The Rochester Regional Library Council is pleased to announce that Kourtney P. Blackburn has joined the RRLC staff as Librarian working on digital initiatives for NY Heritage (CONTENTdm) and the Rochester Area Historical Newspapers.  This position was formerly filled by April Younglove who recently accepted a position at the Wallace Center at RIT as Digital Initiatives Librarian.

Kourtney’s primary responsibility at RRLC will be training and outreach for the local iteration of New York Heritage.  She will work closely with Laura Osterhout, Member Services Librarian, and the RRLC Digitization Committee, will do classes on CONTENTdm and aspects of digitization, and will also offer one-on-one assistance. She will continue to add content to the RRLC Historical Newspapers site, and develop that site and assist with aspects of CLIC-on-Health, including webinar training sessions and work on that website.  

Her skills with social media will help RRLC “get the word out” about our programs and services. We will enlist her training skills on topics of interest to members, such as the use of social media for library marketing.

Kourtney currently is Circulation Supervisor, Access Services at Lavery Library St. John Fisher College, where she will continue to work part-time. She has a BA in Adolescence Education/English from St. John Fisher College and an MLS from the Department of Library and Information Studies, University at Buffalo.

We know Kourtney will find her work with RRLC and its member libraries challenging and rewarding. We welcome her to the RRLC “team”!