Nicole C. Engard received her MLIS from Drexel University in 2007. Having worked in and with libraries for nearly 10 years, Nicole is now the Director of Open Source Education at ByWater Solutions.

Starting in web development and moving on to working with metadata and cataloging, she has had the opportunity to work with people in all areas of the library and can be found at conferences around the world presenting on open source and web 2.0 topics.

Nicole is best known for her blog, What I Learned Today… where she writes about technology issues for libraries and her recent publication of Library Mashups: Exploring New Ways to Deliver Library Data.

In 2007 she was named one of Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers and has published several articles on technology and libraries. In her current position with ByWater Solution, Nicole is responsible for educating librarians both about what open source software is and the many options available to libraries. Her passion for talking to and educating librarians makes this role a perfect fit for her.

Gang member for:

• March 2008: Code4lib
• August 2008: Open Source Systems
• December 2008: A look forward in to 2009
• June 2009: Library System Suppliers view of OCLC Web-scale
• July 2009: Library Mashups
• August 2009: Social OPACs