About the author

Troy A. Swanson is Teaching & Learning Librarian and Library Department Chair at Moraine Valley Community College in the USA. Troy earned his PhD from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and his master’s degree in library and information science from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. His BA is from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois.

Troy interviewed at Moraine Valley in the year 2000 as a practice interview in preparation for opportunities at larger universities. He fell in love with the open-access mission of American community colleges and is committed to the ideal that higher education should be accessible and affordable to all. Troy has managed the Moraine Valley Library’s web presence since 2000. He implemented his library’s blogs in 2004 using a content management approach and the library’s first podcasts for cultural events in 2006. His work on library website design and usability has been published in the Journal of Academic Librarianship and Internet Reference Services Quarterly. Troy also writes as a guest contributor on the Tame the Web blog. His PhD dissertation focused on the management of Web 2.0 in higher education. He has also written on information literacy instruction for college students.

Troy and his wife Kim live outside of Chicago with their three children Skylar, Parker and Lainey. They love their local public library and spend a great deal of time riding their bikes to utilize its resources. Recently, Troy and Kim surrendered the last vestiges of their former urban existence and embraced suburban life by purchasing a minivan.

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