Circulation & Collections
Daily checkouts, returns, holds, and shelving — the desk work that keeps a library running.
Anthropologist · Four Years in an Academic Library
Inviting you to discover the power of story.
I'm Moss Parrott — an Anthropology & Religious Studies graduate of The College of Wooster (2026). I've spent my college years working inside an academic library, and I'm ready to step further into the field.
Actively looking · Houston, TX · open to relocation
About
A connector of people and resources.
I spent all four years of college working the desk at Wooster's library. Checking books in and out, chasing down interlibrary loans, untangling printer problems, helping stressed students find the thing they needed.
It turns out that's the work I like: keeping a collection in order and the small moment when someone walks out with what they came for. I'm at the start of my career. I'd like to spend it in a library.
- Education B.A., Anthropology & Religious Studies — The College of Wooster, 2026
- Currently Actively seeking a university library role
- Location Houston, Texas — open to relocating
- Systems Ex Libris Alma & Primo, Sierra, Libby, Kanopy
- Languages English & Spanish (fluent)
- Off the clock Devoted cat person
Strengths
What four years in a working library taught me.
Interlibrary Loan
Requesting, receiving, and tracking materials across Ohio's college consortium in Ex Libris Alma.
Service Desk
A warm, helpful first point of contact for every kind of question.
Collaborative Problem-Solving
Teaming up with staff and librarians to untangle the trickier requests.
Clear Communication
Explaining things plainly — at the desk, in writing, or wherever people need it.
Research & Digital Storytelling
Turning information into something people actually want to explore.
Experience & Education
Where I've been.
2022 — 2026
Access Services Assistant
The College of Wooster Libraries · Wooster, OH
Four years of day-to-day desk work — circulation, student and faculty accounts, and interlibrary loan across Ohio's college consortium — plus ILL documentation written during Wooster's migration from Sierra to Ex Libris Alma, and helping train new student workers.
2022 — 2026
B.A., Anthropology & Religious Studies
The College of Wooster
The study of how people make meaning — and how communities keep it.
2021 — 2022
Ice Cream Scooper
Fat Cat Creamery · Houston, TX
Customer service and cashiering at a busy creamery — daily transactions, regulars by name, and people-first instincts that carry straight to a service desk.
Featured work
Telling stories with data.
ArcGIS StoryMap
K-Pop's Rise to Dominance
A public StoryMap tracing how K-Pop became a global phenomenon — research, mapping, and narrative in one, built with screen-reader and light-sensitivity accommodations. A small showcase of the research-and-communicate instinct a good library runs on.
View the StoryMap ↗
Get in touch
Let's talk.
If this sounds like someone you'd want on your team, I'd love to hear from you.
Moss Parrott · Houston, TX · open to relocation