Meet Our Staff: Megan Denis

Name: Megan Keely Carroll Denis

Position: Research and Education Librarian

Where do you work?

Work from home

What is your favorite pie or ice cream?

I don’t like pie! Peppermint ice cream is the best!

How many pets do you have, what kind of pet are they, and what are their names?

I have one dog. He is a 6 year old Great Dane named ‘Pip’.

What are you reading right now?

House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas & A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire by Jennifer Armentrout

Tell us about your journey to working in a medical library.

My journey to working in a medical library was not straight forward. During my graduate education, I believed medical librarianship would be a good fit for me based on my personal experience and interests. I completed several projects with this end in mind but unfortunately at that time I was living in Chicago where it was extremely difficult to get any academic library position. So, instead I ended up in publishing, followed by a community college part time position, then a public library in New Hampshire before landing my first academic library position at UND’s Chester Fritz Library. Next, I managed a community college library in Iowa before returning to UND and joining SMHS’s Library Resources. It was a long road but definitely worth it for the experience gained and the knowledge that Medical Librarianship is the right career for me.

What do you want everyone to know about Library Resources?

We’re a small but mighty group of expert researchers.