Name of Your Library (if applicable):
Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Blog or Personal/Professional Website:
https://eszkirp.com/
About Me:
Elizabeth Szkirpan (she/her) is a library and information studies professional with a research focus on the history of library technical services and business-adjacent practices for academic libraries. She currently works at Harvard Business School's Baker Library, where she assists with collection development, management, and electronic resources licensing.
Her educational background includes a Bachelor's of Journalism (2014) and a Master's of Library and Information Studies (2017) from the University of Oklahoma, along with a Certificate of Project Management from Tulsa Community College (2018). She is also pursuing a Master's of Science in Business Analytics at the University of Tulsa (expected graduation in May 2024).
Elizabeth's diverse library experience includes positions in corporate bookkeeping, congressional archives, and electronic resources licensing. She has previously served as a Reference & Instruction Librarian and co-Technical Services Team Lead and Catalog & Metadata Librarian at Tulsa Community College before becoming the Director of Bibliographic Services and Federal Depository Library Coordinator at the University of Tulsa.