Humanities Librarian | First Year Experience Facilitator

Research, Learning & Technology Services

Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library

My name is Patrice Williams and I am currently the Humanities Librarian and First Year Experience Facilitator at the AUC Woodruff Library. Nice to meet you! Below is a summary of my technical skills, library experience, and academic interests.

• Continuous Learner:  HBCU Library Alliance 10th Membership Meeting (2024),  LOEX FALL FOCUS (2023), ACRL Conference (2023), GACOIL: Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy (2022), E-Learning Instructional Design and Development Certificate (2021), LinkedIN Learning (2020-2021), GLITR: Georgia Library Instruction, Teaching, and Reference Conference previously known as the Atlanta Area Bibliographic Instruction Group (AABIG or BIG) (2021),  LOEX Virtual Conference (2020)

• Event planning skills such as International Games Day (2021-Current), New Student Orientation (2023, 2022, 2021), Online Learning Symposium (2022, 2021), various Outreach events, and supporting Faculty events like The Iowa's Writer Workshop Craft & Conversation (2022)

• Loves using educational technology in instruction, such as Loom, Quizizz, interactive infographics, color-intensive slides using Canva

• Research using gaming within library instruction and outreach: Virtual Reality research with faculty, International Games Day event (2023, 2022, 2021), Quizizz  game at the start of instruction, etc.

• Conducts Pop culture research and hobbies in spare time: tennis, video games, k-pop, anime, manga, and Asian dramas

• Committee Work:

International Games Day Team Leader (2021-Current) 

Professional Development Working Group: You’re Almost There: New & Emerging Career Professionals in Information Sciences & Archives Co-Chair with Vanesa Evers (2022-2024)

Website Redesign committee for AUC Woodruff Library (2022-2023; Launched January 2023)

LibQUAL+ Committee Chair for AUC Woodruff Library (2021)

• Technical Skills: 

Springshare software: LibGuide, LibCal, and LibAnswers

Website building experience in: Google Sites, Weebly, WordPress, and Omeka

Storytelling software Microsoft Sway and StoryMaps (ArcGIS)

LMS (Library Management Systems) experience in WorldCat Discovery (OCLC, WMS), Alma Ex Libris, and View Find; Pilot tester for WorldCat Discovery (OCLC) (May 2021)

LMS (Learning Management System) skills in Google Classroom, Canvas, Blackboard, and Brightspace D2L (Desire 2 Learn)

Limited experience with HTML and CSS