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 people, InULA Notes imposed on several new(ish) librarians to share some of their personal history and interests. Read on to learn about Scott M. Sandberg (IUN), Jessica Trinoskey (IUPUI), and Malia Wiley (IUB).

Scott Michael Sandberg, Visiting Assistant Librarian, IU Northwest

Where did you go to library school? University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

What are you reading? What is at home by your bedside or comfy chair? "Writing New York: A Literary Anthology,” by Phillip Lopate.

Is there any professional literature that has recently caught your interest? “Improving the Student Experience – How Can the Library Help,” by Jean Sykes

What music are you listening to? Ministry of Sound 2009.

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

Hobbies? Obsessions? Interests? Bottle collecting; photography; skiing; bird watching; gardening.

Jessica Trinoskey, Business Librarian, University Library, IUPUI

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? Current issues of National Geographic and Entertainment Weekly.

Is there any professional literature that has recently caught your interest? I’ve been reading up on information literacy in the workplace.

What music are you listening to? Day & Age by The Killers.

What is the last movie you saw? Was it in a theater or on DVD? The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (I have a toddler).

Hobbies? Obsessions? Interests? Walking, baking, playing outside.

Malia Willey, Visiting Assistant Librarian for History, Religious Studies, Classical Studies, and History and Philosophy of Science, Wells Library, Bloomington

When did you start? August 2009.

Where did you go to library school? Indiana University.

What are you reading? What is at home by your bedside or comfy chair? Neil Gaimon’s The Graveyard Book (2008).

Is there any professional literature that has recently caught your interest? Cohen, D.J., et al. (2008). Interchange: The promise of digital history. Journal of American History 95(2): 452-491..

What music are you listening to? Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Cole Porter Songbook.

What is the last movie you saw? Was it in a theater or on DVD? Prince Caspian, but I wasn’t a fan.

Hobbies? Obsessions? Interests? Trying new teas and spices, television mystery series, costume drama, herding my two cats.

Are you new or do you know a new librarian that we should contact? Let us know! Send an e-mail to Emily Okada, okada@indiana.edu.