In 1992, Smith served as an American Library Association Fellow in Peru, where she acted as a consultant to libraries and as a special adviser to the director of the National Library while teaching library management at the university level. Smith holds a Master of Arts degree in higher education administration from the University of Connecticut, a Master s degree in Library Science from Simmons College, and a Bachelor s degree in Romance languages and literatures from Radcliffe College, Harvard University. She is a member of the American Library Association, the Connecticut Library Association, and Reforma, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking. Together, these liaisons help establish collection development policies and procedures and collaborate on library instruction programs. Faculty members may wish to consult their librarian liaisons for guidance in using the library and associated electronic resources for their research.
Librarians also offer research consultations to students in their assigned liaison areas.
The library encourages faculty members to contact their library liaisons whenever they have library-related concerns. Entries include contact information, hours, holdings by format, collection descriptions, photocopying procedures, and available finding guides. Members of the executive board voted that the funds be used to advance the library s plans to relocate and upgrade the Archives and Special Collections area. The community-based group raised the funds last year through two author brunches, its annual raffle, and an antiques appraisal day. The Associates have already planned several programs for this year.