LISSA Executive Board 2007 - 2008

Hallo, Ciao, Pershendetje, Kalimera, Hello to you all, My name is Arta Kabashi, I am from Southeastern Europe(Albania and Greece), and I currently live in Denton, TX. This is my third semester in the SLIS program, and I work at the Humanities desk at Willis Library. Besides working toward a MLIS, specializing in Academic Libraries, I have a bachelor's degree from Harding University, emphasis in History and Political Science, and also hold a MA in history with emphasis in Early Modern European History, nationalism, diaspora, and film. I have also taken courses toward a Ph.D. in American History focusing in contemporary film, gender, labor, and environmental history. Apart from reading literature and history, I love to travel, enjoy art cinema, theater and music, and love to learn new languages. I am delighted to be serving as your LISSA President, and look forward to working with all of you this year!

I am from Baytown, which is near Galveston, Texas. I graduated from Baylor University in the Spring of 2006 with a B.A. in English literature and minors in both French and music. I then moved to Lewisville for graduate school. I started the SLIS program in August of 2006 with the aspiration of becoming an academic librarian. I currently am a library assistant at the UNT Dallas campus where I love helping students and faculty members learn to access library services and conduct successful research for classes while gaining valuable experience in an academic environment.

In May 2004, I graduated Magna Cum Laude from UNT with a degree in computer science and became a SLIS student in Spring 2006 with a focus in Information Systems. Since 2004, I have been working as a library associate in the Fine Arts Division of the Dallas Public Library where I am gaining experience in reference service, collection development, and inventorying collections. In my time outside of work and school I like to ride horses and spend time with my two dogs.