\nKevin will also be reinvigorating our Library Liaison program which connects our AU Librarians to each of the University’s majors and minors in order to provide content specific research support, instruction and library collection development.\u00a0 For more information about this program or to schedule an appointment with Kevin email: adamska@alfred.edu<\/a><\/p>\n
Q&A with Kevin:<\/h2>\n
What was your background before Alfred University?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> Kevin Adams Joins Alfred University Libraries Alfred University Libraries is pleased to welcome the newest member of our team, Kevin Adams.\u00a0 As the Information Literacy Librarian, Kevin is here to help students navigate the deluge of content available to researchers in the information age.\u00a0 Whether you need\u00a0 help starting a paper or research project, evaluating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":2549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"adams_kevin\"](\"https:\/\/blog.alfred.edu\/aulibrarynews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2020\/09\/adams_kevin.jpg\")
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\nEducation:\u00a0<\/strong>I studied History and Philosophy at Purdue University, then I got my MS in Library and Information Science and the University of Illinois in Urbana Champaign.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWork:\u00a0<\/strong>I have mostly worked in restaurants and libraries.<\/span>\u00a0To name a few positions,<\/span>\u00a0I have\u00a0<\/span>worked as<\/span>\u00a0a delivery biker, delivery driver, server,\u00a0<\/span>kitchen prep, line cook, archivist, reference librarian, and a comic book cataloger.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWhat\u00a0interests you\u00a0about your current position?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I am excited to engage with the students and find creative ways to center them as we explore information literacy concepts!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nFavorite social media platform?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Twitter!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWhat are you reading\u00a0or listening to?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>As I write this, I am listening to Charles Mingus. The book I most recently picked up is\u00a0<\/span>Black Skin, White Masks<\/span><\/i>\u00a0by Frantz Fanon.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWhat do you like to do to for fun?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I like to read, hike, fish (very amateurly), play video games, and cook.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWhat is something would you like to learn?\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I would like to learn to play an\u00a0<\/span>instrument<\/span>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nWhat\u00a0has gotten you through quarantine and pandemic times?\u00a0<\/strong>Hunkering down with my\u00a0<\/span>fianc\u00e9e<\/span>\u00a0Sara Kramer and my two cats and dog.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
\nIs there anything about you that others would be surprised to know?\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>I love punk music. Before quarantine I would frequently go to basement shows and start the oc<\/span>casional mosh pit.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>
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