Category Archives: ITD

Meet the Staff: Spring 2015 Edition – Troy!

And now to chat about a Help Desk veteran, Mr. Troy Babbs! Troy has been working at the GSLIS Help Desk since January of 2014, and is currently in between completing his Data Curation specialization and likely continuing with his SODA (sociotechnical data analytics – yet another acronym in library school!). “Stay tuned!” he says. read more »

Meet the Staff: Spring 2015 Edition – Jen!

Today is everyone’s lucky day because I am actually going to do a few blog posts! So, hold onto your hats, and give a solid show of appreciation for Jen! Jen grew up in Champaign and went away for school, first to ISU and then to Brooklyn College. She worked for a while in a read more »

Meet the Staff: Spring 2015 Edition – Max!

Good morning GSLIS! I know it’s been a while, but I’ve been a busy lady TA-ing classes, and I haven’t had a chance to update y’all on the new GAs that we’ve added to our fleet! Thanks for bearing with me, a very happy 2015 (yes, I know it’s March), and a happy LEEP weekend read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Brynnen!

Good morning, Champaign, Urbana, and all other locations! Hope that all y’all had nice fall breaks (or at least as much of a break as you could muster) and that everyone is feeling on top of their game as we enter the month of December! Today’s very special Meet the Staff features none other than read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Neil!

Two inches of snow means…two Meet the Staff posts! Part two of this deluxe snowy deal stars Neil Thackeray, Systems staff member extraordinaire who specializes in Linux, Windows, and OSX operating systems and spends his days at GSLIS developing system applications in C#, C++, Python, Perl and other languages. When asked about his favorite item read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Berenice!

Good morning Champaign-Urbana! How are we doing in all of this snow? Two inches last night, and more flurries in the forecast? I think winter is officially here! Today’s edition of Meet the Staff features the lovely Berenice Vargas, whom we cannot blame for the cold weather because she actually just got back from a read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Brianna!

Guess what, team? Today is your day because we will be featuring TWO staff members in the blog this fine Tuesday! Meet the Staff part II edition features Help Desk GA/TA extraordinaire Brianna Walker, our lucky second star hailing from Chicago. No stranger to the U of I lifestyle (she received her undergraduate degree in read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Franklin!

Good afternoon, and hope this chilly weather is treating you well, fellow GSLIS-ers! Today I have the pleasure of writing a Meet the Staff blurb about the often-imitated-but-never-duplicated Franklin Kramer! After getting his Masters degree from GSLIS and working at the Help Desk as a graduate assistant and teaching assistant, Franklin stayed on with the read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Jill!

Happy November! Today’s edition of Meet the Staff features none other than the infamous Information Resource Manager (and former GSLIS alum): Jill Gengler! Often found right around the corner from the Help Desk when she’s not running half marathons or biking uphill both ways, Jill enjoys reminding students that the Help Desk is really like read more »

Meet the Staff: Fall 2014 Edition – Becca!

Good evening! This week’s edition of Meet the Staff stars Becca McGuire, a Moline native who has been everywhere from Champaign to South Africa! She is a GA and TA at the Help Desk/Office of Instructional Technology and Design, and her concentration within GSLIS is a wonderful amalgamation of community informatics, public librarianship, community outreach, and instruction, read more »