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takes place between nine at night, after the family goes to sleep, and two or three in the morning. That’s true for everybody on staff; we all teach, have day jobs, so for all of us, it’s that sort of labor of love that’s fun to do at the end of the day.” Taylor’s interests in publishing and librarianship have evolved together, leading to a perspective that “all of this activity is a single personal project in a way; the coursework informs the publishing practice, and the skills I’ve gained in publishing are immediately applicable and relevant to my studies,” he says. He is striving to incorporate his experiences and interests to the projects assigned in class. “At this point, I’m trying to reach out and learn as much as I can about what Syracuse and other academic library systems are doing in the realm of publishing, digital scholarship and the humanities, and I hope I can help find new ways of pushing the field into the future. Librarianship is experiencing a dynamic moment; that’s what’s so exciting about it. There are opportunities to incorporate diverse sets of experiences—in the classroom and on the job. It’s great to a find myself in a community that embraces its diversity of backgrounds, where people are trying to apply their personal passions to a career.” For the longer term, this applies to his future librarianship career, too, Davis-Van Atta recognizes. “It will be interesting to see what role, if any, the publication itself plays in my future career. I suspect it will need to evolve as well. As I start to build a career, I’m certainly looking for organizations and institutions that respond to the Music & Literature project as well as the portfolio of library-based projects I’m building. It’s only natural to look for a place where the journal and the live arts programming around it can further enrich the community I’m serving as a librarian. n
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