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It is safe to say that I fell into libraries. Although born and raised in Stillwater, Oklahoma I left America’s heartland as soon as I could to attend Reed College in Portland, Oregon. The countless hours I spent in the library there was just the start of my love affair with the stacks.
After completing a degree in German literature I became an Americorps*VISTA member, worked as a PR intern for my local public library system, was an elementary school librarian, and finally a library technician archiving 4-H photos and agricultural demonstration publications. Finally I decided to pursue a higher degree in the library sciences.
Attending graduate school at Indiana University in Bloomington, I realized I wanted a bit more from my graduate education than the nuts and bolts of librarianship, so I decided to enroll in the dual degree program and obtained an MLS and MIS. Although it’s been less than two years since finishing these degrees I’ve become active in ALA, first as an Emerging Leader and then through various committee appointments.
Currently I’m Project Director of a grant-funded consumer health project called Oregon Health Go Local at Oregon Health & Science University. I work daily with taxonomies and metadata, volunteers, the public, and other health sciences and information professionals. I feel lucky to be able to go to work every day to a job that I enjoy.
My professional interests lie in copyright and intellectual property law reform, open information sharing, library instruction and reference, and providing socially responsible and just information services.
There are few things that receive as much devotion from me as Stumptown does, but they are worth mentioning: Gi Gi Salone Kitty Princess Extraordinaire, bicycling, coffee, and finding the best breakfast joints in town.
Yeah, Emily! This is great!
Wonderful! I’m a reference librarian in downtown Portland at a private firm, and came across this new blog thanks to the LIS Wire Aggregator. Nice that there’s a local librarian among the group.
P.S. Good breakfast joints? Here’s one for you: Biscuits Cafe, on SW Jenkins Rd. in Aloha. Homemade corned beef hash, biscuits and gravy, and tasty pancakes.
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