Gender	Female
Industry	Non-Profit
Occupation	Library Scientist
Location	Chicago, IL, United States
Introduction	Awkward Librarian tells it like she says it is.
Interests	library science, information science, web 2.0,readers' advisor, direct RA, indirect RA, book reviews, genre fiction, fiction, gender studies, creative non-fiction, books, narrative non-fiction, reviews, leisure pursuits, relating reading to reality, Children's and Young Adults' library services, awkwardness, timidity
Favorite movies	The Princess Bride, Juno, Shawn of the Dead, Serenity, Lars and the Real Girl, Trans-America
Favorite music	80s, indie, alt.country, AFI, Stars, Tegan and Sara, the weepies, Kathleen Edwards, Ryan Adams,
Favorite books	The Wee Free Men, A Hat Full of Sky, Wintersmith, His Dark Materials, Looking for Alaska, 13 reasons why, The Hunger Games

If you were a pirate, how would you avoid laughing when saying 'poop deck'?

I would relish the knowledge that my body parts were worth money in one of the first documented working insurance contracts.