Sharon Clapp

• Title / Position: Web Resources Librarian
• Organization: Connecticut State Library
• Website: www.cslib.org
• Twitter: @sclapp

systems analyst, web developer, librarian, archaeologist. I'd wanted to go on to my Ph.D in Archaeology after getting my baccalaureate in Anthropology (Phi Beta Kappa) at Mt. Holyoke College in 1998. Instead, I became a computer geek for a non-profit library automation network where employment was readily available and earned my Master's in Library & Information Science at Southern Ct. State University. I've been running integrated library systems, web servers, websites & the like since 1998. I did marketing for the Connecticut State Library's statewide digital library after a year-long stint as manager of an IT department for a large county library in CA back in 2005, but was missing the "doing" part of the job, so took a less-lucrative but more interesting position on the ground at the Connecticut State Library in 2006 as their "Web Resources Librarian", where I've been deeply involved in the use of open-source technology (am migrating their website to Drupal). In my spare time, I started working to help the Friends of the Office of the State Archaeologist in Connecticut several years ago and helped them setup a Facebook page & Twitter feed, along with some website consulting for their novice volunteer webmaster. Most of the FOSA group's digs are during the week, accessible for retirees, but not so much for this working gal. I also joined the Institute of American Indian Studies' Litchfield Hills Archaeology Club a few years ago and dig with them almost every weekend in the summer (doing labwork with them on some of my weekends in the winter). It's a good mix. But from what little I'm exposed to in the world of archaeology, I don't see much use of technology compared to what's possible. I'd like to learn about what others are doing and if there's a way I can help these organizations with my technical know-how. Unfortunately, I pretty much concentrate on library technology most of the time, so I don't hear much about technology in archaeology. I'm hoping THATCamp would remedy that issue.