I’m Melissa. I work as a Research and Instructional Services Librarian at The University of Alabama’s Amelia Gayle Gorgas Library. This site serves as a personal webspace, professional portfolio, and digital playground; it is perpetually under construction. Thanks for visiting! Please contact me if you have questions or are looking for additional information.
Welcome MSU Libraries Emerging Technologies Summit Attendees
Thanks for visiting my website. The resources referenced in my presentation, Emerging Technology as Assistive Technology: The iPad, Accessibility, and Libraries, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s MSULibCon11 Bookmarks on Diigo. You can find a copy of the presentation slides here: Emerging Technology as Assistive Technology: The [...]
MSU Mentions
Last weekend, in an attempt to recover deleted website content, I did some Google cache searching and stumbled across this: Wolverton, Robert, and Karen Davidson. “E-Resource Round Up.” Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. 23.1 (2011): 68-95. The article includes a write-up of my 2010 Mississippi State University Libraries Emerging Technologies Summit presentation. While I can’t post the [...]
Rebuilding
My fiancé pokes fun at me for having redesigned this site so many times; it seems I can’t let more than six months pass without switching themes, rearranging the layout, etc.. I play with the site because it’s fun and, until a few months ago, I hadn’t found a theme that met both my needs [...]
Welcome AETC Attendees
Thanks for visiting my website. The resources referenced in my presentation, Keeping Up: Current Awareness Tips & Tools for Educators, are listed below. They are also available via the Diigo collaborative bookmarking site: mbfortson’s aetc2011 Bookmarks on Diigo. You can find a copy of the presentation slides here: Keeping Up: Current Awareness Tips & Tools for Educators. [...]
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