Martha T. Moore
martham27@verizon.net
Background
Almost all of my working experience have been in the library. I worked in the academic libraries at Castleton
State College in Vermont and the University of Massachusetts in North Darmouth, MA. I have worked for the Rhode Island
Supreme Court Law Library since 1989. I have performed duties such as filing, ordering office supplies, sending out overdue
notices to answering reference questions, cataloging and teaching people patrons how to use the law library equipments to
perform legal research, etc. Below, is a partial resume of my accomplishments, experiences, interests, etc.
Education
| Work
Experience |
Internship | Professional
Organziations |
Skills, Interests & Activities
- December 2007, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; MLIS &
Information Literacy Certificate
PRISM Scholar
- 1992, M.S. Johnson & Wales University, Providence,
RI; Managerial Technology
- 1986, B.S. University of Massachusetts, North
Dartmouth, MA; Management
- 1989-Present, Rhode State
Law Library, Providence, RI.
Cataloger & Technical Assistant
- Copy catalog, processes and shelves new materials; provides library
quality control of the OPAC.
- Original catalogs some court documents for the library.
- Assists with instructing patrons on how to search the Internet, OPAC,
and how to navigate through library e-resources.
- Assists patrons with some legal research and directions to resources
they need.
- Upload CD-ROM products
Internship (PRISM Scholar Work
Experience)
- 2006-Present, Providence Public
Library, Rochambeau and Mt. Pleasant branches.
General Assistant
- Adult Reference.
- Children Reference.
- In-house cataloging.
- Member, American Library Association (ALA)
- Attended the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans 2006
- Attended the Joint Librarians of Colors (JCLC) First Annual Conference
in Dallas 2006.
Skills
- Searching: OCLC, Connexion Client, Westlaw, CD-ROM, Internet, Microform,
Legal trac, Eos Web, Hein-online
- Other: MS Office (Word, Works, Excel, Powerpoint); knowledgeable about web
designs using html codes; and Blogs
- Database: Have some knowledge on the use of Filemake.
Interests
- Working with people of diverse backgrounds providing basic instructions on
how to obtain the the information they need.
- Helping people in whatever way I can. I particularly want to return to
Liberia to assist with the rebuilding of Academic and Public libraries that
were destroyed during the civil war.
Activities
- First President (2003-2006) and currently an active member of the Virginia
Association of Liberians in the Americas.
The Organization was founded by
Virginians living in the USA in May 2003 to help the citizens of our hometown
in Liberia called Virginia, with basic human needs such as food, clothing and
shelter. We have also expanded our generousity to providing school supplies,
clean drinking water and much more.
- Rendering services to my church in various capacities. Currently I am
serving on the Trustees Board.
NOTE: Detailed Resume
Detailed resume is available in hard copy and is currently in progress for
the web.
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Education | Work Experience | Internship | Professional Organziations | Skills, Interests & Activities
- December 2007, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; MLIS &
Information Literacy Certificate
PRISM Scholar - 1992, M.S. Johnson & Wales University, Providence, RI; Managerial Technology
- 1986, B.S. University of Massachusetts, North
Dartmouth, MA; Management
- 1989-Present, Rhode State
Law Library, Providence, RI.
Cataloger & Technical Assistant- Copy catalog, processes and shelves new materials; provides library quality control of the OPAC.
- Original catalogs some court documents for the library.
- Assists with instructing patrons on how to search the Internet, OPAC, and how to navigate through library e-resources.
- Assists patrons with some legal research and directions to resources they need.
- Upload CD-ROM products
Internship (PRISM Scholar Work Experience)
- 2006-Present, Providence Public
Library, Rochambeau and Mt. Pleasant branches.
General Assistant- Adult Reference.
- Children Reference.
- In-house cataloging.
- Member, American Library Association (ALA)
- Attended the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans 2006
- Attended the Joint Librarians of Colors (JCLC) First Annual Conference in Dallas 2006.
- Attended the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans 2006
Skills
- Searching: OCLC, Connexion Client, Westlaw, CD-ROM, Internet, Microform, Legal trac, Eos Web, Hein-online
- Other: MS Office (Word, Works, Excel, Powerpoint); knowledgeable about web designs using html codes; and Blogs
- Database: Have some knowledge on the use of Filemake.
Interests
- Working with people of diverse backgrounds providing basic instructions on how to obtain the the information they need.
- Helping people in whatever way I can. I particularly want to return to
Liberia to assist with the rebuilding of Academic and Public libraries that
were destroyed during the civil war.
Activities
- First President (2003-2006) and currently an active member of the Virginia
Association of Liberians in the Americas.
The Organization was founded by Virginians living in the USA in May 2003 to help the citizens of our hometown in Liberia called Virginia, with basic human needs such as food, clothing and shelter. We have also expanded our generousity to providing school supplies, clean drinking water and much more. - Rendering services to my church in various capacities. Currently I am
serving on the Trustees Board.
NOTE: Detailed Resume