As Head of Outreach, Learning & Research Services at the University of Rochester and a former Coordinator of Instruction and Reference Services at SUNY Geneseo, Kim Davies Hoffman is passionate about bringing people together in an educational setting. Studying pedagogical theory from past Library Instruction Coordinator, Dr. Jeffrey Liles, Davies Hoffman has been experimenting and taking risks with interactive lessons and assignments ever since. Her reputation on Geneseo’s campus grew widely, as did her working relationships with faculty members from a variety of academic departments, all leading her to accept her current management position at the University of Rochester. With each new collaboration, word spreads as to the creativity, expertise, and hard work that can be achieved when working with a librarian.
Kim’s CV documents her passions, professional development interests, and work ethic.
e-Merging 
September 18, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Dear Kim,
The Internet has transformed how we communicate with the public, but there are still many challenges in making information easy to find. Since you cover web 2.0 in e-Merging, I thought you might be interested in a study that my nonprofit published this summer about how people find information online. The study covers three groups: non-profit organizations and cities; web designers and firms; and the general public.
The study was fascinating on a number of levels, and I invite you to read the executive summary or download a PDF of the findings at http://www.idea.org/find-information.html .
The survey results sparked ideas about tools we could provide that might make finding information online easier. This fall, we will start beta testing a cool new new navigational tool. I don’t have your email, so if you are interested, you can sign up for our beta here: http://www.spicynodes.org/ or to stay abreast of our (very) occasional new projects, you can get our newsletter here: http://www.idea.org/newsletter.html
Thanks,
Michael