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JADE ABOUT ME  
Hi! I’m Jaidyn Smith, a MSLIS at University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign. I’ve been making forever and helping in libraries since the age of 16. My current focus right now is creating/ promoting programs that promotes the library as a creative space.





When I was making a poster for the Main Library’s
zine cart at Skeuomorph Press which is in the Fab Lab.
Weird how life intersects.


Casual Class Fit...(New!) For Fall 2025, I’ll be

Still on the Zine Team and Supervising at Ricker
A Practicum Student at Skeuomorph Press and on Semester 2 as Secretary for Skeuomorphics Club
Still an Engagement GA at the FabLab (Ask me how to use the lasercutter!)
Some other stuff I can’t quite say, yet ;)

For Summer 2025, I’ll be


A Graduate Assistant at the CU Fab Lab
Helping out at the BookLab Intensive (Yay!)
Apprenticing at Fresh Press

For Spring 2025, My Positions are

Zine Team at UIUC Library
Graduate Supervisor at Ricker Library of Architecture and Art
Graduate Coordinator for America Reads, America Counts
Secretary for the Skeuomorphics club





Outside of work I love
Making Zines and other weird art
Going to the theater (#AMCA-LISTER)
Hiking
Reading People’s personal, niche, forgotten blogs on stuff they like
Spending an abnormal amount of money on stamps because I still mail letters
Over-analyzing my music listening statistics
Stuff I’m sure is like totally helpful in the workplace (if you’re looking into hiring me)