User:UrbanShephard

I am an academic librarian located in North America/Turtle Island. I was interested in the Wikipedia project and its ethos for years before finally creating an account; my main motivation for which is to better understand the space so I can advocate for its use to my students and colleagues. I'm endlessly interested in the ways that online spaces both facilitate and hinder the sharing and gathering of knowledge.

Outside of information work, I try to focus on building community, maintaining a small vegetable gardent, and making my little patch of grass more hospitable to native species.

While my current role is as a multi-disciplinary librarian, my background is specifically in history, political science, and economics. Though I try to be as curious as possible in order to really take advantage of the time I have on this rock traveling around the sun.