Deisy Magdalena Vaske

Biography:  

Deisy is a Supervisor of Library Services in the Resource Discovery and Management division (RDM), for the Acquisitions unit.  She has held several positions within RDM over the fifteen years she has worked for the University Libraries. She supervises the monographic (one-time) acquisitions purchases for print and electronic titles, oversees the processing of invoices, and ensures purchases are charged to appropriate funds.  She oversees the record loading of one-time e-resources for popular reading (OverDrive & McNaughton Popular Reading) and the catalog's discovery records for e-book titles. Deisy is a proud native Spanish speaker and enjoys selecting Spanish titles for the popular reading collection Spanish book plan. 

In her years at UW, she has served as a mentor for the Multicultural Student Leadership Initiative (MSLI) first-gen students.   

Her favorite pastimes outside work are hiking in the mountains with her family, cooking, and, when time allows, sewing, and pampering her two small guinea pigs.  

Awards & Recognitions 

• 2015 UW Libraries Outstanding Staff Award Winner 
  
• 2015 UW E.G. Meyer Family Outstanding Staff Service Award