ANGELA MASSENGALE
Librarian & Technology Integration Specialist, a passionate advocate for diversity in children's literature and the right of every person to have access to information.
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2025 Recipient of the Jan Stauber-Sherlock Holmes Literary Grant through the Beacon Society
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In 2021, designed, planned, and oversaw the creation of the new Memphis Campus library at St. George’s Independent School.
Featured in a commercial video for the role the library plays in building diversity and inclusion at Grace St. Luke’s Episcopal School (2020)
https://vimeo.com/395816171?fbclid=IwAR3iD_99UMxV2ENP0F3FFwL_vlC6WwQlDvYa9B4UPYCDrcxDWiauKd3I3Vw
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In April, 2018, served as the lead presenter at the Tennessee Library Association’s annual conference on the creation, development, and implementation of the Memphis Public Libraries’ DiscoverRead Early Literacy Centers.
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Created and managed programs for underserved communities in Memphis with community partners such as Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Deaf Connect of the Mid-South, Latino Memphis, Hattiloo Theatre, and Literacy Mid-South, and in 2017-2018, developed a training seminar for Administration, Regional Managers, Agency Managers, and Youth Services staff in the Memphis Public Libraries to better reach and engage with Memphis area Hispanic and Latino communities.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
2020 - Present
Elementary Librarian & Technology Integration Specialist,
St. George's Independent School
Elementary librarian for Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grade. Responsibilities include classes, book checkouts, collection development, school-wide programming for the annual Book Week celebration, and overseeing two book fairs annually. In the spring and summer of 2021, designed and oversaw the renovation and relocation of the campus library from a portable classroom to a central location inside the main school building. Technology teacher for Pre-Kindergarten through Fifth Grades, with classes including digital literacy and citizenship, online safety, utilizing Google Suites, with specific emphasis on Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and beginning coding and Robotics. Technology support and media specialist for all faculty, staff, and students.
2019 - 2020
Early Childhood Librarian,
Grade St. Luke's Episcopal School
Early childhood librarian responsible for library collection, classes, and literacy assessment for students from two years old through Second Grade, and support for Third through Eighth Grades. Other responsibilities included staff training in diversity, equity, and inclusion; weekend and evening programming for family and/or admissions events throughout the year.
2014 - 2018
Senior Agency Manager, Children's Division; Interim Child Services Coordinator,
Memphis Public Libraries
Oversaw all public service and administrative duties, including hiring, training, employee assessments, and all customer service needs, for the children's division of the Benjamin L. Hooks Public Library, main branch of the Memphis Public Libraries. Served as Interim Child Services Coordinator for all eighteen branches of the Memphis Public Libraries from 2014 - 2016, overseeing system-wide program development, community partnerships, professional development training and programming for child services librarians, and the development and implementation of early literacy centers in twelve of the eighteen branches of Memphis Public Libraries.
Education
2022 - Present
Masters of Library & Information Sciences,
University of Southern Mississippi
Currently pursuing a Masters of Library & Information Sciences degree from the University of Southern Mississippi with a certification in Youth Services and Literature
2010 - 2013
Masters of Arts,
University of Memphis
Masters of Arts in History from the College of Arts and Sciences. Primary focus on Modern Russia (1900 - present), and secondary fields in 20th Century United States and the Middle East.
2009 - 2010
Bachelor of Arts,
University of Memphis
Bachelor of Arts in History from the College of Arts and Sciences. Primary focus on research and historiography in the study of history from ancient civilizations to modern day.