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The 53 innovators identified redefine recession-busting If you had been in LJ ’s offices the first week in March, you could have walked the length of one long white wall covered with 11″ x 17″ color blowups of the 21 Movers & Shakers who made it to our photo shoot at the American Library Association’s [...]
Welcome to the 2012 Movers & Shakers. For 11 years now, LJ’s Movers & Shakers has been spotlighting librarians and others in the library field who are doing extraordinary work to serve their users and to move libraries of all types and library services forward. They hail from all corners of the library world. They’ve been nominated by their colleagues, friends, bosses, and just plain admirers. We know there are many more Movers out there, making libraries better and taking them into the future.
Gaming for Dollars Vitals CURRENT POSITION Senior Library Manager Chesapeake Public Library, VA DEGREE MPA, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA, 2005; MLS, University of Kentucky, Lexington, 2000 NEXT PROJECT Two amateurs with one chance to write the greatest vampire novel ever; epublishorbust.blogspot.com FOLLOW www.fantasmocinema.blogspot.com Photo by Nancie Laing While brainstorming possible ideas for a financial [...]
Branching Out Vitals CURRENT POSITION Assistant Systems Administrator Arapahoe Library District, Englewood, CO DEGREE MA/MSLS, English and Library/Information Science, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, 2002 HONORS Auraria Library Excellence in Research and Creative Activities Award, 2008, 2011 FOLLOW @ninermac Mile High Librarian Photo ©Sean McGinty Photography LLC Six weeks into her new job with [...]
Stylish Creativity Vitals CURRENT POSITION System Operations and Training Manager Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Bellport, NY DEGREE MLIS, Long Island University, Brookville, NY, 2005 FOLLOW @eclasper Emily’s Notebook PALS Wiki Suffolk Library System Photo ©Sean McGinty Photography LLC Emily Clasper was four years into a Ph.D. in music history and theory—and a part-time employee at [...]
Edgy Library Girl Vitals CURRENT POSITION Teacher-Librarian Myrtle Grove Middle School, Wilmington, NC DEGREE MLS, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 2007 FOLLOW @jenniferlagarde Library Girl School Library website Photo ©Sean McGinty Photography LLC You may know Jennifer LaGarde as one of the winners of the 2011 Carnegie Corporation of New York/New York Times American Library [...]
Active Learner Vitals CURRENT POSITION Youth Services Supervisor St. Mary’s County Public Library, Leonardtown, MD DEGREE M.Ed., Educational Leadership, Walden University (online program), 2009 PRESENTER “Interactive Spaces for Families To Play, Learn and Discover,” 2011 American Library Association Annual Conference; 2012 Public Library Association National Conference futurethink The Young Professionals Initiative—St. Mary’s County FOLLOW ALSC [...]
Job Seeker’s Dream Vitals CURRENT POSITION Emerging Technologies Librarian College of Wooster Libraries, OH DEGREE MSI, School of Information, University of Michigan (UM), Ann Arbor, 2011 OPEN COVER LETTERS Open Cover Letters SPARE TIME In graduate school, he designed/constructed the Plain Language Medical Thesaurus iPhone app for UM Health Sciences Library FOLLOW @sxflynn sxflynn.net Photo [...]
Your Answers Here Vitals CURRENT POSITION Program Analyst U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC DEGREE MSLIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009 FOLLOW @mchronister Tumblr Facebook Photo ©Sean McGinty Photography LLC When Michelle Chronister began working for the federal government as a Presidential Management Fellow in 2009, USA.gov didn’t respond to questions that citizens posted [...]
Thoughtful Generalist Vitals CURRENT POSITION Emerging Technology Librarian Humanities Librarian; Visiting Lecturer, School and Media Library Certification Program, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA William Howard Doane Library, Denison University, Granville, OH DEGREE MLIS, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2007; certificate in Special Collections, 2010 FUN FACT Came up with the Dude-ist Philosophy based on the [...]
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