Goodbye, Hello

I’m back! And only 515 days after my last entry. [As my former colleague Anne Haines and I frequently used to say to each other: “Content strategist, heal thyself.”?]

Plenty has transpired since my last post in March 2017, but I’ll skip to the biggest news. This spring, my husband Robert McDonald was named the Dean of Libraries at the University of Colorado Boulder – exciting and happy news to be sure, but news that required us to pack our things and say our goodbyes to our wonderful colleagues at the Indiana University Bloomington Libraries.

This new chapter follows on, as all new chapters do, with the closing of the previous one. I can’t say enough about the eight years I spent at the IUB Libraries, so I’ll just be brief and say: Thanks for everything! We had a great run. I’m proud of what we accomplished together. I may even circle back and write about some of our projects, like our migration to Drupal 8 (which occurred my penultimate day in the office! Way to go out with a bang! ?).

Earlier this month, I joined the library faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder Libraries as the Learner Experience & Engagement Librarian. In my new role, I’ll continue my focus on user experience & user research, which will inform (among other things) the development of programming for our Norlin Commons. As ever, I’m glad to be working in the service of enhancing student learning and engagement as part of a learner-centered library community.

Many thanks to my new colleagues at CU Boulder [1] for being so warm and welcoming. I look forward to the adventures we’ll have together.

[1] Yes, it really is CU, even though it’s the University of Colorado. But if you mess up, you’re in distinguished company.