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Shifted Jenny Levine

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Interests: blogging, RSS, community, social media, facebook, twitter, music, popular culture, gaming in libraries
Expertise Areas: blogging, RSS, emerging technologies, facebook, popular culture, gaming in libraries
Will Mentor In: blogging, RSS, gaming in libraries, getting involved with ALA
Need Mentoring In: wikis, video
Want To Learn More About: drupal, php

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I've been working at ALA since August 2006. I'm a passionate advocate for gaming in libraries so I've coordinated two Gaming, Learning, and Libraries symposia since that time. I'm also the primary staff person working on the implementation of the ALA Connect site.

On my own time, I run The Shifted Librarian blog. I also give presentations and have run workshops and classes. You can view slides from all of these on my Presentations wiki. My goal is to help libraries become more nimble to adapt to their users and not expect them to adapt to us. I believe Library 2.0 helps us do that.

In my former personal life, I ran the first library-related blog, The Librarians' Site du Jour, which lasted from 1995-1999.