Melinda F. Matthews, Interlibrary Loan/Reference Librarian at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, recently wrote two articles published in library journals.

Matthews wrote “Professional Hat Rack: The Ever-Changing Role of an Academic Librarian" for the June 2009 issue of Library Worklife. She wrote "A Gold Mine of Career Opportunities: How Academic Librarians Can Dig Deep" for the September 2009 issue of Library Worklife.

Matthews earned her master's degree in Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in May 1990. She earned a bachelor's degree in English in December 1988 from McNeese State University in Lake Charles.

She has worked at the ULM Library since July 1990, where she started as Humanities Reference Librarian. She became Interlibrary Loan/Reference Librarian in January 1992.