2023 Florida State University CCI Distinguished Alumni Award
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2022 Georgia Trend Magazine 40 Under 40 Recipient
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VIRTUAL REALITY VISIONARY
2022 Library Journal Mover and Shaker: Innovator
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MARQUITA GOOCH FEATURED IN GEORGIA MAGAZINE
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WATCH MARQUITA GOOCH ON ATLANTA'S CHANNEL 2 NEWS!
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WATCH MARQUITA GOOCH ON ATLANTA'S 11-ALIVE NEWS!
The Clayton County Library System was profiled on February 8, 2022 by 11-Alive News reporter, La’Tasha Givens and featured interviews with Director, Rosalind Lett and Marquita Gooch, 2020 Georgia Librarian of the Year and the Assistant Director for Technology and Training. The report focused on the Library’s trade’s skills training program via Interplay Learning, the Austin-based, leading provider of 2D, 3D and virtual reality simulation trainings. The program launched first quarters of 2021 and has seen over 60 participants with several participants receiving certifications of completion and continuing education credits. The first 2022 cohort Interplay participants will gain access to the platform the 3rd week of February. Since the airing of the program, the waitlist for round two participants in 2022 is already half full.
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Marquita Gooch Pens Trades Skills Guest Blog Post
on the Georgia Public Library Services Website
Marquita Gooch Featured in BCALA Fall Newsletter
ENTREPRNEUR IN A BAG KITS HAVE LAUNCHED! (2021)
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I'm so happy top announce that a project I've been working on for four years is finally here! Thanks to my never-ending pursuit of funding, the library system I work for is now able to provide Entrepreneur in a Bag (EIAB) kits for use by qualifying patrons courtesy of a grant from the Georgia Public Library Service and Grow with Google.
The purpose of the EIAB kits is to aide entrepreneurs in Clayton County with on the go business endeavors, meetings and client negotiations to contribute to the workforce development programs for the citizens we serve. Learn more about my project here: www.claytonpl.org/eiab |
MARQUITA GOOCH RECEIVES PROCLAMATION FROM
CLAYTON COUNTY COMMISSIONER FELICIA FRANKLIN (2021)
MARQUITA GOOCH FEATURED PANELIST DURING GEORGIA GALILEO CONFERNCE, "ENGAGING PATRONS VIRTUALLY"
MARQUITA GOOCH FIRST BLACK
GEORGIA PUBLIC LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR!!
"Marquita Gooch has been named public librarian of the year. As assistant director of the Clayton County Library System, she implemented a hotspot checkout program for patrons, improved the library’s technology so that they could move their programming seamlessly online when COVID-19 shutdowns occurred, grew the library’s presence on social media to bring in new patrons, and shared best practices for her peers by serving on committees and presenting statewide and nationally.
“She has been instrumental in teaching us the latest technology so that we can take that information back to our community,” said her co-worker Erica Ware. “She makes it simple and easy for us to understand. Also, she is always serving in some aspect in the American Library Association, Public Library Association, and Georgia Library Association. She is a great example for a young librarian.”
“She has been instrumental in teaching us the latest technology so that we can take that information back to our community,” said her co-worker Erica Ware. “She makes it simple and easy for us to understand. Also, she is always serving in some aspect in the American Library Association, Public Library Association, and Georgia Library Association. She is a great example for a young librarian.”
Grow with Google Entrepreneurship Courses
As part of a Grow with Google grant the Clayton County Library System received from the Georgia Public Library Service, I facilitated a series of courses to aide in helping those who consider themselves entrepreneurs or strive to become one, learn about the free tools and resources Google has to offer including Search Engine Optimization, Google Maps and Google My Business -- all of which I am a frequent user of with my own small business, MV3 Events--Wedding Officiants.
Watch Marquita Gooch-Voyd as a featured panelist for 2020 GPLS Tech Book Camp, "Got Stats? Gathering Technology Statistics for the Annual Report".
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Images of Marquita Gooch-Voyd in action facilitating a variety of STEAM/STEM, professional development, outreach and community engagement events!