Barbara Fister


Barbara Fister is an American author, blogger, librarian, and self-proclaimed "curmudgeon-at-large" best known for her writing about libraries and the role they play in student learning. She is a frequent contributor to as well as , a blog by and for academic and research librarians.

Life and career

Fister was born in Madison, Wisconsin in 1954 to Bruce and Rosemary Westley. She married William T. Fister in 1975, and earned her B.A. from the University of Kentucky the following year. She went on to receive her M.L.I.S. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1981, and her M.A. in English Literature from Minnesota State University, Mankato in 1992. Fister currently serves as an academic librarian and professor at Gustavus Adolphus College. She has two children, Timothy and Rosemary.

Selected works

Novels