Library Employee News

November 1, 2022

 

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Stephen Boss
Stephen Boss
IT, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Librarian

Stephen Boss, an associate librarian at the University of Wyoming Libraries, is the recipient of UW’s 2022 Agnes Milstead Distinguished Librarianship Award and this year's MPLA Innovator Award from the Mountain Plains Library Association. The Milstead Award recognizes Boss for his professionalism, enthusiasm and dedication to UW Libraries and libraries around the state. He focuses on using librarianship, technology and his business background to help support librarians and entrepreneurs in their communities to expand the economy in Wyoming.

A librarian at UW since 2002, Boss has made many valuable contributions. He played a pivotal role in establishing Studio Coe and One Button Studio in Coe Library. Currently, he co-leads the Wyoming Library to Business program and serves on the UW Libraries Diversity Council. 

 

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Orrin Koenig
Orrin Koenig
Library Assistant, Senior, User Services


Orrin Koenig, a senior library assistant, is the recipient of the University of Wyoming Libraries Outstanding Staff Award for his contributions in 2021.

The Outstanding Staff Award, funded by the McMurry-Spieles Excellence Fund, honors a UW Libraries staff member who has “demonstrated exceptional service to UW Libraries and made significant contributions to the university and/or the community.” Recipients of this award are chosen by a committee of their peers.

Koenig has worked in UW Libraries’ User Services since 2019. His job duties include overseeing delivery distributions; filling in at the Circulation Help Desk; assembling and disassembling shelving and furniture; and solving miscellaneous problems as they arise.

 

 

 

 

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Katharine Teykl

Katharine Teykl

Digital Scholarship Librarian 


Katharine Teykl joined UW Libraries as the Digital Scholarship Librarian in July. She earned a dual Master of Library Science and Master of Arts in Musicology from Indiana University-Bloomington in 2022. Previously, she served as the graduate assistant for the HathiTrust Research Center and as a technical services assistant for the Latin American Music Center at the William & Gayle Cook Music Library. Outside of work, Katharine enjoys trying out vegan recipes, hiking, learning random facts about composers, and crossing movies and shows off of her watch list.  


 


 

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Kathryn Senn

Kathryn Senn

Innovative and Immersive Technologies Librarian


Kathryn joined the University of Wyoming Libraries as the Innovative and Immersive Technologies Librarian in October. She holds a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Texas at Austin. At the University of Wyoming, she will be working to support curricula through the use of new technologies, such as Virtual and Augmented Reality. She has previous experience working with students as a Teaching Assistant and in Information Literacy through the creation of a LibGuide on Misinformation and Disinformation for her undergraduate institution, Eastern Michigan University. Outside of work, Kathryn enjoys cooking, creative writing, playing video games, and finding socks with fun patterns on them.

 

 

 

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