Skidmore Spotlight: Adam Cottle
Adam Cottle, metadata librarian at the Lucy Scribner Library, leads a small team of catalogers who prepare library materials for student and faculty researchers.
Cottle worked in several academic libraries before joining Skidmore in January 2020.
鈥淪kidmore鈥檚 reputation as a renowned liberal arts college first drew me to the school. The liberal arts curriculum empowers young scholars to critically navigate our disorienting world,鈥� he said. 鈥淎dditionally, I love history and nature. This part of the country has plenty to explore in both aspects.鈥�
Although library cataloging is a very old profession. Cottle said the field is undergoing major transformations that improve the library research experience through web-based technologies.
Shortly after arriving on campus, Cottle shifted to working remotely. 鈥淚 had barely settled into my office before the pandemic upended all of our lives,鈥� Cottle said. 鈥淚 have spent more time on campus in the past two months than over the entire past year. I have enjoyed being in the presence of my colleagues at the library. Zoom is a great tool, but I am happy to be able to see my co-workers in person. I am looking forward to the upcoming fall semester as it will be my first 鈥榬eal鈥� semester on campus.鈥�
In his free time, Cottle enjoys spending time in nature. An amateur musician, he plays guitar, drums, and keyboards.
鈥淎nything I can get my hands on, basically. I also love synthesizers. My inner nerd enjoys the programmatic logic required to operate them,鈥� he quipped.
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