ATG Star of the Week: Amy Hoseth, Colorado State University

Name: Amy Hoseth
Title: Assistant Professor / Liaison Librarian
Organization: Colorado State University
Address: Morgan Library, 1019 Campus Delivery
Fort Collins, CO 80523
Phone: 970-491-4326
Email: amy.hoseth@colostate.edu

Born and Lived: I was born in Evanston, Illinois, but I grew up in Bloomington, Minnesota.

Professional Career and Activities: I worked in public relations and employee communications for a DC-based telecom firm from 1995-2002. In 2002 I joined the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and handled communications for the LibQual+® project while simultaneously pursuing my MLS degree at the University of Maryland. I received my degree in 2005, and in the spring of 2006 I accepted my current position with the Colorado State University Libraries.

Family: Husband, Chad (also employed at CSU) and two sons

In My Spare Time: Running, high-altitude baking, and spending time with my family and friends

Pet peeves: Bad grammar

Favorite Books: Personal History, by Katharine Graham; The Road, by Cormac McCarthy; The Passage, by Justin Cronin; No Ordinary Time, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

How/Where Do I See the Industry in Five Years: I think we’re at a very interesting point in the information industry. I expect current trends (online access to resources, growing demand for e-books, etc.) to accelerate in the next five years. I don’t expect library budgets to increase much, if at all, during that same period, so libraries will have to be increasingly selective in terms of what they purchase, and what they make available to users through interlibrary loan and other methods. I suspect that libraries are in the process of a shift away from owning content, and towards facilitating access. It will be interesting to see how that plays out, especially as non-library entities such as Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook shape user expectations regarding access to information in the digital environment.