Academic Year 2008/2009 will be my first year at Palomar College. Although new to California I worked with community college users for nearly 9 years at Mesa Community College, one of 10 Maricopa Community Colleges in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

As Branch Services Librarian my primary responsibility is providing library assistance for the Ernest J. Allen Library (EJA) of Palomar's Escondido Educational Center.

My formal education has  encompassed the disciplines of Foreign Languages, Communication, and Educational Technology as well as Popular Culture, Global Studies and Library Science. Areas of special interest include Instructional Design; Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) skills and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

Most recently I have been researching 'how web2.0 is changing instruction in a high tech quasi-truth culture where almost everything is subject to customization'. Christine Moore and I will share findings from our investigations at a session of the Arizona Library Association's 2008 annual conference entitled The Gate's Open: Stand Aside or Usher 'Em In.

You are welcome to contact me in person at EJA or at the San Marcos campus (LL211B). You can also reach me via email or by telephone (Mon & Thur ext 8113; Tues & Wed ext 3695).