Laura Bowering Mullen
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Prepared, engaged, friendly.
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I am reading "Reassembling Scholarly Communications: Histories, Infrastructures, and Global Politics of Open Access" (Martin Paul Eve & Jonathan Gray, eds.), "The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey, 1775-1865" (James J. Gigantino II, author), and "Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over" (Nell Painter, author).
Inclusive, forward-thinking, fun.
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ACRL has always been THE organization for academic librarians, and for me has been a great way to to meet colleagues and to collaborate with others in the profession. I have enjoyed and appreciated the leadership opportunities that I've been able to pursue as well as the professional relationships that have grown out of my membership in ACRL.
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My contribution as a science librarian has always been varied and dynamic, whether assisting researchers with discovery of relevant material, building research-level collections in my subject specialty, keeping up with discipline-specific scholarly communication and open science issues, or doing workshops on open access, while always bringing a perspective from outside service and scholarship to my local role as a library faculty member.
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I have had a wonderful career as an academic science librarian. Over the years, there has always been something exciting happening in science librarianship and scholarly communication, and there have always been new avenues and interests to explore. The learning is constant, and what could be better than that? I am especially committed to, and enjoy immensely my work in areas of open access, including OA policymaking and implementation at Rutgers. I have a real passion for this work.
Credentials:she, her
Title:Behavioral Sciences Librarian; Open Access Specialist
Workplace:Rutgers University Library of Science and Medicine
Location:Piscataway, NJ