Shaun Bennett
Research Librarian For Business, Education, And Immersive Pedagogy
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area United States
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Top SchoolShaun Bennett is a research librarian and data literacy specialist with eight years at NC State University Libraries, where he liaises with the Poole College of Management and the College of Education and supports campus-wide data literacy initiatives. He blends deep subject expertise in history, business, and education with practical skills across the data lifecycle—finding, cleaning, analyzing, and visualizing datasets—to help researchers turn messy sources into usable insights. Shaun also manages collections and accessibility efforts, contributes to instructional design, and supports maker-style, immersive pedagogy projects that bridge library resources with hands-on learning. His background includes archival research and medieval Latin translation, an unusual scholarly thread that informs his meticulous approach to sourcing and metadata. As an adjunct lecturer and longtime library professional, he pairs classroom teaching with front-line patron support, making scholarly practices more discoverable and usable across campus. Colleagues rely on him for citation management, research strategy, and creative solutions to access and visualization challenges.
8 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Education - MEd, Technology Education, Master of Education - MEd, Technology Education at North Carolina State UniversityBachelor of Arts - BA, Medieval History, Bachelor of Arts - BA, Medieval History at Penn State UniversityMaster of Library & Information Science - MLIS, Library and Information Science, Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS, Library and Information Science at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
English, old norse, Latin, French
Github Skills (8)
loops7
stable7
python6
matplotlib6
data-analysis5
automation5
data-visualization5
numpy4
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
NCSU-Libraries/peer-scholars-workshops
Jan 2020 - Feb 2023
Contributions:18 commits, 16 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
NCSU-Libraries/2018-08-30-NCSU
Aug 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:18 pushes in 21 days
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