Nell J. Redfield Learning & Resource Center

Cindy Wood has worked for WCSD for 17 years, transferring to the LRC in 2004 from Caughlin Ranch Elementary School library.  Cindy has an A.A. degree and a Librarian Certification. She’s involved in Nevada Reading Week as part of the committee that designs and sells the T-shirts each year. Cindy feels the LRC captures the best of both worlds for her as a librarian. She is able to continue to instill a love of reading in elementary students as she works with the students in the Early Learning Center, a first- through third-grade classroom that is located in the College of Education. And she also brings her background and expertise as she works closely with college students and faculty in the College of Education.  She loves to see students achieve their education goals and then continue to work with them as peers as they teach throughout the district..

Ellen Fockler has been at the LRC for nearly seven years with an accumulated 43 years with the school district. She has a master’s degree in English and all but dissertation in her doctorate degree in Literacy Studies. Ellen coordinates the 90 school libraries in the district, providing hardware and software assistance and training, professional development opportunities during monthly or quarterly meetings, and oversees the Nevada Reading Week Conference which is attended by 225 teachers and librarians from Washoe County and throughout northern Nevada and parts of California. The cooperative effort between WCSD and the College of Education combines resources to provide both practicing teachers and preservice teachers access to a wide range of teaching materials, children’s books and technology. It’s also an excellent place to find professional journals that teachers can not afford to buy on their own. Being able to check out kits and expensive models like skeletons and the organs in the human body are an invaluable resource to educators.

Margo is the latest addition to the LRC staff transferring to the Learning & Resource Center last year after four years at the Department of Building and Grounds on campus. She has a bachelor’s degree in theater with a minor in journalism from the university.  Margo handles the accounting for the Graphics Recharge Center and the Regional Conference Center, along with assisting with all areas of the Library and Graphics Room. Margo continues to stay involved with community theater in her spare time.

Shirie Wallace has been with the Washoe County School District’s cooperative effort with the Learning and Resource Center for five years. Her job is to help coordinate the 90 WCSD libraries and nearly 140 librarians and assistants.  She worked at various positions throughout the school district for three years before coming to the LRC. Shirie works each year with the school district’s  Nevada Reading Week Committee, and she is also on the Board of Directors for the Friends of Washoe County Library (FWCL). Shirie volunteers each year for the Tisket Tasket committee and she serves as the chair of Art in the Garden, a popular annual event she hosts that benefits the FWCL.

Maureen Morton has been at the Learning & Resource Center for eight years after working at the Wooster Library for 10 years. Maureen is responsible for all the technology in the Learning & Resource Center Media Library, including the servers and database of the 37,000 holdings and 4,000 patrons. She trains faculty and students on the use of camcorders, laptops, LCD projectors, the Smart Cart, and the smart classroom technology throughout the College of Education building. She also supervises the many student employees who work throughout the day and for the Learning & Resource Center’s extended hours. Maureen serves on the SNCAT Public Television Advisory Board.