Newkirk Barnes joined Aiken Technical College as the Public Services Librarian in February 2012. In this position, Newkirk provides research assistance to students, faculty, staff and community patrons in a variety of formats, including library instruction sessions, online research guides and workshops. Through Blackboard, Newkirk has implemented the Embedded Librarian program to assist distance education students with their research assignments. She has also partnered with writing tutors in the Student Success Center to offer Open Research Labs where students can get assistance with finding appropriate... Read more

Greetings! My name is Michelle Colquitt and I am the  Continuing Resources and Government Information Management Librarian at Clemson University. I'm an introverted people person who loves to make connections and chat about library technical services. I'm looking forward to meeting you!

Jean Gudenas joined the MUSC Libraries faculty in 2017 as the Director of Information Resources and Collection Services. In this role, Jean leads a team of dedicated workers to deliver information across the campus, whether through the acquisition of resources, direct access to subscriptions, or utilizing services such as Interlibrary Loan that obtains content from unsubscribed material. Prior to MUSC, Jean worked as the Head of Collections for Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Library. In her spare time, she enjoys exploring Charleston with her husband and daughter, watching movies, and... Read more

John Siegel joined USC Upstate in July 2018 as Coordinator of Library Instructional Services. He serves as librarian for community health, exercise science, physical education, psychology/child advocacy studies, and women’s and gender studies. His professional interests include meeting the needs of diverse populations (i.e. LGBTQ+, people with disabilities, military, and nontraditional students), trauma-informed librarianship, and intellectual freedom.

Prior to joining USC Upstate, John worked at the University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and the DuBois campus of Penn State University. He earned an Associate in Arts (A.A.) degree from the City Colleges of Chicago, a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in social work from San Francisco State University, and Master of Library Science (M.L.S.) from the University of Maryland. In addition, John completed a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in adult and professional learning at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock... Read more

Head Librarian, Northeastern Technical College - OER guru, - Educator who just happens to work in a library.