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Buffy Hamilton
Buffy Hamilton is the founding librarian of “The Unquiet Library” at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia. Hamilton, who earned her Ed.S. in Instructional Technology and School Library Media at the University of Georgia in 2005, taught high school English courses and served as an educational technology specialist for the Cherokee County School District before deciding she wanted to be a librarian when she grew up. She is passionate about creating library experiences for her students that will encourage them to be lifelong learners and advocating for the power of the library in her community. She collaborates extensively with the teachers and students in her school to create learning experiences to foster students’ information fluency and digital citizenship, the cultural capital students need to fully participate in today’s society. In addition, she works with students to help them create personal learning networks, engage in inquiry, to produce and share knowledge, and to harness the power of technology through more in-depth collaborative efforts like the Media 21 initiative. She also shares and teaches through her work as a keynote speaker, workshop consultant, adjunct trainer, and guest speaker. Buffy also participates in the library community through professional publications, state and national conferences presentations, and through social media in her personal learning network; she also blogs at The Unquiet Librarian. Buffy’s professional interests include applications of Web 2.0 tools in library programs and instruction, participatory librarianship, an inquiry stance on traditional and new literacies, social scholarship, libraries as sponsors of multiple literacies, social media, and connectivism.
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