Yitzhak “Yitzy” Paul is the Unit Head and Assistant Professor for Emerging Technologies and Experiential Learning at Boise State University’s Albertsons Library, where he leads the MakerLab and supports hands-on, technology-rich learning across campus and the wider community. He joined Boise State in August 2020 as an Instruction Librarian for the MakerLab and was appointed unit head two years later. Before coming to Boise State, he worked at the University of Maryland, College Park Libraries, where he focused on media and maker technologies, and earned both his B.A. in Cinema and Media Studies and his Master of Library and Information Science with a focus on makerspaces in academic libraries.

Through the MakerLab, Yitzy has supported a range of campus and community collaborations, including curricular partnerships that integrate MakerLab technologies into classroom projects and applied, hands-on work with partners such as Zoo Boise, the Idaho State Museum, and St. Luke’s Rehabilitation. These collaborations help students, faculty, and community partners use emerging technologies to address creative and real-world problems while expanding access to technical and creative resources. His research explores research data management, vintage technologies in makerspaces, high-impact and equitable practices for student workers, creative-space staffing models, and the intersection of art and science in makerspaces.