Faculty Profile

Nona Watt

Assistant Director for Technical Services, Associate Librarian and Lecturer in Law

Biography

Nona Watt joined the Law Library staff in 1985, and after two years in the serials department and three years as acquisitions librarian she was appointed head of technical services. Since that time, she has skillfully guided the library through both the initial implementation of the computerized library system as well as a subsequent conversion to a new system.

She has held many leadership posts on national and university committees, including the chairs of the NOTIS Users' Group, and the Serials Standing Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries. She is currently serving her third term on the Bloomington Library Faculty Council and was just elected to a three-year term on the Indiana University Library Faculty Council.

Watt is particularly interested in automation issues pertaining to law libraries and has published in this area. Her other professional interests include electronic serials and archival project management.