Barbara Fister

Barbara Fister
Occupation Librarian, Author
Language English
Nationality American
Education University of Kentucky, B.A., 1976; University of Texas at Austin, M.L.I.S., 1981; Minnesota State University--Mankato, M.A., 1992
Partner William T. Fister

Barbara Fister (born 1954) is an American author, blogger, librarian, and self-proclaimed "curmudgeon-at-large" 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.

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. 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 currently serves as an academic librarian and professor at Gustavus Adolphus College. She has two children, Timothy and Rosemary.[1]

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Novels

Articles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, Biography in Context. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. Fister, Barbara. "barbara fister". Retrieved 12 May 2014.


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