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Melissa Brechon

Library Consulting
Associate; Robert H. Rohlf Associates
8634 Wood Cliff Circle,
Bloomington, MN 55438
Phone: 952.221.4946
Fax: 952.835.9784

Education

Bachelor of Arts, College of St. Catherine

Master of Arts in Librarianship, Dominican University

Previous Professional Library Positions

Library Director, Carver County, (MN) November 1998 –present

Library Director, Austin Public Library, (MN), 1997-1998

Interim Director, Austin Public Library (MN), 1996

Senior Librarian/Branch Manager, Hennepin County (MN) Library, 1984-1997

Librarian, Guthrie Theater 1979-1983

Library Projects

As library administrator and consultant, worked on a variety of library building and strategic planning projects which involved one
or all of the following activities: facilities master plan, long range strategic planning, library building programs, public meetings,
focus groups, library program review, project management and construction oversight. Below is a representative list of Library jurisdictions:

Austin Public Library
Carver County Library
College of St. Catherine, ALA/ MLIS Accreditation Plan
Hastings Public Library
Hennepin County Library
Pioneerland Library System
Plum Creek Library System
St. Louis County Library District

Professional Activities:

American Library Association, Exhibit Roundtable, Board of Directors, 1990-1996, 1998-2001
College of St. Catherine Friends of the Library, President, 2006-currrent
Dominican University, Adjunct Professor, 2006
Library Administration and Management Association, LAMA
Metropolitan Library Service Agency, Chair, 2005
Minnesota All-Association Forum, Exhibit Conference Co-Chair, 1985
Minnesota Library Association, Leadership Institute Planning Committee, 2004
Minnesota Library Association, President, 2002; Board of Directors,
2000-2003.
Public Library Association, Co-Chair, Local Arrangements Committee, 2008 Conference