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I’m a librarian focused on the uses of technology to improve access, understanding, and knowledge.

For over 15 years, I worked in a university library first as a reference librarian and then an electronic resources librarian.
In January 2024, I decided to leave that workplace to better pursue professional growth and, ultimately, a more open, collaborative, and compatible organization in which I can contribute more meaningfully to the accomplishment of shared goals.

Throughout my library career, I’ve engaged in dialogue with patrons and colleagues to understand their needs and to devise and communicate solutions.

This has often entailed coordination with vendors, colleagues, and patrons to acquire, configure, manage, and provide access to electronic (and print) resources–including with product activation, EZproxy configuration, Alma link resolver management, LibGuides A-Z databases management and guide development, Primo Back Office configuration, EBSCOadmin maintenance, EBSCOnet use, library website contributions, usage statistics reporting, and subscription renewal determinations–and to provide guidance and assistance in the use thereof. In past years, I was also responsible for customization and maintenance of Voyager OPAC Tomcat WebVoyage, EBSCOhost databases including the EBSCO Discovery Service, and the SFX link resolver.

I’ve taught hundreds of library instruction sessions and directly helped several thousand individual patrons.

As of February 2024, I’m especially focused on:

• improving my knowledge of
  • tools such as CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python, Java, and R, among others,
  • and concepts and practices around cataloging, metadata, authentication, collection development, and scholarly communication,
• investigating several different LIS research questions, which I hope to document here,
• and pursuing meaningful work with an organization that’s a good fit for me philosophically and functionally.