Mary Foppiani

Contact Info
- 38 Cummington Street
- foppiani@bu.edu
- 617-353-9475
Librarian for Astronomy, Biology, and Physics
Education
MLIS, Simmons University
BS, Syracuse University
Subject Area Expertise
Astronomy, Physics, Biology
Responsibilities
Along with other librarians, I provide research assistance, tailored library instruction, outreach, and collection management to students, faculty and staff in astronomy, biology, and physics. As a science librarian, I work collaboratively with other subject specialists, both in the sciences and in broader areas of research. Through in-person and virtual outreach, I continuously try to build effective liaison relationships with faculty in my assigned subject areas and always advocate for library resources in these subjects.
Committees
Past committee work includes: Service Quality Team, Data Management Group, User Experience (UX) Task Force and work on various Search Committees. Currently, an active member of both the BLC Community of Interest (COI) for Science and Engineering and for Open Educational Resources (OER).