I have an M.A. in Art History and and M.S. in Library Science. I've worked in libraries for several years, but have also worked with museums and other cultural insitutions. My role has always been one of connecting people with information-- and teaching them about ways to connect with said information. I am the first in most rooms to suggest the use of new technologies to solve a problem or streamline a workflow. Straying from "traditional" library instruction, I have taught UVa classes how to use tools like RSS, Google NGram, and Google Maps to shake up their research and gain new perspectives on their scholarship. I am never seen without my iPad and iPhone, and firmly believe that location-aware devices such as these are going to revolutionize the next generation of scholarship. I once succeeded in transitioning an entire team of Roller Derby skaters from a yahoo group to a dynamic Wordpress site, an online forum, and a Google Docs file system. I run entirely on coffee. I know HTML, am currenly participating in Year of Code to delve into javascript, and I'm pretty good with a WordPress site. I adapt easily to new tools. Like many librarians, I have a good knowlege of the issues involved in intellectual property, preservation, and organization of information that affect how we access, store, and disseminate information. But I also understand the academic work of the scholar, and how (particularly in art and architecture) information is sought, re-mixed, and pushed out. I am thirsty for more ways to mash all these skills together. I am also an extreme fangirl of excellent informaiton visualization and clever presentation of data. If all of this fails to convince you, do keep in mind that I can also be entertaining during coffee breaks. I am extremely proficient at discussing the following topics: Roller Derby, SyFy Made-for-TV Movies, Charlottesville tasty noms, and where to find the best craft beer. It goes without saying that I would also not hesitate to use any of these as a test-case for exploring new digital techologies and/or scholarship tools.