With just one day remaining, I am honored and delighted to join the 2009 roster of Shovers & Makers!

Since 2003, I’ve been the e-resources librarian at the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.

I received my MLS from Indiana University with concentrations in library instruction, electronic resources, and intellectual freedom. Additionally, I completed a masters in Educational Technology/Instructional Design from San Diego State University in December 2007.

The work that excite me the most, and coincidentally, appears to be the most Shover & Maker worthy, includes the collaborative creation of an open source ERM with my colleague, William Doering, and, becoming an embedded librarian so that I could “know thy user” and better teach information literacy. Perhaps just as exciting as being an embedded librarian is seeing a colleague and friend get excited about it too!

I also initiated and again worked with William Doering to create a price-sharing project that enables University of Wisconsin librarians to share e-resource subscription information so that we can more effectively negotiate subscriptions and form buying groups.

Recent professional development participation includes FB, FF, and Twitter.