Good afternoon! My name is Jennifer and I am very excited to be taking this course on the Hyperlinked library and the future of information science. I was very lucky to have Dr. Stephens previously for INFO 200: Information Communities and enjoyed his course materials so I definitely had this class on my radar to take. I have been focusing on courses in accessibility and cultural communications and this course will definitely help expand my knowledge on the evolution of library services and how to incorporate them to better meet the needs of the patrons and community agents that I assist on a daily basis.

As for me, I graduated in 2021 with my Bachelors in Business Administration, Information Systems and I have been working on my MLIS for about three years now. I did take a “break” to focus on my now one year old, but I am back on track and should hopefully graduate Spring 2025! I am currently a full-time Library Assistant at a public library. Most of my duties entail supporting our circulation department, handling interdepartmental materials ordering, and administrative support. I also handle some recordkeeping and membership engagement and create programming and outreach materials for our library’s foundation. As of right now, I do not have a lot of free time, and most of what time I do have I spend with my high schooler and one-year-old who seem to always have something going on as of late! We do visit the Aquarium of the Pacific often so I will leave you all with a picture of our trip from last week.

Happy new semester! I look forward to reading everyone’s work!

Jennifer