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- Title:
- Marcia Monroe interview
- Interviewee:
- Monroe, Marcia
- Interviewer:
- Hua, Joan, 1989-
- Date Created:
- 2020-05-13
- Role:
- Staff
- Department:
- Library
- Subjects:
- Military Joint Base Lewis–McChord (JBLM) Deborah Stansbury Sunday internet digital age library librarianship nontraditional students student employees Black Student Union (BSU) Lisa Rankin apartheid COVID-19
- Biography:
- Marcia Monroe (b. 1963) is a longtime staff member at University of Washington Tacoma, currently serving in the role of Access Services Supervisor at the Library. She grew up in a military family and has lived in many places, including Maryland, New Jersey, Germany, and Lakewood, Washington. She attended Pacifc Lutheran University in Parkland, Washington, earning her Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. She joined the UW Tacoma staff in 1992 and has trained and mentored numerous student employees since.
- Description:
- Marcia Monroe shares memories from her 28 years of experience working at the UW Tacoma Library. She recounts her introduction to the library profession, and she describes in detail UW Tacoma's initial location in the Perkins Building, located at A Street next to the Thea Foss Waterway. She recalls memorable moments such as meeting and feeling impressed by the first library director, Deborah Stansbury Sunday, and visiting the construction site of what later became the UW Tacoma permanent campus. She reflects on the enormous impact technological advances have had on library services and information access over the past several decades.
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma United States--Maryland United States--New Jersey
- Type:
- Sound; Text; StillImage
- Format:
- cpd
- Preferred Citation:
- University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Tacoma Library, UWTOH202007