The Emerging Leaders program “enables librarians and library staff from across the country to participate in project planning workgroups; network with peers; gain an inside look into ALA structure; and have an opportunity to serve the profession in a leadership capacity early in their careers.” (http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=5495)

Toriola is a 1st semester Information Security PhD candidate at CERIAS. Her research topic is “Asset Management: Access and Security Measures for Digital Documents and Archives.” She has a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English with a minor in French from the University of Colorado.

Toriola currently serves on the American Library Association Committee on Professional Ethics. While completing her MLIS she participated in field research at the Pentagon Library in the Technical Services Department.

She also has a website that was part of a Master’s project : http://www.zoo-wiki.com and a Blog: http://zoowiki.blogspot.com.