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Voices from the Field

• Jim Scheppke, Oregon State Librarian
• Aaron Schmidt, Digital Initiatives Librarian

Voices

Jim Scheppke —MLIS Advisory Board Member —State Librarian, Oregon State Librarian Interview (MP3)—12 December 2009

Jim Scheppke has worked at the Oregon State Library since 1986 and was named the State Librarian of Oregon in 1991. Prior to that, he worked at the Texas State Library and in the West Texas Library System. He was as an independent bookseller before becoming a librarian. Scheppke has served as president of the Oregon Library Association and of the Western Council of State Libraries, and has written numerous articles for professional library publications. He was named Oregon Library Association Librarian of the Year in 1996 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oregon Association of School Libraries in 2001. He earned his Master of Library and Information Science degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Aaron Schmidt —MLIS Advisory Board Member —Digital Initiatives Librarian, District of Columbia Public Library Interview (MP3)—11 December 2009

Aaron Schmidt has been a circulation clerk, reference librarian, and library director. Shortly after completing his MLIS at Dominican University, Schmidt saw the potential of applying new media technology to libraries and launched successful programs at his suburban Chicago public library. Helping the library connect to its community through things such as instant messaging, weblogs and social software led to Schmidt publishing articles in Library Journal, School Library Journal, Library High Tech News, Online, and others. He has presented on the topic of library technology and usability throughout the United States, and in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands and Spain. In 2005, Schmidt was named a Library Journal "Mover & Shaker." Schmidt moved to Portland in 2006 and became the director of a nearby public library. He helped the library grow and gain full membership in the Washington County Cooperative. During this time he continued to write, give presentations and workshops, and consult for other libraries. Currently he is the Digital Initiatives Librarian for the District of Columbia Public Library. He helps plan forward-thinking, fun projects for the library, helping them connect to the community and teaching them about the Read/Write Web. He also assists with Web site visioning, conducts usability testing, leads the library's Library 2.0 Interest Group and helps coordinate and generate ideas for the library's digital research and development project called DC Library Labs.

 

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