Project Category: Library

Heather Jeffcoat

Heather Jeffcoat is the Web and Discovery Management Librarian at the Georgia Tech Library. She earned a M.S. in Library and Information Studies from Florida State University and a B.A. in Geography from the University of South Carolina. Heather has managed the Library’s web presence since 1998 and has been representing technology in the Library’s Portfolio since 2017. As the Web and Discovery Management Librarian Heather is responsible for the strategy, management, design, information architecture and maintenance of all Library websites, including the Library’s discovery system, Primo. As the portfolio technology representative, she works with Library leadership, finance, IT, service owners and project managers to facilitate and support portfolio project execution of Library technologies.

Isabel Altamirano

Isabel M. Altamirano is the Engineering and Chemistry Librarian – Georgia Tech Library. She assists students and faculty in their research by locating the correct resources to answer questions. She also teaches classes on using library resources and LaTeX software. She has increased her outreach with underrepresented students in order to show them how the library can contribute to their academic success. She has partnered with the Center of Teaching and Learning to assist faculty and graduate students improve their teaching skills through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She was a 2019 Diversity & Inclusion Fellow to study first-generation students. She completed training at the LGBTQIA Resource Center and was selected as a Liaison. She continues to present at conferences. She has earned a Scopus (database) Librarian Certificate and has applied the knowledge for advanced searching. Altamirano has a Masters in Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University.