New Position/Role!

As of today I am the new Emerging Web Technologies Librarian for Boatwright Memorial Library at the University of Richmond!  This is the type of work I’ve been eager to focus on for a longtime now.  I’m entering this job after being in the access services world for 11 years, beginning with serving as the Stacks Supervisor at Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University as well as Head of Access Services at Virginia Commonwealth University and here at the University of Richmond.  My new priorities focus on serving as the library webmaster as well as exploring service delivery through web 2.0 tools, mobile devices, etc.  This means I get to play with and test all of the cool stuff that’s constantly being released on the web!  The more beta/open source, the better!

My initial priorities will be preparing to move the library website to the university’s new CMS - Cascade Server from Hannon Hill.  I’m also finalizing a wiki that our customer services group will use to organize all of the procedures and policies that desk staff need access to.  We’re also going to re-examine our IM service over winter break and see if Meebo might be more suited to our needs.

Anyway, I’m really excited about the new possibilities that exist in this position and I’ve got a long list of people out there to talk with about their experiences with various technologies and platforms, so don’t run if I come calling!

November 1, 2007 | Filed Under Internet, Libraries, Personal 

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8 Responses to “New Position/Role!”

  1. Anna on November 1st, 2007 3:31 pm

    Remind me again what you were (officially) doing before today?

  2. Tom on November 1st, 2007 3:50 pm

    Congratulations. What a coll job/title!

    I’m a new academic technology consultant at UR. I’d love to get a chance to talk to you sometime as it seems we’ve got a lot of the same interests.

  3. Andy on November 1st, 2007 3:51 pm

    Hi Anna! Head of Access and Delivery Services (Circ. and Reserves, ILL, Stacks, etc.) Looking forward to your arrival here at UR!

  4. Andy on November 1st, 2007 3:52 pm

    Sure Tom, I heard that you had arrived, and there is going to be a lot of overlap between the library’s future ventures and ATS! I’ll look you up for lunch soon…

  5. Tom on November 1st, 2007 3:53 pm

    That should say “cool” rather than “coll” (which, while an amazing Scottish island is not what I meant at all).

    That’s what I get for using such a tired adjective.

  6. Anna on November 1st, 2007 5:57 pm

    Awesome. I’m looking forward to it, too.

  7. Eric on November 1st, 2007 8:14 pm

    Andy,

    Fantastic news. More exploration, more fun, more technology. Did I say more fun! If I don’t send you an email from EDUCause remind tomorrow. Anthropological study of students before building new collaborative space at the U of Rochester. Very Cool. One of the better sessions. You would get a kick out of it and will learn much….

  8. Andy on November 1st, 2007 9:30 pm

    Thanks Eric! We’ll also need to get together soon to review the time line for the library’s transition to cascade. Also, thanks for the link I’ll check it out…

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