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Julie Howells Yekel
5320 8th Avenue
Countryside, IL 60525-3622
(708) 352-6428 or (708) 404-1104
email: julieyekel@zoho.com
website : jhycreates.wixsite.com/anuproar
Job Experience:
Westchester Public Library (June 2002 - present)
Children’s Librarian
Glenwood-Lynwood Public Library (October 1999 - June 2002)
Head of the Children’s Department
Hillside Public Library (March 1997 - October 1999)
Children’s Librarian - I was the kids’ department there.
Artist for the 1994 Illinois Summer Reading Club
Remember “Celebrate Reading?” That was my stuff.
Woodridge Public Library (May 1992 - March 1997)
Assistant Children’s Librarian - Puppet shows, reference, readers’ advisory,
programing, Young Adult purchasing.
Pendragon Graphics
Artist - I did a wide variety of work for Pendragon including photography,
mural painting, computer graphics, etc.
Hinsdale Public Library (August 1988 - August 1992)
Assistant Children’s Librarian - reference, artwork, programing, writing and
performing puppet shows.
Greenpeace, London, England (Janïuary 1988 - May 1988)
Internship - college work/study program. I didn’t throw myself between any
harpoons and whales but I did lick a great many stamps and stuffed a great
many 100% recycled envelopes with “Save the Whales” letters.
Grayhill Inc., LaGrange, IL (August 1979 - August 1987)
Line Inspector - Final Auditor - Incoming Inspection
My job included the use of various gauges, calipers, and micrometers. By the
time I ended my stint there, I was mostly writing instruction booklets and
training other employees.
Education:
Dominican University - MLS - 2000
University of Illinois at Chicago - BA - Anthropology - 1990
Northern Illinois University - University of Copenhagen -University of
London (History, Danish, Theater, Music) - 1987
College of Dupage - Associates Degree in Liberal Arts - 1981-1986
Art Institute of Chicago - (painting, art history, photography) - 1979