Congratulations to University of Nebraska–Lincoln
librarians Kiyomi Deards and Jennifer Thoegersen for receiving the Up and Comer Award from Against the Grain Media. Twenty recipients of the brand-new award were nominated and
selected from across the United States for being rising stars in the library
and information profession.
A faculty member of University Libraries since 2010,
Deards is an innovative thinker and creative who makes partnership a priority
in order to benefit as many people as possible –students, faculty, community,
and professional colleagues. Coming from a chemistry and environmental science
background, she co-created the SciPop talks in the Adele Hall Learning Commons
in 2014. Since then, the talks have evolved to supply speakers for the Nebraska
State Science Olympiad.
Deards credits her colleagues for their support in her
endeavors. “You can’t do something like SciPop by yourself,” she said. “You
need a great group of people and I’ve been fortunate enough to have dozens of
great collaborators.”
Thoegersen came to the University
Libraries in 2014. Among many other things, she has since helped implement the Rosetta digital preservation system and
developed workflows for depositing digital materials into Rosetta for
long-term preservation. Thoegersen also worked to develop educational
escape rooms at both the Nebraska City Public Library and at the C. Y. Thompson
Library on UNL’s East Campus.
From showing people how to
manage their digital information, to preserving and providing access
to content in varied digital formats, to finding new ways to connect communities
with vital information, Thoegersen is passionate about her career and
optimistic for the future.
“At their core, libraries are about access
to information, and I'm excited about the possibilities and challenges that we
are encountering,” said Thoegersen. “It's an
energizing time to be working in libraries.”
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