About the author

Nicole C. Engard is the Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions. She directs the company’s open source education endeavors. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website, ‘What I Learned Today…’ (http://www.web2learning.net).

Nicole’s interest in library technology started at the Jenkins Law Library in Philadelphia where she worked as the Web Manager. In addition to her web development experiences, Nicole has worked as a Metadata Librarian and librarian trainer. For her innovative uses of technology in libraries, Nicole was named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers in 2007.

Nicole received her BA in Literary Studies and Computer ...

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