Meet Us Monday - Ed Cherry

 

Of all the resources the Samford University Library makes available to its users, among our most important and valuable are our people! Our #MeetUsMonday series offers a weekly glimpse behind the scenes by spotlighting the various people who work tirelessly every day to proactively support the University's mission by providing scholarly resources, research and information services, a welcoming environment, and collaborative alliances to promote learning and teaching.

Ed Cherry

Systems Librarian

Liaison Librarian for:
Howard College of Arts & Sciences

(Biblical & Religious Studies, Mathematics & Computer Science, Philosophy, Psychology)

Master's of Library Science, University of Alabama
BA Religion, Samford University
Joined Samford as a student in 1979

Joined Samford as an employee in 1986

• What do you like best about working here in the library? My coworkers!
  
  
• What do you do on your commute to and from Samford? Drive. (C'mon, that question was slow and right over the middle of the plate!)
  
  
• If you didn't work here in the library, what and/or where would you like to be doing? I've worked in the library for so long, I'm not sure I have any other marketable skills. Maybe work in a bookstore, or provide computer assistance. "Have you turned it off and on again?"  
  
  
• What are some of your interests outside of work? Reading, attending auto races. 
  
  
• What is your favorite book? Whatever book I'm reading at the moment.
  
  
• Who is your favorite author? How can I choose?  
  
  
• Do you have any favorite podcasts? Off Track with Hinch & Rossi (two IndyCar drivers).
  
  
• Who is one of your heroes and why? Dr. W. T. "Dub" Edwards: he taught me that it's possible to live a life of faith with uncertainty. God's will is most easily seen in retrospect, hard to discern in the moment.  
  
  
• What app is your favorite discovery? Waze: picks the most efficient route, helpful even for the most repetitive daily commute.
  
  
• What’s the one thing people likely don’t know about you, but should? I'm a "car guy," a race fan, more interested in sports cars and IndyCar, not so much NASCAR.