University Library News Release

Date: September 25, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, NMSU Library, (505) 646-7492, jcsmith@lib.nmsu.edu

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Library Welcomes New Librarian

The New Mexico State University Library recently welcomed a new librarian. Theresa Valko has joined the Library faculty as the Engineering/Physical Sciences Librarian in the Reference & Research Services Department.

Valko comes to NMSU from the University of Michigan Biological Station, where she has been the Summer Librarian for the past five years. During the academic year, she served as the director of the LOEX (formerly Library Orientation Exchange) Clearinghouse for Library Instruction and as an instruction librarian at Eastern Michigan University. Additionally, she spent a year as a high school teacher in Dearborn, Michigan.

Valko has a master's degree in library and Information science from Wayne State University in Detroit. Her research interests include investigating the value of unpublished student research and writing. Her other interests include creating utilitarian art, playing Scrabble and, now, exploring New Mexico. Valko's office is in Zuhl Library. She may be contacted at tvalko@lib.nmsu.edu.

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