Sara Maurice Whitver is the First-Year Experience Librarian at The University of Alabama Libraries in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where she works with freshmen every day. She is interested in digital and information literacy curriculum development and the library’s role in alternative textbooking, and her ultimate goal is to teach research skills that students will carry out of the classroom and into a well-informed life. Sara coordinates instruction for First-Year Writing and Freshman Seminar classes as well as works with the orientation team to welcome and acclimate new students to campus.