The Library bids a big welcome to two new reference librarians!
John Kupersmith and Cathy Lu joined Doe Library's Research &
Information Services unit in mid-February. Appointed through the
calendar year, they will be the primary providers of evening and
Saturday reference service.
John is a recent arrival in the Bay
Area by way of Reno, Nevada, where he worked for several years as
Internet Services Librarian for the Washoe County Library. His
previous Library experience includes five years as Reference
Librarian at the University of Pennsylvania and thirteen years at
the University of Texas at Austin where he wore many hats:
Assistant for Public Service Programs, Assistant for Computer-
based Information Services, Networked Information Services
Coordinator, Networked Information Support Specialist
(telecommuting, no less). In these positions, John has acquired
significant experience in reference and instruction, systems
design and management, and computer-based information services.
On
the side, and in between, John managed to serve as Adjunct Faculty
for the Office of Management Services (ARL) participating in
teaching Basic Management Skills Institutes, as well as designing
and teaching Training Skills Institutes. John's academic training
includes BA, University of Washington, MA, Brown University
(English literature) and MLS, Rutgers University. He is eager to
put his training and experience to use in the Berkeley context.
Many of you need no introduction to Cathy Lu, who has been in the
UCB Library system since 1992 working as Interlibrary Loan
Supervisor in Doe Library until moving over to to the George
& Mary Foster Anthropology Library as Operations Manager in 1998.
Accepted into the San Jose State library science program in 1996,
Cathy undertook her studies while working full time for the
Library, finally completing her coursework this past Spring. She
researched her thesis Asian Student-User Behavior in Academic
Libraries: A Case Study of Indochinese Students at San Jose State
University and University of California, Berkeley, during the
summer and filed it this past fall. She has a B.S. in Business
Administration (Aquinas College).
Cathy's new position is her
first step into the wide wonderful world of academic
librarianship. She is looking forward to learning how it's done at
Berkeley, and hoping to make use of her library experience,
background in public relations and her language skills
(Vietnamese, Chinese, Cantonese, and Mandarin).
Imani Abalos
Head, RIS
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