Library Responsibilities

Coordinate activities of Special Collections
Curate the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Select materials for Appalachian Studies and Anthropology
Assist researchers
Serve as Appalachian Studies faculty

Service Interests

American Library Association
Association of College and Research Libraries
Appalachian Studies Association
Center for the Study of Black Music
North Carolina Folklore Society
North Carolina Preservation Consortium
Progressive Librarians Guild
Advisory Committee, Appalachian Journal
Town of Boone Board of Adjustments

Scholarly Interests

Appalachian Studies/Regional Studies
African Diaspora Studies
American Folk and Vernacular Music
Appalachian Agriculture:   Food and Wine 
Cultural and Social Documentation
Sick Building and Sick People