Arleen Fields
Assistant Director of Library Services; Archives Librarian; Associate Professor of Information Science
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Davis Memorial Library
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B.A., University of Virginia; M.S.L.S., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Bio:
Arleen Fields, MSLS, is associate professor of information science and the Assistant Director of Library Services and Archives Librarian at Davis Memorial Library, Methodist University. She curates the MU archives and special collections, teaches library instruction classes, and manages library personnel and resources. The archives and special collections include publications and related documents produced by the university, records of Carolina College (Maxon, NC, 1912-1926), and various other collections. Of special note is the Lafayette Collection – one of the nation’s premier collections of memorabilia related to the Marquis de Lafayette, the young French hero of the American Revolution for whom Fayetteville is named. Arleen is active in the Lafayette Society (Fayetteville, N.C.), the North Carolina Preservation Consortium, and the Society of North Carolina Archivists. She earned her M.S. degree in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Virginia.
Reference Liaison Areas:
The College of Health Sciences and Human Services departments of Physician Assistant, Physical Therapy, and Occupational Therapy
The College of Medicine
The College of Business, Technology, and Professional Studies department of Education