Christa (Burns) Porter

Christa (Burns) Porter is the Library Development Director at the Nebraska Library Commission.

From 2015-2017, she was the Library Development Consultant at the Nebraska Library Commission. She provided training and consultation to public libraries applying for E-rate funding and coordinated, produced, and hosted the Commission's weekly webinar series, NCompass Live. She also provided academic library consulting; reviewed and evaluated Library Improvement Grants, Strategic, and Technology Plans; taught Basic Skills Training Courses; and coordinated NebrasKard, Nebraska's statewide library card program.

From 2009 to 2015, she was the Special Projects Librarian for Technology & Access Services at the Nebraska Library Commission. She provided organization, training, and consultation for special projects, such as E-rate, Nebraska Learns 2.0, group purchases of library products and services, and Gates Foundation grants for libraries. In 2009, Christa launched the Commission's weekly webinar series, NCompass Live.

In her first position at the Nebraska Library Commission, she was the OCLC Member Services Coordinator for NEBASE, the OCLC Regional Service Provider for Nebraska, providing support and training on OCLC products and services at conferences and meetings across Nebraska.

Before coming to Nebraska in 2000, Christa spent 8 and 1/2 years at Pace University in Westchester County, NY, starting as a Reference Librarian and working her way up to become Head of Research & Information Services.

She received her MLS from the University of Albany School of Information Science and Policy in 1991, and her BA from the University of Binghamton in English Literature and Folklore.

In her spare time, Christa is a gamer, bibliophile, floriculturist, amateur chef, & cat minion.