The Indiana Black Librarians Network extends a heartfelt congratulations to one of our members, Mahasin Ameen. Mahasin was one of ten librarians selected for the I Love My Librarian Award at the American Library Association conference held in Chicago in June. ALA states, “The I Love My Librarian Award encourages library users to recognize the accomplishments of exceptional public, school, college, community college, or university librarians.”
Hear Mahasin’s acceptance speech at ALA.
Mahasin is a dedicated academic librarian. She started her career in libraries at the Indianapolis Public Library as a Page at Eagle Branch. Mahasin received her Master’s of Library and Information Science in 2016 and started her current career trajectory in academic libraries.
Mahasin is currently a Librarian at Indiana University Indianapolis. Serving as the liaison librarian to the Luddy School of Computing, Informatics, and Engineering and the School of Social Work. She enjoys helping students engage in the research process. Her research focuses on Black librarianship, international student engagement, inter-generational/familial librarianship and the history of Public Libraries.
Her writing can been seen in Communications in Information Literacy, portal, and Engage. In her free time she enjoys gardening, crafting, board games, and spending time with her family.