Buffy J. 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; she collaborates extensively with the teachers and students in her school to create learning experiences to foster students’ information fluency and digital citizenship skills, the cultural capital students need to fully participate in today’s society. She blogs at The Unquiet Librarian as well as ALA Learning. Hamilton also serves as Communications Coordinator/Chair for the Georgia Library Media Association, Social Media Chair for the AASL National Conference 2011 Committee and is a member of the Interdivisional Committee on Information Literacy AASL / ACRL.
Buffy is one of Tech and Learning's 30 EdTech Leaders of the Future, Georgia (GLMA and GAIT) School Library Media Specialist of the Year 2010, and one of the National School Boards Association's "20 to Watch" educators for 2010; her media program at Creekview HS was also named one of two exemplary high school programs for the state of Georgia in 2010. Her Media 21 program is also an ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) 2011 Cutting Edge Service Award winner. Buffy is also a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and recognized for her work as a change agent.
Buffy’s professional interests include applications of cloud computing and social media tools in library programs and instruction, participatory librarianship, an inquiry stance on traditional and new literacies, social scholarship, libraries as sponsors of multiple literacies, and connectivism.
Buffy is one of Tech and Learning's 30 EdTech Leaders of the Future, Georgia (GLMA and GAIT) School Library Media Specialist of the Year 2010, and one of the National School Boards Association's "20 to Watch" educators for 2010; her media program at Creekview HS was also named one of two exemplary high school programs for the state of Georgia in 2010. Her Media 21 program is also an ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) 2011 Cutting Edge Service Award winner. Buffy is also a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and recognized for her work as a change agent.
Buffy’s professional interests include applications of cloud computing and social media tools in library programs and instruction, participatory librarianship, an inquiry stance on traditional and new literacies, social scholarship, libraries as sponsors of multiple literacies, and connectivism.
- 2011 //Library Journal// Mover and Shaker
- American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) Cutting Edge Library Service Award
- 2010-11 GLMA/GAIT Georgia Library Media Association/Georgia Association for Instructional Technology School Library Media Specialist of the Year
- National School Boards Association Technology Leadership Network "20 to Watch" 2010
- Tech and Learning's 100@30: Future Leader
- 2010 Georgia Exemplary High School Media Program
- 2010 GLMA North Central Georgia District Media Specialist of the Year
- 2010 Teacher of the Year Finalist, Creekview High School
- 2009 Edublogs Nominee for Best Library Blog and Best Librarian Blog
- 2009 Teacher of the Year Finalist, Creekview High School
- 2008 Golden Apple Teacher, Polaris Evening School
- 2005-2006 University of Georgia Outstanding Ed.S. Student, Instructional Technology-School Library Media
- 2005 University of Georgia, Graduate of Distinction
