Library Student Advisory Board

Poster: Library Student Advisory Board. Get to Know the Board!

Get to know this year’s Library Student Advisory Board! We’re so excited to work with these talented students who love the Gustavus Library and are enthusiastic about promoting its services and spaces.

Be sure to follow the Library on social media for further updates, and join us in welcoming these enthusiastic student advocates: Bryn Archambault, Meg Balfanz, Melora Lee, Jordan Oelkers, Annabel Pautsch, and Sara Teigland.

Thanks to the Friends of the Library – Gustavus Library Associates for providing funding for this group.

Bryn Archambault: What is your favorite thing about the library? The different environments to study/work/hang out in. My go-to spots are either the third floor facing Beck or a first-floor study room. Favorite book: Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom or Normal People by Sally Rooney.Meg Balfanz. What is your favorite thing about the library? My favorite thing about the library is the special collections and rare books room. Favorite book: All About Love by bell hooks. Junior, Biology & Environmental Studies, StatisticsMelora Lee. What is your favorite thing about the library? My favorite space in the library is the Hasselquist Room? Favorite book: I Wonder As I Wander by Langston Hughes. Sophomore, Accounting, Russian.Jordan Oelkers. What is your favorite thing about the library? My favorite thing about the library is being surrounded by all the books! Favorite book: Happy Place by Emily Henry or Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Read. Senior, Communication Studies, Film & Media Studies.Annabel Pautsch. What is your favorite thing about the library? My favorite thing about the library is how it's kind of old-fashioned and feels cozy! Favorite book: Turtles All the Way Down by John Green. Sophomore, Biology & Psychology.Sara Teigland. What is your favorite things about the library? My favorite spot in the library is the cozy chairs in front of the big windows on the main floor. Favorite book: Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. Junior, English, Studio Art & African/African Diaspora Studies.