Michele Zwierski

Michele Zwierski is the manager of cataloging services for the Nassau Library System on Long Island, NY. After receiving her MLS from the University of North Texas, she practiced as a cataloger specializing in nonprint materials at academic libraries in Virginia, Connecticut, and Texas before joining the Austin Public Library as a branch manager. Michele has taught cataloging courses at the University of Texas at Austin and at the Palmer School of Library and Information Science at LIU Post. In addition to her current cataloging and managerial responsibilities, she presents workshops on a variety of library service topics. Michele has been a long-standing supporter of the Cataloging of Children’s Materials Committee (CCMC) and is currently chair of the Dewey Editorial Policy Committee. She has contributed to several publications. She also plays bass in several community orchestras on Long Island, having earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and a Master of Arts degree at the Yale School of Music before beginning her library career.