Alaina Morales

Interim Director of the Library and Student Success Librarian

B.A., Eastern Illinois University
M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ed.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alaina Morales joined the library team in April 2019 as the Student Success Librarian. Prior to joining the team at Mulva Library, Alaina worked in instruction and user experience at Purdue University Libraries and in reference, instruction and user experience as a graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Alaina’s primary responsibility is to ensure every admitted student at St. Norbert can succeed. Alaina leads and executes library initiatives to strengthen partnerships with students, offices and programs, such as College Jumpstart, academic technology, international student services, first-year experience, student leadership, and academic support. Alaina also spends a good chunk of time re-imagining what the library is for and what kind of learning happens in the library in order to best leverage it as an inclusive, accessible, intellectual space.

In her free time, Alaina enjoys music, books, running, hiking and driving around Wisconsin.