Andrew Johnson is an emerging technologies librarian who leads the Makerspace at the University of Georgia’s McBay Science Library. (Photo by Dorothy Kozlowski/UGA)
Andrew Johnson isn’t just a thinker. He’s also a doer.
A first-generation college student who worked in an auto body shop while falling in love with literature, Johnson’s unconventional academic path and eclectic interests laid the foundation for his career as the emerging technologies librarian who leads the Makerspace at the University of Georgia’s McBay Science Library.
“I’ve been involved with making for as long as I can remember,” Johnson said. “My dad put tools in my hands at an early age and taught me how to use them. He instilled the values of being organized and spending effort creating high-quality items and fixing things properly.”
Not long after high school, Johnson withdrew…
