Michael Pate
Librarian at South Florida State College
Avon Park, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Pate is a seasoned librarian with 11 years in higher education and over two decades across academic, public, and K–12 libraries, currently serving at South Florida State College. He combines deep reference and cataloging expertise with technical fluency—grounded in a Computer Information Systems degree and hands-on roles as a computer support specialist and technical services assistant—to streamline access to print, electronic, and multimedia collections. Michael has led collection development, acquisitions, and weeding initiatives while supporting faculty, students, and researchers in information literacy and digital resource use. Comfortable bridging front-line patron service and back-office systems, he fosters inclusive, community-focused library environments and promotes lifelong learning. An early adopter of integrated learning systems in schools, he brings a pragmatic blend of educational practice and library science to modernize services.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
MA, Library & Information Science, MA, Library & Information Science at University of South FloridaAA, General Education, AA, General Education at South Florida State CollegeDiploma, Diploma at Avon Park High SchoolBS, Computer Information Systems, BS, Computer Information Systems at Webber International University
Github Skills (6)
plugin5
textpattern4
windows4
wsl23
android1
accelerated-mobile-pages1
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
mkp-textpattern/mkp_url_parameters
Oct 2014 - Jun 2016
Contributions:20 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 7 months
mkp-textpattern/mkp_version
Jul 2015 - Mar 2017
Contributions:28 commits, 1 PR, 27 pushes in 1 year 8 months
version-numberplugintextpatterntextpattern-plugintags
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