Bios
Scott Brown
Scott draws on over 20 years’ experience in library and information organizations (including public, academic and corporate settings) to bring an extraordinarily broad range of expertise to his LIS career coaching.
Scott is founder and president of Social Information Group, an information practice focusing on the effective use of social networking tools for finding and sharing information. He has helped libraries, Fortune 500 companies, startups, government organizations and individuals understand and effectively use social tools to achieve organizational goals. He is currently completing a book on this topic, Social Sleuthing: Finding Competitive and Business Information Using Social Media Tools (Woodhead Publishing, 2012).
In his previous position at Sun Microsystems, Scott developed, conducted and managed ongoing information training programs. In that position, he also conducted research for all business units in the company on technical, market, operational, human resource and business topics.
A frequent speaker nationally on many areas of information work, Scott also teaches adjunct for the San Jose State University and University of Denver LIS programs, and has mentored students from those programs. He has taught on topics including effectively marketing LIS skills online, conflict management for information professionals, and career transitions, among others. In addition, he provides professional coaching services specifically for information professionals.
Scott is an active member of the Special Libraries Association (SLA), where he has held several leadership positions, and is currently President-Elect of the Association for Independent Information Professionals (AIIP). He has also served on the advisory board of the Emporia (Kansas) LIS program and the Corporate Library Advisory Board for Springer Publishing.
Scott received his MLIS from San Jose State University and Masters in Counseling from Regis University (Colorado).
Kim Dority
Kim is the founder and president of Dority & Associates, an information strategy and content development company focusing on research, writing, editing, information process design, and publishing. She has worked with all types of organizations to design, build, and execute effective information strategies.
Kim has worked as an information professional in academia, publishing, telecommunications, and librarianship, in for-profit and nonprofit settings, for both established companies and start-ups. She has led the development of several innovative information projects, including the first online academic library and the first website devoted to resources and community for people with disabilities.
In addition to her work with Dority & Associates, Kim is on the advisory board of the University of Denver’s MLIS program, where she also created and has taught for the past eleven years a highly popular course on alternative LIS career paths. She has spoken on various LIS career topics at national conferences and addressed LIS graduate-student groups on career development strategies.
Kim has written numerous articles and books on LIS career topics, including Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and Other Information Professionals (Libraries Unlimited, 2006) and the forthcoming LIS Career Sourcebook (Libraries Unlimited, 2012). She writes the Infonista.com blog on LIS career topics, and created and manages the LinkedIn “LIS Career Options” group, which now includes more than 1,100 members from 50 different countries commenting on roughly 150 discussions.
Kim received her MLIS from the University of Denver.