Meet Us Monday - Burns Kennedy

 

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.

Burns Kennedy

Archivist and User Services Librarian

Liaison Librarian for:
Howard College of Arts and Sciences

(Political Science)

Master of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama

BS History, University of Alabama

Joined Samford in 2020

• What do you like best about working here in the library? What I like most about working in Special Collection is the opportunity to serve Samford University and the community in providing access to our rich collection of historical material.
  
  
• What do you do on your commute to and from Samford? Listen to music or the news.
  
  
• If you didn't work here in the library, what and/or where would you like to be doing? Playing my guitar in an over-the-water bungalow somewhere in the French Polynesian Islands, with my family present, of course. 
  
  
• What are some of your interests outside of work? Spending time with my family and friends, mountain biking, playing guitar, seeing live music, and watching football.  
  
  
• What is your favorite book? Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Age by Modris Eksteins.
  
  
• Who is your favorite author? Stephen King.
  
  
• Do you have any favorite podcasts? The Bluest Tape and American History Tellers.
  
  
• Who is one of your heroes and why? My mom. For reasons words cannot express.
  
  
• What app is your favorite discovery? Google Photos.

Meet Us Monday - Becky Hyde

 

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.

Becky Hyde

Processing Archivist & Special Collection Librarian

Liaison Librarian for:
Howard College of Arts and Sciences

(Geography and Sociology)

Master of Library and Information Studies, University of Alabama

BA History, University of Mary Washington

Joined Samford in 2016

• What do you like best about working here in the library? Helping our students with their research! Connecting students with resources makes me do a happy dance.
  
  
• What do you do on your commute to and from Samford? Listen to podcasts or audiobooks. I'm all about stories.
  
  
• If you didn't work here in the library, what and/or where would you like to be doing? Children's Picture Book Author. 
  
  
• What are some of your interests outside of work? Besides spending all my free time with my two dogs I love television, crochet, baking, reading (naturally), and family time.  
  
  
• What is your favorite book? Impossible, but one of my favorite series right now is Morrigan Crow/The Nevermoor Series by Jessica Townsend.
  
  
• Who is your favorite author? Jasper Fforde.
  
  
• Do you have any favorite podcasts? I listen to many but right now my favorites are the history podcast "Your Dead to Me" by BBC Radio 4 and the health and wellness myth-busting podcast "Maintenance Phase" by Aubrey Gordon and Michael Hobbes.
  
  
• Who is one of your heroes and why? My mom, her kindness and empathy are boundless and I hope to be even a fraction of the person she is.
  
  
• What app is your favorite discovery? I am addicted to Instagram, my sister and I send memes back and forth all day.
  
  
• What’s the one thing people likely don’t know about you, but should? I have an enormous makeup collection and strongly believe in the power of glitter. 

Meet Us Monday - Larissa Charny

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.

Larissa Charny

Cataloging Technical Assistant

Masters of Electrical Engineering, Belorussian Technical University

Joined Samford as an instructor in 1997

Joined the library in 2010

• What do you like best about working here in the library? People!!!!  
  
  
• What do you do on your commute to and from Samford? I drive my Honda Civic.
  
  
• If you didn't work here in the library, what and/or where would you like to be doing? I would try to get a job here in the library.  
  
  
• What are some of your interests outside of work? Reading British mysteries, hiking beautiful woods in Alabama, having quality time with my family and friends.  
  
  
• What is your favorite book? The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
  
  
• Who is your favorite author? M. Bulgakov, A. S. Pushkin, E. Vodolazkin, Katherine Arden, Elly Griffiths, Rick Bragg, and many more.
  
  
• Do you have any favorite podcasts? NPR.
  
  
• Who is one of your heroes and why? My daughters. They are amazing people and they do an amazing job!
  
  
• What’s the one thing people likely don’t know about you, but should? October is my favorite month.