Hi there, I'm Megan

I work at Michigan State University, as a Digital Scholarship Librarian.

I mostly work with students, faculty, and other librarians on digital scholarship projects, classes, and technologies.

As a Digital Scholarship Librarian at MSU Libraries, my role is to support faculty, staff, students, and colleagues within the library as they develop and teach with digital scholarship. I work closely with other members of the Digital Scholarship Lab team to keep the Digital Scholarship Lab a welcoming and vibrant place to be.

I provide assistance with and/or consulting and instruction on digital projects, including:

• Building interactive web exhibits or digital editions
• Processing and manipulating data, primarily using Python
• Creating data visualizations
• Project sustainability, including documentation, digital preservation, project management, and version control (consulting and instruction)
• Advising on usability (UX) and accessibility (a11y) concerns

I came to this job with a strong background in web development and design (especially WordPress and Drupal), web server administration, Git version control, and Python programming. I have worked with Islandora, a digital repository CMS (Drupal, Fedora, and some other stuff bolted on). I'm currently sharpening up my Python skills for working with metadata, especially JSON.

When I'm not at work, I'm probably hanging out with my husband, our toddler, and our two cats. I like food, cooking, and baking. I love TV and movies, I play video games badly and cello pretty well, I enjoy D&D, and I love discovering new (to me) fandoms.