Member of Month: David Alexander

Name: David Alexander

Institution: University of South Dakota

Job Title: Head of Resource Management and Assistant to the Dean

How long have you been a member of ULS?

I believe since library school in 1997.

What or who inspires your work?

I get the greatest satisfaction from working with our Native American students.

What most excites you about academic librarianship?

The change to work with college students and assist them as they broaden their horizons.

What exciting or interesting project are you working on right now?

After about two years of migration to and data cleanup for a new ILS system, we are now starting to move past using it for what we have always done and looking to take advantage of new capabilities.

What do you do for fun?

I do hobby gaming: role playing games, board games, collectible card games, miniature war games, etc.