Langsdale Link
Contents:
- Welcome from the new director
- Alert, Alert!: Tables of Contents and other stuff
- Citing Sources gets Easier with Zotero
- No Parking, No Problem: Save Time and Travel with Langsdale
- Leading Langsdale Library
- Langsdale is looking for a few good books
- New Databases at Langsdale Library
- Meet Our New Staff
Meet our New Staff
Lucy Holman, Library Director
Birthdate: January 23
Hometown: Wrightsville Beach, NC (center of Atlantic "hurricane Alley" – Jim Cantori from the weather channel always films at the end of the street where I grew up.)
Neighborhood now: Original Northwood
My First Job: summer au pair when I was 15
Hobbies: photography, films
Favorite Books: SOOO hard to say
Favorite Authors: Ian McEwan, Salman Rushdie and many more
Favorite Movies: again soooo hard – To Kill a Mockingbird, Rear Window, best one I’ve seen recently is "Tell No One" – I abhor violence so not many mainstream American films
Favorite TV Shows: Lost and embarrassingly, Project Runway (my only reality show fix)
Favorite Website: NPR????
Favorite Foods: eggplant and all desserts!
What I like Best About Baltimore: its neighborhoods and quirkiness
What I like Best about UB: the people!!
I Would Like to Ask Fellow Langsdale Employees: What do they hope the library will be in 10 years?
I wish someone would have asked ...:
What’s something unusual about me :
I have visited 6 of the 7 continents (all except Antarctica), and have sailed around the world!
Aiden Faust, Project Archivist
Birthdate: April 6
Home: Baltimore (Belair-Edison)
My First Job: Worked in a greenhouse
Hobbies: Gardening, reading, photography, neighborhood projects
Favorite Books: Aaron Siskind 100, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, The Delicate Prey,
The Sanctified Church, Nova Express, Sister Outsider, Fun Home, Bitter Milk, A Thousand Plateaus, Baltimore Portraits
Favorite Authors: William S. Burroughs, Audre Lorde, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett
Favorite Movies: Decasia, Fox and His Friends, The Crying Game, Desperate Living
Favorite TV Shows: Torchwood, The Wire, Deadliest Catch
Favorite Websites: worldcat.org, archivesblogs.com, invinciblecities.camden.rutgers.edu
Favorite Foods: Black olives, nectarines, granola, pecan pie
Favorite Quote: "There are years that ask questions and years that answer." –Zora Neale Hurston
What I like Best About Baltimore: The people I've met and the stories they've shared
What I like Best about UB: The commitment to community engagement
I Would Like to Ask Fellow Langsdale Employees: What's your favorite spot in the city and why?
April Duncan, Reference Librarian
Birthdate: January 20th
Hometown: Hamilton, NJ.
Currently: Laurel, MD
My First Job: Waitress at an Ancient Order of Hibernians catering hall
Hobbies: Reading, attempting to cook, fitness, traveling.
Favorite Books: I’ll read just about anything, but I’m particularly fond of Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series—the series take place in Trenton, NJ, which is adjacent to my hometown. They’re fun reads for anyone, but especially for this Jersey girl
Favorite Movies: My current favorite is the Dark Knight.
Favorite TV Shows: Heroes, Jon and Kate Plus 8, pretty much anything on HGTV and the Food Network
Favorite Website: Pandora.com
Favorite Foods: Too many to name! But just to name a few: fruit, pizza, French fries, and coffee (if you can consider that a food).
What I like Best about UB: The friendliness and approachability of library staff.
I Would Like to Ask Fellow Langsdale Employees: What is your favorite area restaurant?