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Librarian and composition instructor with experience and skills in teaching, leadership, outreach, writing, and marketing. Primary focus areas include English literature, literary fiction, historical fiction, poetry, and psychology. Advocate leader for pedestrian safety as a member of the Denver Mayor's Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Experienced in fostering literacy in early learners and teaching visual arts to all ages, from 2 to 50+.
Home History off 456 S. Lincoln St. in Washington Park West, Denver, CO, using Denver Public Library Digital Collections, Denver Public Library Ancestry Library Edition, Denver Assessor Records, Denver University’s archives, Colorado Historical Newspapers Collection, Phil Goodstein’s "Spirits of South Broadway," other historical newspapers
Guest post by Amanda Roberts, Book Group Discussion Leader During the months of April and May, Denver-area residents from several different neighborhoods came together for six weeks to discuss Human Transit: How Clearer Thinking about Public Transit Can Enrich Our Communities and Our Lives by Jarrett Walker.
Like many rapidly growing cities across the United States, Denver wrestles with its car-prioritized legacy of interstate building and exit expansions through its increasingly traffic-snarled communities. Just off the Lincoln/Broadway exit today, the dangerous, multilane urban arterial roadway we know as Lincoln Street whisks cars as quickly as possible from I-25 into downtown.
"You Talkin'to me?" Composing a New Information Literacy Jaena Alabi, Auburn University Amanda Roberts, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Frank Smith, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
here are a growing number of articles on the juncture of Google Scholar and libraries; this article seeks to address the ability of this resource to meet the information needs of students and researchers using the ACRL Information Literacy Standards. Each standard is applied to Google Scholar in this examination, and recommendations for how librarians might respond are offered.
Email to numismatic buyers that uses the power of storytelling and appeal to affect to create excitement around a one-of-a-kind shipwreck coin. Resulted in immediate sale.
Email describing the investment benefits of a semi-numismatic coin, using textual analysis and infographics. Resulted in sales of $155k.
Created client-facing content plan, developed and standardized recipes, co-authored content, created and implemented categorization scheme, and proofread & copy-edited website of newly re-packaged Southern tea brand.