Outreach

Leadership Positions

·         Student Representative, School of Library and Information Studies, Curriculum Committee. Fall 2011 & Spring 2012

·         President, American Society of Information Science and Technology, University of Alabama Student Chapter. Fall 2012

·         President, Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Kappa Kappa Alpha Kennesaw State University. Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

Fliers for events/workshops 

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Graduate

American Society for Information Science and Technology

As the president of the student chapter of ASIS&T at UA, I wanted to get as many professionals and student together as possible.  During my tenure we had two speakers. 

Online Question-Answering: Virtual Referencing to Social Q&A and Back 

     We used the Wimba platform to have an event in Alabama, with a speaker at Rutgers in New Jersey and attended by students from all across the country. 

Library Jobs and Technology: A Q&A with Jason Battles

Undergraduate

Night at the Athenaeum

As part of my duties as the intern at the Kenensaw State Department of Archives, Rare Books, and records Management, I had the opportunity to plan and advertise events at the new gallery space that just opened up, the Athenaeum.  Using my close contacts with various departments I was able to secure a variety of speakers.

Other Shakespeares: Is there an Authorship Question?  

Fooling the People: On the Trail of an Abraham Lincoln Quotation

Coffee with the Curator

I also helped with Coffee with the Curator, the other outreach initiative at the KSU Dept of Archives, Rare Books, and Records Management.  I was tasked with the advertising campaign for these events.