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Tammy Siebenberg
MLIS, 1999
Tammy was promoted to Director of Library & Media Services at Yakima Valley Community College in May 2015.
Kathy Swart
MLIS, 1999
Kathy published a conference proceedings paper in Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (LXII) and has a book chapter in the 2020 ACRL publication, Intersections of Open Educational Resources and Information Literacy.
Traci Timmons
MLIS, 1999
Traci published "The New Art Museum Library" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021) which addresses the issues facing today's art museum libraries through a series of scholarly essays written by top librarians in the field. More at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538135693/The-New-Art-Museum-Library.
Susan Anderson-Newman
MLIS, 1998
Susan was identified by Library Journal as a 2013 Mover and Shaker for her work as an Early Learning Supervising Librarian, and former storyteller, in the Pierce County Library System.
Zoe Holbrooks
MLIS, 1998
In 2012, Zoe was accepted into the University of Washington's Nonprofit Management Certificate program and plans to establish a non-profit organization based on a project that she and her iSchool colleagues developed in 1998. The Talking Leaves Book Giveaway Project collects and distributes books and other materials to Native communities throughout the nation.
Cass Mabbott
MLIS, 1998
Cass is now the children's services coordinator for the King County Library System.
Amy Roberts
MLIS, 1998
Amy recently completed 15 years of service as a children's librarian at the Maverick Branch of the San Antonio Public Library. She is also serving a three-year term on TLA's Children's Round Table 2x2 Committee, reading and selecting titles for children ages 2 to second grade.
Carol Shenk
MLIS, 1998
Carol is the King County (WA) Archivist.
Meg Westbury
MLIS, 1998
After a career of working in academic libraries, Meg received her Ph.D. in 2020. As of 2024, she has been a part-time lecturer in the MA in Library and Information Studies program at University College London. Meg has also served as the managing editor of the Journal of Information Literacy.
Elena Bianco
MLIS, 1997
Elena is in her sixth year as the Technical Services Librarian at Skagit Valley College in Mount Vernon, WA, and she splits her time between Mount Vernon and Bellingham, where her partner Rob is a high school teacher and author of young adult fiction. For relaxation, Ellen enjoys hiking, gardening, volunteering outdoors, and spending time with friends and family.