Introduction

Ngoc-Yen Tran is the Outreach and Student Engagement Librarian at the University of Oregon. She received her MLIS from the University of Washington iSchool and her BA in English and BA in art history from Willamette University. Yen's job is multi-faceted, including: creatively managing a small residence hall library, building and sustaining campus partnerships, collaborating with international studies department students and faculty, and developing opportunities that engage students with the UO Libraries and librarians. Yen enjoys crafting and the outdoors.

Serenity Ibsen, Technical Services and Archives Librarian at Pacific Northwest College of Art, has a BA in Art History and an MLS. Serenity's library passions include user experience, scholarly communications, and digital initiatives. Most of the year, Serenity helps develop tools for students at PNCA and serves as library liaison to the BFA, MFA, and MA Thesis students. She's an amateur archer and mycologist who almost exclusively reads science fiction.