In honor of National Library Week 2025, we are getting to know the library staff. Next up is Starr! Starr is the library's Assistant Director and Technical Services Librarian. Starr's office in the library is in Technical Services (100D). Starr joined the library staff in August 2023.

Starr came to Cleveland from Tennessee by way of Alaska. She loves to catalog (even if it is her personal library) and she appreciates a beautifully illustrated book. She believes the greatest perk of working in Technical Services is getting to see library materials before anyone else. When she isn’t being a library geek, Starr loves to travel to places she’s never been with her spouse, check out new restaurants, and spend a huge amount of time pondering questions that have no answers.

What’s your favorite thing about working at the CIA Library?  

Getting to interact with the students is my favorite thing about working at CIA. I love to see what they are working on and the ideas they have for future assignments and projects.

 

What’s your favorite way to spend a day off?

 I love to read, hike, travel, and spend time with my family.

 

What three fictional characters do you identify with most? 

The fictional characters I identify the most with are Leslie Knope (my daughter brought this to my attention), Luna from the Harry Potter series, and Juniper from Monica Furlong's Wise Child trilogy.

 

What’s your favorite book/movie genre or your all-time favorite title?  

My favorite book is Circe by Madeline Miller.

 

What’s your favorite board or video game and why? 

I'm more of a puzzle lover then a game player.

 

What is the last song you sang along to?  

Peace Tonight by Elephant Revival is the last song I sung along to.

 

Where have you lived and what brought you to your current city? 

I have lived in Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alaska, and Ohio. My job here at CIA is what brought me to Ohio.

 

What is your favorite hobby, activity, or creative outlet?

 When I have access to a pottery wheel, I love ceramics. I also write.

 

What’s your favorite line from a movie? 

"My darling girl, when are you going to realize that being normal is not necessarily a virtue? It rather denotes a lack of courage!"

 

If you were to write a self-help book, what would the topic be? 

If I were to write a self-help book the topic would be categorized under personal development.