Jennifer Klimas

Also See

Archives Listing for more Member Profiles, Activites, President Letters, and much more.

Employer: University of North Carolina

Occupation/title: Research Director

Birthplace: Vicksburg, MS

Birthday: July 23

Pets/children: none/none

Most relaxing activity: Spending a long weekend at the beach.

Last good movie/concert/event I saw: Tift Merritt put on a great outdoor show at the NC Museum of Art's music festival last summer.

Major accomplishment: I bought my first house last year.

Favorite food group: Sweets! Is that a food group? It really should be...

If I won the lottery, I would: Spend more time traveling, gardening, cooking, and doing all of the things I just never seem to squeeze into the weekends.

Favorite website: www.allrecipes.com and www.foodtv.com - I love getting new recipe ideas.

Last good book I read: 'The Time Traveler's Wife;' I'm also having fun right now with 'Freakonomics: A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.'

Most influenced by: My parents.

If I weren't a librarian, I'd be: I'm still looking for the answer to this question... I would really like to own my own business.

What I really like about my job is: The broad perspective - I get to learn about projects and ideas from researchers all across the state in all disciplines.

My favorite SLA memory is: I LOVED the NYC conference several years ago - the News Division's cruise down the Hudson was spectacular.

Positions I've held or work I've done for SLA: Currently I am a member of the NC/SLA Communications Team and Editor of the new quarterly bulletin. Previously, I served on the Vormelker-Thomas Award Committee and was the Marketing Director for the University of MD student chapter.

The one thing I really hate to do in the library is: I do not work in a traditional library setting, but my universal complaint is the amout of time I spend indoors - I need to get outside more often!

People would be surprised to know that I: Love to travel and have visited 40+ states and 20+ countries.