MarkAaron Polger

MarkAaron Polger, PhD (they/them) is Associate Professor and Coordinator of Library Outreach at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY). Their responsibilities include promoting library services to targeted groups on campus, working with admissions and recruitment with library tours, new student orientation, and liaising with high schools and public library branches in the community.  Polger's research interests include library marketing, outreach, and user experience design. They have written and presented on topics such as library marketing strategies, faculty outreach, Information Literacy outreach, library jargon, and library signage. In early 2019, Polger authored the book Library Marketing Basics, a beginner's guide to marketing libraries (Rowman and Littlefield Publishers). Polger holds a BA in Sociology from Concordia University, an MA in Sociology from the University of Waterloo, a B.Ed. in adult education from Brock University, and an MLIS from the University of Western Ontario. In 2025, they completed their PhD in Curriculum, Instruction, and the Science of Learning.