Stanford Libraries Blog

Please join me to send a warm welcome to Brian Kerrick, who joined Stanford Libraries as the new associate director for facilities and capital planning on July 8^th. A former Seattleite, Brian earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Washington where he continued working in Facilities Services & Planning.

Dads wearing socks with sandals, singing aloud (really loud) with your favorite songs, racing to beat your older sister at collecting all the letters of the alphabet from road signs, moms taking pictures, a favorite pillow forgotten at the motel, brothers silently poking you in the backseat, or the best BLT in the world from a small town diner.

Becky Fischbach has designed publications and exhibitions for Stanford Libraries’ Special Collections for nearly 30 years. In 2017, she received an Amy J. Blue Award, which honors Stanford staff members who are exceptionally dedicated, supportive of colleagues and passionate about their work. In this interview conducted during the Green Library Centennial and on the eve of her retirement, she maps the course of the exhibition program from a fateful day in 1989 to 2019 and beyond.

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