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Mary D. Morgan
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| Title: |
Librarian |
| Industry: |
Government |
| Type of Organization: |
Prison |
| Major Product/Service: |
Promoting public safety; Providing services to inmates in coordination with vocational, academic and treatment divisions. |
| Expertise: |
Ms. Morgan has over 40 years experience, having spent the past eleven years in her current position. She acquires a variety of educational and recreational materials, supervises a staff of eight and works with inmates from non-readers to master degree recipients. In addition, she works with GED, college and vocational teachers and helps inmates with information resources to meet their disparate needs. |
| Geographic Area of Distribution: |
LaGrange, Kentucky |
| Affiliations: |
National Association of Social Workers; American Library Association; Life Member, National Education Association; A.A.U.W. |
| University/Degree: |
B.A., Elementary Education, Louisiana College, 1965; M.S., Library Science, Louisiana State University, 1968; M.A., Education, Murray State University, 1976; M.S.S.W., University of Louisville, 1992 |
| Born: |
November 30, 1943 |
| Hobbies/Sports: |
Gardening, reading, traveling |
| Children: |
Forrest J. Day |
| Work History: |
Ms. Morgan originally served as a social worker and teacher in public education for 27 years. She held the position of Librarian for the Ascension Parish Louisiana Schools and Jefferson County Kentucky Schools. She was a Teacher in Webster County Kentucky Schools and Co-coordinator of Libraries from 1982 to 1987 in Hardin County, Kentucky. She also taught at alternative middle and high schools as well as at juvenile facilities from 1987 to 1993. From 1993 to 2000, Ms. Morgan served as a Medical Social Worker with Hospice of Central Kentucky, Lincoln Trail District Kentucky Home Health and Gentiva. Since 2000, she has been a Corrections Librarian with the Kentucky Department of Corrections as well as an Adjunct Instructor with the Jefferson Community and Technical College System, Kentucky. |
| Honors & Awards: |
Marquis Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare, Millennium Edition; Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2011; Martha Davis Scholarship Recipient, Raymond A. Kent School of Social Work, University of Louisville, Kentucky |
| Career Accomplishments: |
Ms. Morgan is a founding Board Member of the Kentucky Library Network and helped lay the groundwork for the state's access to more than 1 billion items through the Internet. |
