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Roy Tennant has written many exciting chapters in his life book. As a renown librarian educator, a white water river raft guide, and a pioneer in the early internet age, he has been able to teach and learn both indoors and outside. He is just as familiar with the south rim of the Grand Canyon as he is with the digital library systems at UC Berkeley and the California Digital Library. In this episode, we talk about Roy's connection to Sonoma as a steward of the Sonoma Overlook Trail and its parallels to his deep knowledge appreciation for the Grand Canyon, his journey in library sciences, the impact of his teaching and the legacy of his teachers. If you want to: Learn more about Roy Tennant and his many projects and passions, check out roytennant.com Read more about the Sonoma Overlook Trail and the Thistle Pirates, go to https://overlookmontini.org/ To learn more about Hello Sonoma, visit Hellosonoma.org Thank you, as always, for tuning in. And if you enjoyed this episode, tell a friend!
Steve chats with Roy Tennant, digital librarian (now retired), about how he first saw the link between libraries and technology, his work at the University of California, creating one of the longest-running web publications in Current Cites, and what technological challenges still face libraries today. Roy Tennant is an internationally recognized digital librarian, now retired. … Continue reading 160: Roy Tennant
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