LaQuanda T. Onyemeh is the Electronic Resources Management Fellow at Atkins Library. She is currently a MLIS (Master of Library & Information Studies) student at UNC Greensboro. She has a dual degree in Psychology and Sociology from State University New York, Brockport. During her second year of law school she received an opportunity to work at the law library and quickly recognized that her passion and purpose was in the library. She decided to put a pause on her legal education and pursue librarianship. Recently, she has worked as a Remote Metadata intern for the Law Library of Congress where she created descriptive metadata for the Hein Project. She assigned metadata and topic categories to over 900 Supreme Court opinions located in the United States Reports. LaQuanda also demonstrated expertise in conducting legal research and navigating through legal databases, and assisted her supervisor in reviewing interns' work in order to help provide open access to legal material on the Law Library of Congress’ website. LaQuanda is currently a graduate assistant at the UNC-Greensboro Teaching Resource Center.
LaQuanda has received the following scholarships: M. Sangster Parrott Fellowship from UNC-Greensboro, Southern Eastern American Association Law Libraries (SEAALL) Student Scholarship, and George A. Strait Minority scholarship from American Association Law Libraries (AALL).
Her ultimate goal is to become a law librarian who actively teaches legal research, and promotes lifelong learning and intellectual freedom. She enjoys helping others find the information they need. Early in life she quickly realized education is the key that will change her future circumstances and she has been committed to that realization ever since. She is open to all the new possibilities librarianship offers.
Hobbies include painting, traveling and taking pictures. She enjoys learning new things, and she is always open to soak up new information, and sharing what she has learned with others.