I am the Deputy University Librarian at the University of California, Merced. I started at UC Merced in 2002, and prior to that I held librarian positions at the Texas Medical Center-Houston Academy of Medicine, University of Houston, and New Mexico State University. I hold two graduate degrees from UC Berkeley and a bachelor's degree from Boise State University. In a previous existence, I was a firefighter on a U.S. Forest Service Hotshot Crew. My research and publishing interests include libraries and information, the literature of the American West, and children's literature.