Triveni Kuchi

As a subject specialist and liaison librarian for sociology, criminal justice, South Asian studies, and Middle Eastern studies, Triveni provides reference, instruction, research consultations, liaison services, and is responsible for collection development in these subject areas. You may contact her to recommend resources, make requests for purchases of books and other materials, setup a library research session for your class or an appointment for a research consultation. Triveni is an engaged liaison librarian working with Rutgers undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and the community. She is currently the Faculty & Graduate Services Coordinator at the New Brunswick Libraries. During 2010–2013, Triveni served as the director of the South Asian Studies Program at Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences, managing the programming, planning, and hosting of events and lectures, and advising undergraduate minors and graduate students in their course selection and research. She continues as an executive committee member of the program. In 2012, as a member of the Rutgers University IAPP Institute for International Education study tour, Triveni traveled to India for developing higher education contacts and partnerships. She is an affiliate faculty member in the African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) Department at Rutgers. Triveni received her MLIS from Rutgers—The State University of New Jersey and has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Bombay, Mumbai, India. Her research interests include communication, self-presentation, information literacy, liaison interactions, and collaboration and partnership-building in the context of libraries. She has a number of publications, reports, and presentations to her credit and is the recipient of several awards, including the 2006 Leader in Diversity from Rutgers University, and Special Recognition Awards for extraordinary contributions in advancing the mission and goals of ALA-Association of College and Research Libraries’ Asian, African and Middle Eastern Section (2006–7, 2010–11, and 2011–12). She is active in ACRL sections and interest groups and is currently the chair of ACRL Anthropology and Sociology Section’s Liaison Committee (2017–2019), and the convener for ACRL Asian, African and Middle Eastern Interest Group (2018–2019).