I Am ACRL
Kimberly Bailey
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My main job is to provide reference assistance and library instruction to the Pitt-Bradford Community. I serve as the liaison librarian to the biological &
Kimberly Shotick
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Life as an academic librarian for me is about listening, learning, and evolving. The challenges that students face are numerous and varied, and while I
Kristen Cooper
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I have always enjoyed science, and for most of my childhood I wanted to be a marine biologist. Now as an academic librarian, one of
Kristin Williams
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As I'm writing this I'm struggling to find words about life as an academic librarian. We're being asked to stretch already too-thin budgets and making
Kristina Clement
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The university library is the heart of campus--often literally, but more often metaphorically. In my work as a professional librarian, I strive to create a
Kristina De Voe
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I think librarians help shape their campus communities in meaningful ways by bringing together campus stakeholders and furthering dialogue around topics like textbook affordability, information
Kristy Nowak
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I think librarians are well-positioned to make significant contributions to diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice on academic campuses, but we have to focus more
Larry Alford
I have been privileged to witness the technological transformation of libraries and the revolution of how we discover and access information. I began working in
Laura Bowering Mullen
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I have had a wonderful career as an academic science librarian. Over the years, there has always been something exciting happening in science librarianship and
Laura Gariepy
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When I decided somewhat on a whim to go to library school, I never could have imagined what an incredibly fulfilling career I would find
Lauren Tubbs
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Since becoming an academic librarian, I have been able to find my tribe. Finding belonging at one's place of work is a hard dream for
Leslie L. Morgan
In research-based academic institutions, there is tremendous opportunity for instruction librarians-public service librarians, to evolve our efforts to include digital humanities endeavors within our pedagogy
Liana Bayne
One of my favorite parts of academic librarianship is the way in which it touches all areas of a campus – the beautiful way in
Linda Miles
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This stuff is challenging. We get knocked down, but we get back up again--as the song says. We don't do this work for the money
Lisa Campbell
If I could I’d probably put a Leslie Knope gif. To spend each day learning, enabling learning in others, and thinking creatively is a real
Lisa Kallman Hopkins
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As an academic librarian at this particularly unique university, we serve students who are hungry to learn, hungry to have a better life for themselves
Livia Piotto
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My love for books and for the written word has brought me to become a librarian. In my mind the world of libraries was quiet
Lorelei Sterling
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I love my job! My favorite part of my current position is mentoring my staff. I focus quite a bit of time ensuring that I
Lori Birrell
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As academic librarians we tend to focus on the functional aspects of our work, like learning new metadata standards, Open Access models, or active learning
Lorisia MacLeod
Librarianship doesn't stop at the border, so why should I? That's been the phrase I've been using to drive myself to get outside of my
Lu Gao
I come from China. I have earned a B.A. in International Trade and a Masters of Public Administration. My educational and work experiences are cross-cultural
Lucas Berrini
If you had asked me ten years ago if was going to be the ACRL member of the week, I would have laughed you out
Luz Badillo
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My favorite thing about being an academic librarian is the opportunity to support and learn from first-year, first-generation, and prospective transfer students of color. Their
Lynda Kellam
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My favorite thing about librarianship is that every day brings something new, either a new tool, a new person, or a new idea. The field
Lyndon J. Batiste
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As a result of recent social unrest, and systemic injustices that have been under greater scrutiny, I view my life as an academic librarian completely
Lynn A Valetutti
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I constantly attune my leadership skills in our constant world of change, bracing uncertainty, and complexity with creativity to insure my success as librarian.
Lynn Olson Deeken
I’ve always loved the ebb and flow of the academic year, the core tenets of librarianship we practice, and the opportunities to innovate and collaborate
M. Leslie Madden
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I didn't know I wanted to be a librarian until I was halfway through a master's program in English literature. I was working full-time in
Maggie Murphy
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As a visual art librarian, in thinking about generating and facilitating access to information for students, I am really interested in the places where art
Mallary Rawls
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I started my library career as an archive assistant, moved to working as a children's librarian at a public library, then transitioned to working as