This librarian first heard her calling in 7th grade, when she discovered she could shove aside her boring study hall for the opportunity to volunteer at the library. Her ability to make young children stay in line (being the oldest of 5, you learn a few things) had Jennifer quickly picked to help the librarian with the Kindergarten class that visited the school library at the same time as my aforementioned cursedly boring study hall.

The following summer she found herself shoving her way into library politics by writing a letter to the neighboring town’s public library regarding their policy to only employ resident teenagers, rather than the most qualified person for the job. That successful foray into library politics earned her the next open page position with that library. Needless to say, her parents were thrilled. (Sadly, her father is still waiting for Jennifer to become a full chapter.)

So her shoving and making started early and hasn’t stopped. Most recently, as Head of Technical Services at The College at Brockport, she has had success shoving thoughts back and forth with colleagues. Locally, that has resulted in the creation and implementation of a Banner-based library material ordering module that automates the movement of requests through a two-step approval process. State-wide she’s been an active member of the group making progress in cooperative collection development projects across the SUNY comprehensive colleges sector. (Let’s go C4D!)