Jade Kastel

Jade Kastel​​

— Jade @ UIS |  Jade @ Hope —

2023 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year

Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance & Minor in Queer Studies

     University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Master of Library & Information Science

Master of Music

Bachelor of Music

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Deputy Director, 2025-Present

Illinois State Library, Springfield, Illinois

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Saxophone Instructor & Jazz Ensemble Director, 2025-Present

University of Illinois Springfield, Illinois

UIS Music Program

UIS Community Music School

UIS Jazz Ensemble

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Director of Music & Worship, 2025-Present

Hope Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Illinois

Music & Art at Hope

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Director of Library Services, 2024-2025

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois

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Music Librarian, Assistant Professor, Libraries Diversity Officer, 2021-2024      Western Illinois University, WIU Music Library, Macomb, Illinois                     

Librarian for the School of Music and the Department of Theatre & Dance  

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Visiting Assistant Librarian, 2020-2021

Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana

Liaison to the Richard T. Doermer School of

Business and Management Sciences

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Reference & Instruction Librarian, 2018-2020

Johnson & Wales University, North Miami, Florida

Liaison to the College of Business

 

Supervisor of Library Services, 2017-2018

Broward College, Davie, Florida

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Jazz Musician & Director of Music, 2008-2017

Milwaukee, Wisconsin