Posted 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 6, 2024
Murphy Library's intern
By Teri Holford, interim Outreach Librarian
Meet CJ Trussoni, graduate student at UW Madison who is conducting her Master’s of Library & Information Science practicum at Murphy Library this semester, spending time on various projects in many units of the library, learning about what that unit does and how it fits into the bigger picture of the complex running of an academic library.
Tell us more about yourself?
I am in the last semester of my master's program for Library and Information Science. I love gardening, listening to music, and have a particular weakness for Batman comics.
What are you currently doing or working on? What’s something you really like about it?
Currently I'm working on developing weeding guidelines for the Murphy Library, and other unit specific projects.
How did you get interested in librarianship?
I got interested in librarianship through volunteering. I'd always loved libraries and spent many hours in them when I was young. After getting my undergraduate degree, I volunteered at Viterbo’s academic library and learned that I really enjoyed it.
It’s the weekend and it’s raining. What’s on your agenda?
If it's raining on the weekend I am curled up under a blanket playing a video game (slowly plugging away at Elden Ring) or card games with friends.
It’s the weekend and it’s sunny. The day is yours. What will you do?
If it's sunny, I'm probably working on my garden. I love growing all kinds of herbs, fruits and vegetables. The squirrels keep eating my tomatoes, but it will NOT stop me from trying. I have more luck with the cucumbers.
What have you read or watched recently that you’d recommend?
So, recently I've been reading The Elric Saga by Michael Moorcock. It's a sword and sorcery fantasy series that I'd recommend to fans of the genre. In what free time I have I've been watching "Murder She Wrote" a murder mystery series starring Angela Lansbury.
You walk into a bookstore with no agenda. Where will you head first?
Hmm. Walking into a bookstore, I'd probably look over at the books on botany/gardening first. That or if any interesting cover draws my attention.
Fun fact about yourself?
Some fun facts about myself are that I can play the ukulele and am (trying) to teach myself how to skateboard. Emphasis on the 'trying'.
You just found out you can time travel. Where would we expect a postcard from?
Oh great question about time travel! Probably the turn of the century, as I'd like to see the steamboats.
Favorite pizza place in La Crosse?
My favorite pizza place in La Crosse has to be Polito's.