Jimmy Thomas
Jimmy Thomas earned a BA in 1976 from Oberlin College (OH), and an MLS in 1978 from the University of Pittsburgh (PA). He worked 10 years at OCLC (OH) as developer, systems analyst, and development manager. From 1989-1992 he worked for Unisys Corporation (PA & GA) as a systems analyst then customer support manager. CARL Corporation (CO) employed Mr Thomas from 1992-2000 as Circulation Team Leader, Manager of Product Support, Project Manager, and Singapore Project Director. The Library Corporation (TLC) purchased CARL in 2000, and he continued representing CARL•Solution, then...
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Randy Dykhuis is Executive Director of the Midwest Collaborative for Library Services, a nonprofit, membership organization that provides libraries in Michigan and Indiana with a convenient, single point of contact for training, group purchasing and technical support for electronic resources. He has held that position since February 2010. Prior to that, he was Executive Director for the Michigan Library Consortium, a position he held from August 1995 through February 2010. During his tenure at MLC Dykhuis worked with the Library of Michigan, individual Michigan libraries, and other library...
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Bill Barnes by Gene Ambaum Bill Barnes loves librarians, show tunes, and meat. He can count his toes without taking off his shoes. Over the past eight years, he has tried to convince Gene that the meaning of “partnership” is doing what he says 99% of the time. He can often be seen wandering the floor at trade shows playing “The Final Countdown” on his ukulele Death Adder. In his spare time he draws Unshelved and writes a comic about the software industry, Not Invented Here. Follow...
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Gene Ambaum by Bill Barnes Gene Ambaum uses a pen name because he’s scared of his own shadow. He is so good at making fun of strange, difficult customers in Unshelved because he is the strangest, most difficult customer of all. He taught English overseas because no one there was in a position to criticize his spelling. If he ever starts another comic strip it will be about poop, because that’s what he spends most of his time thinking about. Follow...
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Russell Palmer is the Supervisor of Professional Development at LYRASIS. He writes, teaches and speaks on a wide range of topics, including resource sharing, information services, collection development and information literacy. Russell previously worked as Instruction and Outreach Coordinator at Mercer University. He earned his MLIS at Florida State University, and his AB in English at the University of...
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Chris Steele has worked at Regis University for 5 years. He is a lead worker for their interlibrary loan and reserves department. He is a graduate student at Regis University and has a bachelor’s degree in English and Peace and Social Justice. He is also a journalist and musician.
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