Staff

Michaela is the chief administrator for the library and her responsibilities include budgeting, strategic planning, operational oversight and board development. Michaela started her career in Bookmobile Services at St. Louis County Library in Missouri and has worked at the Skokie Public Library and the Hinsdale Public Library before coming to the Aurora Public Library in 2016.

• Public Services for Adults and Teens

• Programming for Adults at Santori

• Customer-oriented information services

• Recruitment, selection & hiring
• Employee training and talent development
• Employee Benefits and Payroll
• Employee relations, policy development and implementation

• Public Services for Children
• Programming and events for Children
• Information and Services for children birth-12 years old

• Collection Development policies and procedures
• Questions about the catalog
• Local author donations
• Questions about Print, Audio-Visual, Digital, and Special collections

• Bookmobile & Homebound Service
• Senior Library Van Service
• Deposit Collections

• Questions about Eola Road Branch services and operations
• Eola Road Branch community engagement
• Programs and events at Eola Road Branch
• Meeting or conference room reservations at Eola Road Branch

• Building maintenance
• Landscaping and snow removal
• Custodial issues

• Voice and Data Systems
• Network Hardware
• Software Applications

• Planning and development of library-wide events
• Coordinate Adult Services programming across locations
• Planning, curation, and presentation of exhibits

• Making donations and in-kind gifts
• Join the foundation board of directors

• Market library’s programs, services and collections
• Respond and interact with media, community members and customers
• Bring library’s brand to life
• Community flyers

• Circulation procedures and policies
• Interlibrary Loan & LINKin borrowing and lending
• Library Membership accounts and issues

• The library's budget, audits and annual reports
• Bids and Requests for Proposals

• Policies, goals, objectives and general planning activities of the library
• Hiring and training of public service managers
• Customer service at all locations

• Customer service issues at Eola Road Branch, West Branch, Outreach (Bookmobile)
• General questions about library service in the community

• New Service initiatives for electronic and digital resources
• Digital services including Libby, Hoopla, Freegal and Online databases
• Assistance with emerging technology used in the library