Community Profiles: Digital Environments
The Army, Music and Librarianship with Kathryn Beyer
Kathryn Beyer is about to graduate from the SJSU iSchool Post-Master’s Certificate Program. She has had a multifaceted career that blends the Army and librarianship.
Kathryn Beyer, ‘24, Post-Master’s Certificate
Washington, D.C.
Checking out BookTok with Mychal Threets
“I think we just have fun with it. Me and the people who work on Library TikTok pride ourselves on embracing the cringe. I think as more and more people see library coworkers having fun with TikTok, you’ll see them start to submit ideas or be willing to participate themselves.”
Mychal Threets, ‘18 MLIS
Fairfield, California
Centering “Your Voices” with Kara (K. René) Price
“My goal is to connect my background in policy and data science to librarianship. I want to become an information professional who not only advocates for underrepresented communities in GLAM but also advises and helps information institutions truly embody belonging in their policies, programs, services, and spaces.”
Kara (K. René) Price (pronouns: they/she/y’all) MSDCS
SJSU MLIS, Expected Fall ‘24
BSLISE International Scholar Sabrina Gunn Discovers a Love for Information Systems
“I actually do thrive really well with technology. It’s not this scary monster but I think so many of us just put up boundaries and think, ‘Oh, I’m not this way. I’m not this type of person. I can’t do this.’ I find myself saying, ‘I can’t do this’ a lot. And then I find that I actually can, and be very good at it.”
Sabrina Gunn, MLIS student (anticipated graduation Spring
2023)
Sacramento, CA
Bethany Winslow Welcomes the SJSU Community into the Virtual World
“We have to stop thinking in analog. The virtual world has been around for 16 years now. It’s time to join in!”
Bethany Winslow, M.S.Ed.
Instructional Designer, San José State University
Community Virtual Library Hypergrid Resources Project Head
San José, CA
Melissa Ward Brings Tech Experience and Energy to the ALASC
“Being a part of the ALASC has been a highlight of my time at SJSU. I love the library tours that the ALASC hosts at various libraries including the one where I work at Blizzard Entertainment. Being able to go behind the scenes to see what everyone is doing that is so different has been really fun.”
Melissa Ward
Chair, ALASC
Irvine, California
iSchool Alumnus and Departing Community Profile Writer Summarizes His iSchool Experience
“One of the best things about SJSU’s iSchool is that it connected me with LIS professionals across the world and right next door. It actually took me going to a school online in California to meet and connect with LIS professionals working right here in Philly; which is weird, I suppose, but also kind of affirms the global network connectivity that librarians have going on.”
Nick Perilli
MLIS Graduate 2018
Philadelphia, PA
Passion for records and digital preservation led MLIS graduate Jennifer Mundy to work as a records officer and electronic records management analyst
“I found what would work best for me was working full time at a library or archives while attending an online MLIS program, and the MLIS program at SJSU came highly recommended.”
Jennifer Mundy
MLIS Graduate 2008
Multnomah County, OR
MLIS Graduate Finds Success Through a Network Cultivated at the iSchool
“There was such a large selection of courses available, and I would have taken more classes if I could have, for sure. I remember graduating and thinking, ‘Man, there are still so many classes I wish I could take.”
Laurentia “Lauren” Romaniuk
2014 MLIS Graduate
San Francisco, CA
Santa Clara County Deputy Librarian and iSchool Alumnus Reflects on His Time at SJSU
“I received all these tools in the program, but I also received an introduction to what kind of caliber your work has to achieve in the field.”
Christopher Brown
MLIS Graduate 2010
Santa Clara, California
iStudent Blog Writer Looks Ahead to Life After the MLIS
“[This work] gave me a reason to pursue all the avenues that this program and the LIS field are about while also connecting with professionals in the field and professors, students and alumni at SJSU. It completely opened up the program to me.”
Allison Randall-Gatt
MLIS Student Graduating May 2017
Sonoma County, California
iSchool Alumna Uses Her MLIS Skills to Further Evolve Her Career
“A core value that was a part of every class that I took was the user experience. Whether we’re working at a reference desk, working as a children’s librarian or working as a knowledge manager, we’re here for our user.”
Elizabeth Borghi
MLIS Graduate 2012
Redwood City, CA
iSchool Community Profilees: Where Are They Now? (Part 2)
Part 2 in the Where Are They Now? series, checking in with past Community Profilees.
iSchool Community Profilees: Where Are They Now?
Catch up with with previously profiled students and alumni to see where they are now.
Scott Brown on Being a Cybrarian
San José State University School of Information alumnus turned instructor Scott Brown on being a cybrarian. From humble beginnings as a page in the Santa Cruz, California, public library, iSchool alumnus and instructor Scott Brown has come a long way in his career.
An Academic Librarian Falls for Corporate Life
“The education you get from SJSU is all about what you put into it. Everyone that I know that dove in and got involved has only succeeded in life or in their career afterwards.”
Whitni Watkins
Web Systems Engineer, Analog Devices
Wilmington, Massachusetts
iSchool Alumna (MLIS, 2014)
Alyse Dunavant-Jones: An Archives Girl in a MLIS World
San José State University School of Information MLIS student Alyse Dunavant-Jones mixes archives, library and information coursework to broaden her horizons.
In Times of Crisis, Student Naomi Fuhrman Deploys with the Standby Task Force
“There’s no better moment to look at all of humanity than a conflict, [which] brings out the best and worst in people. When it comes down to it, the idea that I’d get to work with people doing the best of things was a pretty nice idea.”
Naomi Fuhrman
Marin County, California
MLIS Student, Expected Graduation Winter 2015