Jennifer Harbster joined the Library of Congress Science, Technology and Business division as a digital reference specialist fresh out of library school in 2001. She holds bachelor degrees in art history and anthropology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a master's in library science from San Jose State University. She spent her undergraduate years working at the university's slide library, where she found her true calling- becoming a librarian. During her master studies, she worked in a corporate library in Silicon Valley and conducted a practicum at two tribal libraries in San Diego County. Along with her reference duties for the Library's Science Reference Service, she is also the creator of the Library’s Everyday Mysteries Web site, a collection of fun and scientifically interesting questions and answers about everyday phenomena.
Most Recent Posts
- Pic of the Week: Space Shuttle Discovery April 17th, 2012
- The “Stars” of Titanic April 16th, 2012
- Jeanne Guillemin’s “American Anthrax”- A Book Talk March 30th, 2012
- Field of Cherries March 23rd, 2012
- Loving the Stars- Telescopes, from Galileo to James Webb March 16th, 2012
- The Ambitious Girl March 2nd, 2012
- In Celebration of the Father of our Country February 17th, 2012
- Collecting and Preserving Websites February 10th, 2012
- Eleanor Lambert–Empress of Seventh Avenue January 19th, 2012
- Through the Lens of Opera January 5th, 2012
