Jessamyn West
Vermont librarian and technologist; ran MetaFilter and writes librarian.net.
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- Jessamyn West is an American library technologist and writer who works on the digital divide.
- She started librarian.net in 1999.
- She was Director of Operations at MetaFilter from 2005 to 2014 and owned the site from 2022 to 2024.
- She lives in Randolph, Vermont, where she teaches people to use computers and is an elected Justice of the Peace.
- In 2023 she joined the Flickr Foundation as community manager for Flickr Commons.
Key facts
- Born
- 5 September 19681
- Education
- Hampshire College; Master of Librarianship, University of Washington1
- MetaFilter
- Director of Operations 2005 to 20141
- Owned MetaFilter
- 2022 to 20242
- Work
- Library and community-engagement consulting; Wikipedia, Flickr Foundation and Internet Archive's Open Library2
- Civic
- Elected Justice of the Peace, Randolph, Vermont2
- Blog
- librarian.net, from 19991
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