After realizing the missing piece for helping people lied in connecting them to the internet in order to expand their knowledge, Jay Devaughn noticed in a University of Alabama Alumni publication that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation was funding a full scholarship at the University of Alabama's School of Information Studies for a student to earn the MLIS degree. He knew that with this particular degree, he could have the knowledge needed to expand his idea of research access and because he had earned his undergraduate degree in Social Work from the University of Alabama, he knew he had to apply.
Jay Devaughn applied and won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, and earned his MLIS degree in 1999. In 2000, he then moved to Portland, Oregon, where he worked as a Reference/Information Specialist, teaching the public how to use Google and other search engines. At the time, the majority of the public did not know how to research using the internet. At the time, these were new technologies. After that, he then moved on to the Louisville Free Public Library system.
The Louisville Free Public Library funded, through its foundation, four Computer Training Centers where the public could take free classes in Microsoft Office and Internet Searching. Jay Devaughn developed and taught these information literacy classes as well as classes in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint, as well as HTML for beginners.
Jay Devaughn applied and won the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant, and earned his MLIS degree in 1999. In 2000, he then moved to Portland, Oregon, where he worked as a Reference/Information Specialist, teaching the public how to use Google and other search engines. At the time, the majority of the public did not know how to research using the internet. At the time, these were new technologies. After that, he then moved on to the Louisville Free Public Library system.
The Louisville Free Public Library funded, through its foundation, four Computer Training Centers where the public could take free classes in Microsoft Office and Internet Searching. Jay Devaughn developed and taught these information literacy classes as well as classes in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Powerpoint, as well as HTML for beginners.
