Amanda Clay Powers

Current

• Assistant Professor / Reference Librarian at Mississippi State University Libraries

Past

• Staff, Dewey Library at Massachusetts Institue of Technology
• Serials Processing at MIT Humanities Library
• Marketing Manager at Hedge Fund

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Education

• Simmons College
• Wellesley College

Connections

45 connections

Industry

Libraries

Amanda Clay Powers’s Summary

I manage the Virtual Reference services at the Mississippi State University Libraries, including CHAT, E-Mail and Social Networking Reference, as well as being the chair of our Library 2.0 Committee and the MS Library 2.0 Summit. I am also an active member of the American Libraries Association RUSA Virtual Reference Committee and Discussion Group.

I lead workshops on Emerging Technologies for Research, Managing Identity in Social Networks, IM, Facebook, Wikis, and Social Networking for K-12 Librarians and Public Libraries, as well as staff training in Emerging Technologies.

Amanda Clay Powers’s Specialties:

Virtual Reference Services, Emerging Technologies for Libraries, Managing Identity in Social Networks, Facebook Page building, marketing library services, LibGuides, staff training.

Amanda Clay Powers’s Experience

• Assistant Professor / Reference Librarian

  Mississippi State University Libraries

  (Educational Institution; Libraries industry)

  September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)

Amanda Clay Powers’s Education

• Simmons College

  MLIS , Library Science , 2001 — 2005

• Wellesley College

  1991 — 1995

Additional Information

Amanda Clay Powers’s Interests:

Academic Libraries, Emerging Technologies, Library 2.0, Social Networking, Virtual Reference, Agriculture & Forestry, Community Theater.

Amanda Clay Powers’s Contact Settings

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