Barbara Fister

Barbara Fister (born 1954) is an American author, blogger, librarian, and self-proclaimed "curmudgeon-at-large" best known for her writing about libraries and the role they play in student learning.[1][2] She is a frequent contributor to Library Babel Fish for Inside Higher Ed as well as ACRLog, a blog by and for academic and research librarians.

Barbara Fister
Born1954 (age 66–67)
OccupationLibrarian, author
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Kentucky, B.A., 1976
University of Texas at Austin, M.L.I.S., 1981
Minnesota State University Mankato, M.A., 1992
PartnerWilliam T. Fister

Life and career

Fister was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1954 to Bruce and Rosemary Westley. She married William T. Fister in 1975, and earned her B.A. from the University of Kentucky the following year.[1] She went on to receive her M.L.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, and her M.A. in English Literature from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1992.[1] Fister currently serves as an academic librarian and professor at Gustavus Adolphus College. She has two children, Timothy and Rosemary.[1]

Selected works

Reference works
  • Third World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to Materials in English (Greenwood Press, 1995)
  • (With Diana Hacker) Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age (St. Martin's, 2010)

Novels
  • Through the Cracks (Minotaur, 2010)
  • In the Wind (Minotaur, 2008)
  • On Edge (Dell, 2002)

Articles

References
  1. Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale, Biography in Context. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  2. Fister, Barbara. "barbara fister". Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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