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 Skills and training:

Summary of skills

  • Customer service focus
  • Technology tutor
  • Deadline driven and cool under pressure
  • Skilled in reference interview techniques and RUSA Guidelines
  • Speaks a little Spanish
  • Clear, quick expository writer
  • Public relations and strategic marketing
  • Shoots and edits video and still photography
  • Four years experience as a leader in professional groups

Education, Certifications and Training:

  • This list is woefully out of date and I am in the process of updating
  • Master of Library Science, August 2011, Emporia State University, Oregon 10 cohort
  • Washington State librarian certification, No. 5943, 2011 to present
  • Tech Training Series: four-part series that covers assessing needs, planning and promoting programs and responding to adults’ learning styles, Washington State Library, August to November 2013
  • Tech Center Training: Apple operating systems and Adobe Creative Suite, including Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator, Sno-Isle Libraries, September 20 and 21, 2013
  • Hosting Programs for Teens and Adults, Sno-Isle Libraries, September 2011, June 3, 2013
  • Children’s programs and children’s reader advisory, Sno-Isle Libraries, June 4, 2013
  • Reference training, teaching adults and developing programs, Sno-Isle Libraries, Aug. 21, 2013
  • Reference training, including reader advisory, validating Requests for Items Not in Catalog (RINCs,) reference interviews, and databases, Sno-Isle Libraries, June 3, 2013
  • Reference Basics: Sno-Isle Libraries, October 9, 2013
  • Gale databases, including Gale Virtual Reference Library, Aug. 7, 2013; and Student Resources In Context, Sept. 10, 2013
  • So Many Devices, So Little Time, WebJunction, April 3, 2013
  • Leadership for Results, part of Sno-Isle Libraries’ in-charge staff training, October 2012
  • Librarians as Information Guides: Financial databases Morningstar Investment Research Center and Value Line Research Center, July 16, 2012
  • Adobe Dreamweaver, Skagit Valley College Computer Training Institute, Mount Vernon, WA, January 2012
  • Polaris training, several sessions giving in-depth knowledge of circulation and other integrated library system transactions, October 2011 to May 2012
  • CRP/AED certified for adult and children, November 17, 2011, renewing in early November 2013
  • Successful Volunteer Engagement Strategies, Washington Library Association, October 2011
  • OverDrive training, including Overdrive Experience, Just the Basics, OverDrive Mobile, and Patron Assistance, September 2011
  • Managing Reference Service in a Small Library workshop, Washington Library Association and and Washington State Library (WLA), March 2011
  • Digital Video Production & Editing training, Communication Workers of America and Stanly Community College, N.C., September 2010
  • Core Reference Skills training, Amigos Library Services and WLA, July 2010.
  • Open-Source Tools for the Reference Desk training, Amigos and WLA, August 2010.

Collection development expertise:

  • Genre fiction, especially science fiction/fantasy, mystery and romance
  • Young adult literature
  • Government resources, especially the U.S. legal system
  • Environment and science
  • Outdoor recreation, hiking, climbing and mountaineering
  • Writing resources
  • Fine art and photography
  • Job hunting resources

For work samples and a copy of Marta's resume, visit the Contact page.


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