Bonnie Shucha
Head of Reference
E-mail: bjshucha@wisc.edu
Telephone: 265-5513
Office: Room 5322, Law School
Education:
Master of Library & Information Science, UW-Milwaukee
M.A. History, UW-Milwaukee
B.A. History, UW-Eau Claire
Biography
I love being a librarian. I get paid to be an information detective - that means helping you find answers to your research questions. I particularly like the challenging ones - the ones that require me to dig into those information crevices that only we librarians know. Teaching law students is fun, too. It's neat to see those light bulbs go on. Email or IM me (BonnieatUWLaw) if you ever want to chat about your research.
I also get to play with a lot of cool techie stuff like designing our Web site and sharing research tips on the Law Library's blog, WisBlawg. I've also written and presented extensively on electronic legal research and blogging.
In addition to being an active member of the Law Librarians Association of Wisconsin, I am also involved with the American Association of Law Libraries as serve as Vice Chair/Chair Elect of the Computing Services-SIS.
When I'm not at work, I'm Mom. My 8 year old son and 5 year old daughter keep me jumping. These are a few of my favorite things. . . Rain drops on roses and whiskers on kittens -- No, wait, that's Julie Andrews. Mine are:
- Hanging out with my kids and having dance parties in the kitchen
- Sitting with my husband by the campfire with the dog sacked out at our feet
- Getting sucked into a really good book, like the Twilight series
- Stargate: Altantis & Battlestar Galatica or pretty much any sci-fi show
- Spiderman movies - I love that a geek can be a super hero
- Almond Joy ice cream from the Chocolate Shoppe
See my Spotlight on Law Librarians profile in Law Librarian Blog
