Hello, my name is Adam Girard.
I am a recent graduate of Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science. I am currently exploring career opportunities in academic and special libraries. Please feel free to contact me.
I have a wide range of experience working in academic and public libraries and archives. Previous experience teaching both graduate and undergraduate courses led me to focus my education on academic librarianship. Combining teaching with my knowledge of library science has been both exciting and rewarding. Teaching user instruction classes in an academic library has reaffirmed my love for promoting lifelong learning.
I am interested in library technology and the development of new and different ways to reach library users. I use Web 2.0 technology extensively. I am learning about the customization of public access catalogs in order to improve usability and successful searches.
The future of scholarly communications is an aspect of academic librarianship that holds great opportunity. Working on an open access peer reviewed journal led me to think about the future of scholarly communications and raised questions about all viable publishing models, the accessibility of information and the ownership of papers. This is a topic that I hope to work with more in the future.
Thank you for taking the time to view this blog. Feel free to contact me to discuss my projects or any that you may be working on!
Talk about it:
“it looks like it was built in 1994. It was probably hot shit in 1994, and it’s ridiculous now.” — I feel like people say that about my wardrobe… Jump to this post
Adam, these are looking great! What a privilege for all of us to have a glimpse into your conversation with such an amazing librarian. Thank you so much for sharing!! Jump to this post
The nitty gritty of which systems you all are using is a bit beyond my ken, but I really appreciate the look that comes in part 2 at the way using these different systems changes the cultural experiences of being in a community, by having a visual connection to... Jump to this post