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“ W H E N H A V E W E N O T P R E F E R R E D S O M E G O I N G R O U N D T O S T R A I G H T T O W H E R E W E A R E ? ” ~ W. H . A U D E N

M Y “ A LT- A C ” PAT H

#Alt-Ac: A CALS Symposium | 15 September 2014

Patricia Hswe University Libraries

M Y “ G O I N G

R O U N D , ”

W H I C H I D I D N ’ T K N O W I W O U L D P R E F E R T O T H E L I N E A R

F R O M E D I T O R T O L I B R A R I A N

• My reasons for doing a post-doc

• Reality check

• Academic environment

• Re-definition

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My positions in libraries have only ever been

new: post-doc, program manager, digital collections

curator, digital content strategist, co-lead of

Publishing and Curation Services.

What’s the opposite of a map?

basing the approach in a strong understanding of the scholarly community to be served.”

“Implicit in this role of [digital collections curator] is the need to make things up as you go along,

~ Mike Furlough, in “Digital Curation and E-Publishing: Libraries Make the Connection” (2009 Charleston Conference)

B YC O M I N G F U L L C I R C L E . . . A N D T H E N S O M E

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K E E P I N T O U C H : P H S W E @ P S U . E D U P U B L I S H I N G A N D C U R AT I O N S E R V I C E S

U N I V E R S I T Y L I B R A R I E S

Thank you!

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