Hi, my name is Jo Alcock and I’m proud to be named a Shover and Maker. I’m a Resources Librarian at University of Wolverhampton, UK. I blog as Joeyanne Libraryanne and write abour anything I find interesting (generally things to do with new technologies such as Web 2.0 and how they can be used in academic libraries).

I’m a newly qualified librarian; I finished my PGDip in October 2008 and started my first professional post (my current job) in November. I should really be working on my dissertation to complete the MSc but I’m so busy shoving and making (and settling into my job) that I haven’t got round to starting that yet.

In my professional role, I’m particularly proud of the shoving and making I am doing to help prepare our academic library services for the future and provide support for our students who are spending increasingly less time on campus. One of my main projects is a Facebook Page, and I’ve also produced blogs and utilised other Web 2.0 services such as social bookmarking, online document sharing, and online calendars for event promotion. A lot of this I did before I was in my librarian post but I shoved until I could get things done, and it definitely proved worth the effort.

In my spare time, I’m proud of the work I’ve been doing on my blog, Joeyanne Libraryanne. I’ve found my blog, and also Twitter, incredibly useful to shove my way into librarian networks and make new contacts, many of whom I now think of as friends. These networking avenues have opened up new opportunities for me such as writing and co-writing articles for journals and speaking at conferences (I have my first one in July).

I’m proud of how far I’ve come in the last year or two, and am looking for to more shoving and making in future.