Selected projects
Here are some highlights of my work on the job and in the classroom:
Screencast tutorial - demonstration of screencasting using free and low-cost software and tools. October 2011.
Librarianist blog - musings on libraries and the profession, and a place to share ideas. April 2011.
Library photography - part of a series of photos commissioned for the University of Illinois Libraries' Virtual Tour website. May 2010.
Readers' Advisory Guide [PDF] - a pamphlet readers' advisory guide for Nick Hornby's novel A Long Way Down (LIS 590KK). April 2010.
Telling Our Stories [PDF] - a grant proposal for an oral history library outreach program (LIS 505). November 2009. Currently being revised.
jonathanupton.com - this site was created as a professional portfolio and point of contact (LIS 590LWL). August 2009.
Is Google Making Us Stupid? [PDF] - a poster created in response to Nicholas Carr's article (LIS 502). May 2009.
Book selection [PDF] - a proposal for spending $500 on a local history and genealogy collection (LIS 504). April 2009.
Nothing at all will be left unsaid [PDF] - the cover of a zine I helped create for the Champaign-Urbana Books to Prisoners program, compiled from inmates' donated works (LIS 490CE). December 2008.
Home Stories - a prototype internet application ("Facebook for Houses") created by a team of students (LIS 490IT). The original site has been removed, but several design documents [PDF, 5.9 MB] are available. December 2008.