Lauren Collister

Greater Pittsburgh Area, PA United States

Scholarly Communications Librarian at University of Pittsburgh

Education

In my work, I have made it my mission to promote the use and understanding of digital culture and tools. Most recently, I have turned my focus to scholarly communication and advocacy for Open Access. I work in an academic library, working to make the research of my university as accessible as possible to scholars around the world. This interest stems from my background as a scholar. As a researcher, my goal is to further the scholarly understanding of digital societies by researching how language is used as a social tool in online environments. By focusing on online gaming, I study cases where language and communication are not the primary focus of interaction. The activity-based natur...