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 Curriculum Vitae
City: Stockton, CA
Telephone:
1-209-952-2798
Teaching & Professional Interests
- Administration and Management
- Funding
- Personnel
- Public Libraries
- Reading and Literacy
- Serving Multicultural Populations
- Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying
- Young Adult Services
- Joint ventures/community collaborations and partnerships
Research Interests
- Administration and Management
- Children's Services
- Funding
- Libraries and Society / Culture
- Personnel
- Public Libraries
- Reading and Literacy
- Serving Multicultural Populations
- Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying
- Young Adult Services
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Patricia M. Wong
Lecturer
Patricia "Patty" Wong is currently County Librarian/Chief Archivist for Yolo County Library and received her MLIS from UC Berkeley in 1984. Her work in managing change, cultural diversity, youth development, developing joint ventures and collaborations between public libraries and community agencies, and fundraising has been published in a number of journals, conference proceedings and edited collections.
Ms. Wong has worked as a school librarian, children's librarian, cataloger, and special librarian. She provides continuing education for public library practitioners at national meetings of the Library Association, conducted by the California State Library, and elsewhere.
Ms. Wong is active in the American Library Association, serving in several voluntary governance positions.
Courses Taught
Education
- MLIS University of California Berkeley (1984)
- BA (Women's Studies) University of California Berkeley (1983)
Academic & Professional Experience
- County Librarian/Chief Archivist, Yolo County Library (2008-)
- Lecturer, School of Library and Information Science, San José State University (2006-)
- Trainer and Consultant, California Cultural Crossroads, California State Library (2004-2006)
- Deputy Director of Library Services, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library (2001-2007)
- Trainer, Providing Homework Help at Your Library, Infopeople, California State Library (2004)
- Trainer, Joint Ventures, California State Library (2001)
- Trainer, Young Adult Services, California State Library (2001)
- Lead Trainer, Partnerships for Change Institute, California State Library (2000)
Selected Publications (last five years only)
For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.
- Wong, P.M., Francisco, G, & Keller, S.G. (2007). California cultural crossroads. Sacramento, CA: California State Library.
- Keller, S., Hannah, C. C., Francisco, G., & Wong, P. M. Y. (2001). Joint ventures: The promise, power and performance of partnering. Sacramento, CA: California State Library.
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