Barbara Fister

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Barbara Fister
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Born1954 (age 7071)
Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
OccupationLibrarian, author
LanguageEnglish
Education University of Kentucky (BA)
University of Texas at Austin (MLIS)
Minnesota State University, Mankato (MA)

Barbara Fister (born 1954) is an American author, blogger, librarian, best known for her writing about libraries and the role they play in student learning. [1] [2] She is a frequent contributor to Library Babel Fish for Inside Higher Ed as well as ACRLog, a blog by and for academic and research librarians.

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Life and career

Fister was born in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1954 to Bruce and Rosemary Westley. She married William T. Fister in 1975, and earned her B.A. degree from the University of Kentucky the following year. [1] She went on to receive her M.L.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, and her M.A. in English Literature from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1992. [1] Fister was an academic librarian and professor at Gustavus Adolphus College, and now holds the rank of Professor Emerita. She is a Project Information Literacy [3] Scholar in Residence. She has two children, Timothy and Rosemary. [1]

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Novels

Articles and essays

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, Biography in Context. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  2. Fister, Barbara. "barbara fister" . Retrieved May 12, 2014.
  3. "Barbara Fister – Project Information Literacy" . Retrieved March 8, 2023.