I am dedicated to and have experience connecting community members with library resources through thoughtful customer service, intentional collaboration, judicious problem solving, instruction, assessment, outreach, innovative programming, and proactive leadership. I love using my skills to forward the library's role in supporting the mission of higher education by serving and retaining students to graduation, and preparing them to be engaged and responsible global citizens in pursuit of meaningful personal and professional futures. I value opportunities to use my strengths and experience to serve diverse groups of library constituents, as that is work that energizes and excites me! I love serving academic learning communities because librarians have such wide-ranging responsibilities; I am an educator, organizer, facilitator, collaborator, outreach expert, and public servant. Above all else, I am a person who cares and wants to help the campus community be successful.
I currently serve as Circulation Services Librarian at Iowa State University. In this role, I oversee the circulation staff and reserves staff at the main library, as well as our branch service points. Previously I served as Instruction Librarian at Iowa State University (2017-2022), and Coordinator of Information Literacy Instruction & User Experience Librarian, and Faculty Development & Instruction Librarian, both at Grand View University in Des Moines (2011-2017). I am a member of the Iowa Library Association (ILA), ILA/ACRL, the American Library Association, and the Association of College & Research Libraries. I also contribute to the iLOVE (instruction Librarians Organization for Virtual Engagement) Blog and co-facilitate the annual Iowa Private Academic Libraries Information Literacy Interest Group conference sessions. My leadership and scholarship has focused on information literacy and instruction, and diversity, equity, access, and inclusion. More detail is listed in my CV (linked above).
I received my MLS from Indiana University's School of Library and Information Science in May of 2011. Prior to graduate school, I taught elementary and middle school students to play stringed instruments. I am a graduate of Luther College, and worked for 17 summers as counseling staff for the Luther College Dorian Summer Music Camps. I grew up in Boone, IA and am grateful for the opportunities and experiences I've had living in Iowa.
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