Get to Know . . . Denise Jones

Abstract

Denise Jones, like many of us, did not take a direct path to specialize in government information. She originally wanted to be a school librarian, but an internship at a pharmaceutical company’s library set her onto the special libraries track. She eventually took a position as the librarian at a newspaper. “I was the first professional librarian they’d ever had, so I set up a controlled vocabulary and I started online searching for them.” Later, she got a job as the research manager at a large newspaper, where she used state documents extensively and developed a solid understanding of state government organization. She moved into her current position as the State Publications Clearinghouse Liaison at the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) twelve years ago. At SLNC, Denise handles the acquisition of state documents and manages the distribution of documents to the six state documents depository libraries in North Carolina.