Director of Seymour Library Anne Thomason joined the Knox community in 2021, serving as the seventh director of the library since its opening in 1928. In addition to managing the Library, she also oversees the Amott  Science Commons, including the Makerspace Hub, in the Umbeck  Science-Mathematics Center. Anne is a graduate of Macalester College and received her master of science in information at the University of Michigan School of Information. 

Welcome to her office.

Ginkgo Tree Plaque

Every year the library staff has a contest to see who can guess the day the Gingko tree leaves will fall. This is the first year I’ve won. The really cool thing is it was also my birthday.

Running Medals

I do run regularly, at least four days a week. I'd like to do five, but really I do four.

Books on the Mantle

There’s some Knox history, Colleges That Change Lives, and West Highland Way Travel Guide.

Drawings of the Library

I have renovation plans for the library, the cool plans the College created last year.

Wall of Various Clippings

The stuff on this board is all personal stuff. I hiked the Inca Trail. I have my ticket to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). A student at Lake Forest College gave me a picture. And a terrible picture of me at the United Nations that I think is hilarious.

Cabinet

It’s a long story, but that cabinet used to be in the library’s Reference Room (on the first floor), but we moved it when it became the Abolition Lab. It’s a nice cabinet.