Nicole C. Engard is the Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions, where she directs the company’s open source education endeavors. In addition to her daily responsibilities, Nicole has been published in several library journals and keeps the library community up to date on web technologies via her website What I Learned Today...

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 Programming from Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, and her MLIS from Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also an active member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) as the chair of the SLA-IT Blogging Section and the webmaster for the Greater Philadelphia Law Library Association.

Some of Nicole’s previous publications include articles in Computers in Libraries, ONLINE Magazine, and Journal of Hospital Librarianship. She has also written chapters for Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians and Writing and Publishing: The Librarian’s Handbook, both edited by Carol Smallwood.

You can reach Nicole via email at nengard@gmail.com or through her website at her website What I Learned Today...

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