Kristen Mastel, she/her/hers Librarian

Kristen Mastel profile
Email
meye0539@umn.edu
Phone
612-301-1242
ORCID iD
ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8128-3089
Experts
Experts@UMN
Full position title(s)
Head Librarian and Curator
Libraries department
Arboretum

About

Kristen Mastel is the Head Librarian and Curator at Andersen Horticultural Library at the University of Minnesota Arboretum. Formerly, she was the liaison to the College of Continuing and Professional Studies, Extension, Agricultural Education, Communcation and Marketing, and the Institute on the Environment. She received her Masters of Library Science from Indiana University, and her undergraduate Bachlor of Arts from the University of Minnesota- Morris. Her research areas of interest include instruction, information literacy, outreach and analog data. Kristen is a Past President of the Minnesota Library Association and the United States Agricultural Information Network.  She is the Vice President of the Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries. Her strengths are: empathy, harmony, adaptability, connectedness, and woo!

She leads stressbuster workshops that involve aromatherapy, forest bathing, horticultural therapy, and holistic wellness practices.

Make an appointment: z.umn.edu/BookKristen

Attend a workshop.