Information Tyrannosaur

Information Tyrannosaur is the blog of Andrew Burkhardt.  I recently graduated from the UW-Madison School of Library and Information Studies.  My focus was on the use and application of technology in libraries, and my goal is to use technology to make the library experience not only easier but fun.  I’ve had a number of learning adventures including developing a website for the Western European Studies division of Memorial Library and a practicum at the news library at Capital Newspapers. In my final semester completed another amazing practicum in Library and Information Literacy Instruction.

I have a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from St. John’s University in Collegeville, MN. I was able to study abroad in Athens and Rome during my tenure at SJU and consider it one of the best experiences of my life.  I also took a course entitled “Dinosauria” and regard myself as an expert on the subject.

I have lately begun my new career as the Emerging Technologies Librarian at Champlain College in Burlington, VT.  So, in addition to the adjustment from library school to career I am also adjusting to my new surroundings and situation here in Burlington.  It is a very vibrant city and am excited to get to explore New England further.

My hero is Ernest Shackleton, and my interests, though perpetually fluctuating are currently: cooking (especially with a crock pot), biking, camping, Greek fests, humor, ruminating, olives, reading, and of course dinosaurs.