:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665073998 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665074119 2021-07-30 15:32:25 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665074119 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665074264 2021-07-30 15:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665074264 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665074403 2021-07-30 15:32:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665074403 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665075909 2021-07-30 15:34:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665075909 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081229 2021-07-30 15:44:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081229 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081325 2021-07-30 15:44:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081325 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081425 2021-07-30 15:44:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081425 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081530 2021-07-30 15:44:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665081530 OCL Resources for LGBTQ Teens Coping with a World in Crisis kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665086326 "A compilation of resources for LGBTQ teens. Get lost in a new book or movie, find tips for schooling from home, and explore ways to help you cope while quarantined." My goal with this program was to help support teens who were at home during quarantine that may have been lonely, missing their support systems in school, and living in unsupportive/non-affirming environments.]]> 2021-07-30 15:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665086326 Rutgers kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665126303 An overview of graduate school book talks and digital content I created.]]> 2021-07-30 17:05:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665126303 Linkedin kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665127339 2021-07-30 17:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665127339 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665129097 2021-07-30 17:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665129097 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665129812 2021-07-30 17:12:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665129812 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665562200 2021-07-31 14:29:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665562200 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665562251 2021-07-31 14:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665562251 Take PRIDE in Your Makeup kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665636495 17 teens and families enjoyed a makeup tutorial by Drag Queen Story Hour's Harmonica Sunbeam. Teens enjoyed following along with her makeup tutorial and asking questions about her journey and skills!]]> 2021-07-31 18:43:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/1665636495 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/2994569914 2024-05-15 17:29:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/2994569914 kelrowan https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/2994570269 2024-05-15 17:30:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kelrowan/portfolio/wish/2994570269