About

I’m Gretchen Kolderup. I recently (in May 2010) finished my MLS at Indiana University’s Indianapolis campus and am now the Teen Services Librarian at the New Canaan Library in New Canaan, Connecticut. I’ve also worked in a university library and a synagogue library and did an internship in a public library’s teen services department.

The opinions and thoughts I express here are solely mine and are not necessarily those of my employer.

Generally I’m interested in public libraries, teen (and children’s) services, reaching out to tweens, using teens as resources, social networking and new media, library technology, privacy and copyright issues, gaming in libraries, underserved populations, and intergenerational programming.

I’m still developing my library skills and librarian identity, so I do a lot of thinking about the values of librarianship, controversies in librarianship, and the way libraries interact with the rest of the world. I wanted a place to collect some of those thoughts and post interesting bits of news, write book reviews, and provide reaction pieces to articles I read. I’m sure that as I grow as a librarian, this blog will, too–and I’m looking forward to that!

Find me on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads or just email me.

The design for Librarified was done by the incredibly talented Brandon Peat. He exceeded my expectations every step of the way and if you ever need any print or web design work, he is your guy.

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