Chinwe Ntamere
Email: *********@********.***
Address: **** *. *****
City: Skokie
State: IL
Zip: 60076
Country: USA
Phone: 847-***-****
Skill Level: Entry
Salary Range: 10
Willing to Relocate
Primary Skills/Experience:
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Educational Background:
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Job History / Details:
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
a Master of Library Information Science May 2011
College of Applied Health Science
a Master of Science, Rehabilitation Counseling May 2012
a Bachelor of Science, Health Administration May 2005
EXPERIENCE
Health Literacy Associate, Literacy Volunteers of Illinois (Chicago)
May 2011 to Sept 2012
a Researched, drafted and submitted literacy grant targeted towards providing literacy services to adult learners and incarcerated youths.
a Navigated major grant databases (e.g. Donors Forum and Grant Station)
a Conducted health literacy research and curriculum development
a Tutored adult learners in Adult Basic Education (ABE) and English as a Second Language (ESL)
a Provided administrative support
Student Library Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sept 2001 a May 2008
a Provided reference services to students, faculty, and staff using print and online resources.
a Maintained the library shelves of a major research library using SuDoc and the Library of Congress, including labeling books, requesting materials and recording shelving statistics.
a Provided training to new student workers.
a Provided administrative support to library staff
a Provided computer instruction
Graduate Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sept 2001- May 2010
a Provided reference services to students, faculty, and staff using print and online resources.
a One-on-one instruction to faculty, staff, and students on how to navigate online reference resources such as GPO Access, EBSCO and Lexis-Nexis.
a Answered online government documents questions.
a Provided administrative support to library staff.
Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Aug 2005- May 2010
a Taught and prepared lessons for discussion section for introductory courses in:
o Community Health, (two sections for 8 semesters)
o Drug Use & Abuse, (two sections for 2 semesters)
a Graded course work for introductory classes in Human Sexuality, Community Health, and Drug Use & Abuse using Blackboard.
a Integrated information literacy into lesson plan
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
a Rogers Park/West Ridge Historical Society Member and Volunteer (2012)
a Development Assistant at Howard Area Community Center (2010 -2011)
a Literacy Chicago Volunteer (2012)
SKILLS
a Familiar with scholarly & government databases (e.g. PubMed, CINAHL, LexisNexis, EBSCO, American Factfinder), social media applications (Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and basic SPSS and Web design
a Software: Microsoft Office Suite, SPSS, Blackboard, Dreamweaver
a Sample Work: (sample work: http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~ntamere/background.html)