Denlinger an 'Emerging Leader' and 'Mover & Shaker'
Congratulations to Z. Smith Reynolds’ eLearning librarian Kyle Denlinger on being named a Class of 2014 American Library Association Emerging Leader and a 2014 Library Journal Mover & Shaker (People Shaping the Future of Libraries). Kyle is ZSR’s fourth Emerging Leader and second Mover & Shaker.
In his first job out of library school, Denlinger helped build WFU’s information literacy MOOC, “ZSRx: The Cure for the Common Web,” designed to provide easy answers to common questions about online research.
He describes himself as “a teacher first and a technology guy second,” who knows “just enough HTML to be dangerous.”
Read more in the Library Journal.
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February 2013 comings and goings
See a list of employees joining and leaving the University in February 2013: Read more
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Pressley wins award
Lauren Pressley, the Head of Instruction at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, has been selected to receive a UNCG School of Education Distinguished Alumni Early Career Award. She received the award on Friday, Sept. 23 as part of the UNCG School of Education Dedication Celebration.
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Librarian named an ‘Emerging Leader’
Z. Smith Reynolds librarian Molly Keener has been named a 2011 “Emerging Leader” by the American Library Association (ALA).
Keener, a scholarly communication librarian, is the third Z. Smith Reynolds librarian to be selected for the award in the last few years. Audra Eagle Yun, a project archivist, received the award in 2009, and Lauren Pressley, an instructional design librarian, was named an Emerging Leader in 2008.
The Emerging Leader program enables librarians and library staff from across the country to participate in project planning workgroups; network with peers; gain an inside look into ALA structure; and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers. Read more
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Pressley appointed to board
Lauren Pressley, instructional design librarian, has been appointed to the 2011 Horizon Project Advisory Board, the centerpiece of the New Media Consortium’s emerging technologies initiative to explore new technologies for teaching, learning and research.
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