Graduate Alumni Profiles
Mary Samouelian
Doris Duke Collection Archivist
Duke University
MSLS
2008
Mary Samouelian currently works for Duke University Archives where she is responsible for processing the materials of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Historical Archives, an 800 plus linear foot collection donated to Duke University in...
Kim Duckett
Principal Librarian for Digital Technologies and Learning
North Carolina State University Libraries
MSLS
2001
Duckett works in the Research and Information Department at the NCSU Libraries, where she leads a team focused on instruction, e-learning, and outreach to undergraduates. Her expertise is focused on support of online learning, instructional technologies, and...
Kevin Cherry
Senior Program Officer
Institute of Museum and Library Services
MSLS
2010
Kevin Cherry is Senior Program Officer at the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the chief source of federal support for the nation's 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that...
Larry Alford
Chief Librarian
University of Toronto
MSLS
1977
Larry Alford, the current vice provost for Libraries, university librarian and dean of University Libraries at Temple University, has been named the chief librarian at the University of Toronto. He is set to begin his new seven-year appointment Aug. 1,...
Ketan Palshikar
Premier Field Engineer
Microsoft Corporation
MSIS
2011
Ketan Palshikar was hired by Microsoft Corporation in December 2010 and in February 2011, he physically joined Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer (PFE) based in Charlotte, NC where Microsoft has a office with around 1000 employees. Ketan is part...
Heather McCullough
Professor and Head of Research Services
J. Murrey Atkins Library at UNC Charlotte
MSIS
2007
As Professor and Head of Research Services at UNC Charlotte's J. Murrey Atkins Library, Heather's work involves delivering solutions within a Web-based, search-intensive discovery system and providing user-focused research and instruction services as well as...
Jason Griffey
Head of Library Information Technology
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
MSLS
2004
At the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, Jason is working hard on a number of projects, but the most exciting is the design and construction of the new academic library for the campus, a $48 million dollar structure that is in the 3rd year of planning....
Sarah Snow
Information Management Consultant
Self-Employed
MSIS
2004
Prior to attaining her M.S.I.S. degree at SILS, Sarah had a 20 year career as a network consultant and later business executive for BellSouth, AT&T and MCI. She then became a self-employed Information Management consultant, doing...
Charles B. Lowry
Executive Director
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
MSLS
1974
Charles Lowry's position as the Association of Research Libraries' Executive Director gives him a chance to advance the causes of diversity, assessment, and leadership development within the field of academic librarianship--all areas where ARL plays a vital...
Susan Perry
Information Services Consultant
American University of Paris
MSLS
1966
Susan Perry has been an information services professional since 1966. During her career she has served as the Dean of Libraries and Media Services at The Evergreen State College, The Chief Librarian of the J. Henry Meyer Memorial Library at Stanford...
Vesselina Stoytcheva
President & CEO
VNS Group
MSLS
1999
When SILS Master's students in the library science track envision their future careers, most anticipate working in either academic or public library settings. SILS alumna Vesselina Stoytcheva chose instead to look to the world of small business and the...
Patrick Herron
Research Analyst & Technologist
Duke University
MSIS
2006
As the Research Analyst and Technologist for the Jenkins Chair for New Technologies in Society at Duke University, Herron has continued the work in information sciences and the arts he initially began at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. ...
Davenport (“Dav”) Robertson
Director (retired)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
MSLS
1975
When I entered SILS in 1973 I had never heard of special libraries. When I left in 1975 I had already been working in one for six months. Thirty-five years later I retired after a career spent working in and leading U.S. Government specialized...
Rita Bhattacharyya
Youth Services Librarian
Cary Community Library
MSLS
2005
The Youth Services Librarian at the Cary Community Library in downtown Cary for the past five years, Rita Bhattacharyya works with children and teens ages birth to 18. Her job duties include creating and presenting story times and organizing school-age...
Morgan Stoddard
Reference Librarian and Adjunct Faculty Member
Georgetown Law School
MSLS
2009
Morgan Stoddard, a law librarian and adjunct faculty member at Georgetown University's School of Law, is the first graduate of the MSLS/JD Dual Degree Program offered by SILS and the UNC School of Law.
The degree offers students the opportunity to explore...
Anne Less
Project Manager
Google, Inc. (Mary Davidge Associates)
MSLS
2008
Anne Less develops collaborative knowledge-sharing systems, in order to ensure that teams efficiently and effectively achieve rigorous sustainability goals. She is currently engaged as a consultant to Google, Inc. Anne creates and implements resources...
Luke Miller
Information Architect
Wall Street Journal
MSIS
2010
SILS alumnus Luke Miller is currently an information architect at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in their Online Products department.
Luke primarily works with designers, developers and content providers to curate the online presence of a major...
Sayan Chakraborty
Senior Consultant
Deloitte
MSIS
2006
During his time as a student at SILS, Sayan Chakraborty realized that he loved solving complex questions related to information—particularly those that called for him to pay close attention to the needs of information users. As a senior consultant...
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