Melissa Houlroyd, MLS

Welcome

Thanks for stopping by.

I'm a graduate of the Master of Science in Library and Information Science program at the iSchool at Syracuse University as of May 2008.

I am a librarian interested in many things, including:

• human interaction with computers,
• usability,
• web development,
• marketing,
• intellectual freedom,
• technology in libraries,
• metadata standards,
• digital libraries and institutional repositories,
• the library as community center,
• assessment,
• library services (especially for young adults),
• cataloging standards,
• library management, and
• professional development.

I'm a member of the American Library Association (ALA), the Young Adult Library Services Association (ALA-YALSA), the Intellectual Freedom Round Table (ALA-IFRT), the New York Library Association (NYLA), the Public Libraries Section (NYLA-PLS), the Finding Inspiration in Literature and Movies Round Table (NYLA-FILM), the New Members Round Table (NYLA-NMRT), and the Intellectual Freedom Round Table (NYLA-IFRT).

I am also a graduate of SUNY Geneseo with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Please feel free to email me.