About the Blog

Tech Tips & Timely Tidbits started out as a replacement for a paper newsletter called “Tech Tuesdays” aimed at providing the teachers at Wagener-Salley High School with information about technology, new materials, and the sharing of ideas.  It has since become a personal/professional blog for me to share my thoughts and interests with whomever wishes to visit!

About Me

My name is Heather Loy and I am a library media specialist at Wagener-Salley High School, Wagener, South Carolina (USA).  I’ve been in the “book biz” for longer than I’d care to admit: 12 years working for various bookstores; three years as a substitute at the Richland County Public Library; and six years as an associate team member for Palmetto GBA/BCBS or SC as a Medicare Secondary Payer Team Member (while also working as a bookseller and substitute!)  I soon came to realize that insurance wasn’t my forte, and that working three jobs just to make ends meet was ridiculous, so I enrolled in the College of Library and Information Science at USC and now work at WSHS since 2002!

Accomplishments:

2012-13 SC Association of School Librarians (SCASL) President
2012 SCASL Annual Conference Program Chair
2011-12 SCASL President-Elect
2010-11 SCASL Information Technology Chair
2010-11 SCASL Young Adult Book Award Committee Member
2008-10 SCASL Information Technology Committee Member
2008-09 Aiken County Media Educators (ACME) Treasurer
2006-08 SCASL Young Adult Book Award Committee Member
2004-06 ACME President
2003-06 Library Media Connection Reviewer
2003-04 ACME Vice President

Professional Organizations:

SCASL (member since 2001)
ACME (member since 2002)
American Library Association Member (since 2002)
American Association of School Librarians (since 2002)
Young Adult Library Services Association (since 2002)