Jennifer Harbster

Jennifer Harbster joined the Library of Congress Science, Technology and Business division as a digital reference specialist fresh out of library school in 2001. She holds bachelor degrees in art history and anthropology from the University of California at Santa Cruz and a master's in library science from San Jose State University. She spent her undergraduate years working at the university's slide library, where she found her true calling- becoming a librarian. During her master studies, she worked in a corporate library in Silicon Valley and conducted a practicum at two tribal libraries in San Diego County. Along with her reference duties for the Library's Science Reference Service, she is also the creator of the Library’s Everyday Mysteries Web site, a collection of fun and scientifically interesting questions and answers about everyday phenomena.

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