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Michael Angel

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Lisa Bilowith

Biography

Lisa is a part-time Circulation Coordinator and Champlain College graduate of the class of 1985.

What are your hobbies?

Hiking, Cooking, Reading, Knitting, Cribbage, Kayaking, Snorkeling

Tell us about your favorite local eateries and things to do in Vermont:

Any kind of woods or lake walk. Local farm to table eateries.

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Robin Bissett

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Robin Bissett is a writer, editor, and teacher based in Burlington. She earned her MFA in Fiction from the University of Montana.

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Nick Faulk

Biography

Nick Faulk leads Champlain College Library’s in-person and online instructional programs. These initiatives develop students’ skills in information literacy and digital scholarship methods through in-class sessions and online learning objects. He is particularly interested in helping faculty and students explore techniques for integrating computer programming and geospatial methods with more traditional library research methods. Additional interest areas include motivation and communication in online learning scenarios and the development of digital collections and interactive spaces to teach sociocultural topics. He has been connected with libraries for his entire life as a third-generation library employee.

Publications & Abstracts

• Faulk, N. & Crist, E. (2020, Apr.). A mixed-methods study of library communication with online students and faculty members. College & Research Libraries, 81(3), 361-377.
• Faulk, N., & Carbery, A. (2019). Using motivation theory and research when teaching information literacy online. In S. Steiner & M. Rigby (Eds.), Motivating students on a time budget: Pedagogical frames and lesson plans for in-person and online information literacy instruction. Chicago, IL: ACRL Press.
• Faulk, N. (2018). Bringing scale and structure to the online information literacy program. Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning, 12(3-4), 198-208.
• Faulk, N. (2018, Apr.). What faculty have to say about library outreach. College & Research Libraries News, 79(4), 193-196.

Favorite Quote

“Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once”¦ and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.”

—An “old riff” as interpreted by Susan Sontag

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Marla Goldstein

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Quite a few years ago, Marla was a reference department assistant in high school until she graduated and left home for college. She has always appreciated the wonder, resourcefulness, and peaceful environment of a library, and was thrilled when a part time position opened at MIC. Outside of the library you can find Marla walking down by the lake and talking on the phone with her long distance friends, using her air fryer, and watching niche YouTube videos of international homesteading, gardening, and off-grid living.

What are your hobbies?

Experimental/maximalist fashion, closet organizing, swimming in rivers with flippers and goggles, playing Koosh with my best friend Sarah, talking on the phone, listening to gossip podcasts, painting decorative birdhouses and stretching

Tell us about your favorite local eateries and things to do in Vermont:

Pho Hong, Namaste Garden in Essex, Athens Diner, and A Single Pebble.

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Natasha Murray

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Natasha joined the library team as the Sr. Administrative Coordinator in 2015; in her current role, she manages multiple processes within the Miller Information Commons and serves as a key liaison between the Library and other campus offices. She also serves on various Staff Council committees including Staff Welfare & Advocacy and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. When not at Champlain, she enjoys making memories with her family and friends.

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Nicholas Pierce

Biography

Nick is the current Access Services Manager for the Champlain College Library at the Miller Information Commons, and has held a career in academic libraries for over 15 years. He’s worked at several institutions- Skidmore, Babson, UVM, and most recently, Yale. Nick loves leading and managing teams focused in access services and collections management, but he also has experience in interlibrary loan, preservation, and reference work. He lives in South Hero with his wife, Julia, who works as a wedding photographer, and their 3-year-old rescue pup Pickles. Nick is absolutely thrilled to be joining, contributing to and serving the Champlain community.

Hobbies

Hiking with my wife Julia & Pickles the pup, homebrewing, reading!

Favorite Local Eateries & Things to do in Vermont

Two Heroes Brewery, Winooski River Walk, Colchester Pond, Museum of Everyday Life!

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Celia Russell

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Aubrie Sauer

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Aubrie was born and raised in Southern Vermont where she developed her love of history from learning about local Revolutionary War battles. She earned her bachelor’s degrees in History and in Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures at the University of Rochester in 2016. In 2017, Aubrie moved to Boston to attend graduate school at Simmons University where she graduated in 2021 with dual-masters degrees in History (MA) and in Library and Information Science: Archives Management (MS).

After finishing graduate school, Aubrie moved back to Vermont and into the Burlington area. She began working at Champlain College shortly thereafter in 2022 in the position she currently holds as a circulation coordinator at the Champlain College Library.

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Dillon Toole

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Following his graduation from Champlain College in 2020, Dillon pursued a career in film equipment rental houses in both Los Angeles and New York City. After accumulating several years of experience, he returned to Burlington as the new Senior Coordinator for the Champlain College Equipment Rental House. Dillon is also an Adjunct Faculty member and freelance writer, director, and cinematographer.

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