Meet the New(ish) Librarians

InULA is an organization focused on the librarian not the library, the person not the job. In the interest of getting to know each other better as peeople, InULA Notes imposed on several new(ish) librarians to share some of their personal history and interests.

Steven Robert Miller, Reference Librarian, Ruth Lilly Law Library, Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis, as of August 8, 2007

Where did you go to library school? Dominican University (M.A.L.I.S.) Law school? The John Marshall Law School (Chicago) (J.D.) Other graduate school. Northwestern University (M.Sc.)

What are you reading? What is at home by your bedside or comfy chair? P. Elizabeth Anderson. The Powerful Bond between People and Pets : Our Boundless Connections to Companion Animals. Westport, Conn. : Praeger 2008. Robert Frost. "A Boy's Will." New York : Henry Holt & Co. 1915.

Is there any professional literature that has recently caught your interest? Cynthia Kemper, "At the Heart of a Law School," 12(7) AALL Spectrum 14-15 (May 2008).

What music are you listening to? The Eagles' latest album, "Long Road Out of Eden" (2007).

What is the last movie you saw? "The Great Debaters" (2007) Was it in a theater or on DVD? DVD

Hobbies? Obsessions? Interests? Fishing, chess, checkers, Sudoku, crossword puzzles, sporting events, Kiwanis, and keeping dogs.

Eric Snajdr, Assistant Librarian, Liaison to the Department of Psychology and also the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IUPUI

When did you start? March 3, 2008

Where did you go to library school? SLIS Bloomington

What are you reading? What is at home by your bedside or comfy chair? Thai language books, Men's Health magazine, and I am rereading a favorite book… Flow : the psychology of optimal experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

Is there any professional literature that has recently caught your interest? All things dealing with information literacy, scientific communication, scientific productivity, and citation analysis. Here are a few...

• A tale of two citations Nature 2008 by Mounir Errami and Harold Garne
• Towards an understanding of information literacy in context: Implications for research. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 2008 by Anne Lloyd and Kirsty Williamson
• Information Literacy from the Trenches: How Do Humanities and Social Science Majors Conduct Academic Research College & Research Libraries preprint by Alison Head.

Hobbies? Obsessions? Interests? Swimming, biking out on country roads, various other sports, and just about anything outdoorsy.

Susan Boland, Head of Information Services at the Ruth Lilly Law Library, Indiana University School of Law -- Indianapolis

When did you start? January 14, 2008.

Where did you go to library school? University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

What are you reading? What is at home by your bedside or comfy chair? Harlan Coben's Promise Me and Robert Crais' The Watchman

Is there any professional literature that has recently caught your interest? I enjoy articles about libraries and technology, especially technology and teaching.

What music are you listening to? I've been flashing back to the 80s lately.

What is the last movie you saw? Was it in a theater or on DVD? Enchanted on DVD.

Hobbies? Obsessions? Interests? I enjoy gardening, reading, playing with my niece and nephew, and spending quality lounging time with my cat and dog.