Resume

Lynda Martin

Library Consultant

Current Projects:

• Serving as consultant for programming, social media, marketing and library development at Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library (CHPL)
• Researching and developing vision for maker services at CHPL
• Developing newsmagazine to market school librarians throughout the state.
• Reading and math intervention for RESA 7.

• Future Projects:

  • Writing an online course for teachers about school library media services.  This should be completed and ready for review in August 2018.
  • Creating a shared space and program with a local partner agency.
  • Creating a catalog of K-5 Information Literacy lessons based on national standards and state standards.
  • Smartphone class at CHPL
  • Providing training on national standards for WV Scbool Librarians
  • Blogging class at MTEC

  Past Projects:

  
  

  • Provided five days of Word/Excel training for employees of a Fortune 500 company.
  • Provided summer outreach services for children in the Clarksburg-Harrison Public Library service area.
  • Adult education programs at Monongalia Technical Education Center.

• Devised a summer refresher workshop for school library media specialists to be presented July 16 though 20, 2017 at the West Virginia State Technology Conference
• Designed and planned for new library media center at Brookhaven Elementary.  The center will be comprised of three unique areas - a preK-2 area, an instructional area, and a makerspace/science lab.  The center is expected to open in Fall 2017.
• Wrote a section of an online course on Teaching and Learning in the Middle School, scheduled to go online in October 2016.
• Revised a National Board Awareness Class for WVLearns.  
• Revised Office 365 Class for WVLearns, live October 2017

Organizations:

• American Library Association
• American Association of School Librarians
• Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies
• Public Library Association
• West Virginia Library Association- School Library Division Chair 2014-present
• West Virginia Federation of Teachers
• Young Adult Library Services Association

Communication and Collaboration :

• Organizer, West Virginia School Library Media Specialists (Facebook and Yammer Groups)
• Organizer and Moderator.  LibraryNBCT Support (Google+  Group geared to help school library media specialists achieve National Board Teacher Certification.)
• Publisher. InfoGod* - a daily Paper.li with news for school library media specialists.
• Twitter handles: @martinls0030, @librarynbct,@CHPLAdultServ
• Blogs: InForm, Random Thoughts, Brookhaven Library Media Review, Library NBCT

Human Resources Development:

• District mentor for library media specialists
• Mentor for National Board Certification candidates
• Supervision of children's and teen librarian's program development

Conference Presentations:

• "Evidence-Based Practice." West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference 2008..
• "Becoming a National Board Certified Teacher"  West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference 2010.
• "School Library Division Meeting,"West Virginia Library Association Annual Conference 2013.
• "Helping Our Students Achieve Common Core." West Virginia Library Association Spring Fling, 2014.
• "How We Can Help You Achieve Common Core." West Virginia State Technology Conference, 2014.
• "The Five Roles of the School Library Media Specialist. a" West Virginia State Technology Conference, 2014.
• "Time for a New Professional Organization?" West Virginia State Technology Conference, 2015.
• "Mentoring Baby Librarians," West Virginia State Technology Conference, 2017.
• "A Snapshot of Collaboration," West Virginia State Technology Conference, 2017

Committees:

• West Virginia State Literacy Committee, 2013
• West Virginia Children's Book Award Committee
• Brookhaven Elementary Faculty Senate Hiring Committee
• Brookhaven Elementary Hiring Committee
• West Virginia Library Association Executive Board

Certifications:

• National Board Certified Teacher
• Technology Integration Specialists
• West Virginia Professional Teaching Certificate, Masters +45 with specializations in Journalism, School Library Media and Social Studies

Education:

• Masters Degree in Library and Information Science.  University of South Carolina, August 1995.
• Bachelors Degree in Secondary Education. West Virginia University. December 1982.