While we’ve all read myriad human interest stories about much-beloved school and public librarians, this is a terrific story about the difference an academic librarian can make in the lives of undergraduates. Ross Scimeca, the only librarian a the USC (CA) Hoose Library of Philosophy is as big or bigger a draw to students than the library itself, according to this portrait in the USC Daily Trojan.
Those ideas and interests are what Scimeca loves to share with his students. Known as “the answer man,” his mind is like a card catalog of knowledge. In fact, give him the name of almost any book at Hoose, and he can give you the call number off the top of his head. It doesn’t hurt that he’s read most of the primary philosophical works and many of the secondary sources in the library.
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