by Barbara Kopshina, Penn State Dubois Campus Library

Amy Rustic, Reference and Instruction Librarian at New Kensington’s Elisabeth S. Blissell Library, has been with Penn State for over eight years. Her name may be familiar to you as she is part of the Web Implementation and Management Team here at Penn State where she represents the discovery portion of the team. She obtained her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and lived in Washington D.C. for five years before joining Penn State. One of Amy’s interests is integrating technology into the classroom. She really enjoys working at a smaller campus as it provides unique opportunities and allows her to develop relationships with students, faculty and staff. Amy has served on the International Committee at New Kensington which aims to help students learn about other cultures through its Country of Focus program. This was a good fit for her as international travel is one of her many interests. In recent years, Amy has traveled to places such as the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and Iceland.

Rustic…loves to travel and has served on New Kensington’s International Committee.

As a resident of Pittsburgh, Amy often takes advantage of what the city has to offer. She has participated in Knit the Bridge, a community-led arts project. She enjoys attending art gallery openings, museum and cultural events, and monthly gallery crawls which are quarterly showcases of art and entertainment of the cultural district. She also enjoys knitting, sewing, trying new restaurants, seeing bands and continuously discovering new places and things to do in the community.

Amy is a member of several organizations including ALA, her local chapter of ACRL and is the incoming chair of the Reference Services Section of RUSA (Reference & User Services Association).