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Class Notes

Roberts, Joseph (Class of 2011) 2 weeks 3 days ago

Joseph Roberts ('11) and his wife, Laura, welcomed their second daughter, Colleen Grace, on April 16. Colleen joins older sister Margaret Rose, age 3. Joseph is an information services librarian at Ball State University.

Conley, James (Class of 2013) 3 weeks 4 days ago

James Conley (MS '13) has been hired as the media services librarian for Loyola University's Cudahy Library at the Chicago Lake Shore Campus. His academic interests range from film and video preservation, to media copyright law, to digitization and streaming content. He has previously served at the UIC Richard J. Daley Library for six years as a library specialist and media manager.

Toups, Megan (Class of 2011) 3 weeks 4 days ago

Megan Toups (MS '11) started as an instruction/liaison librarian at Trinity University in San Antonio where she works with faculty and students in biology, chemistry, geosciences, and environmental sciences. In addition, she is working with a team to set up data support services at Trinity.

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