Episode 14: A Conversation with David Frank about Leisure Reading

Our guest for this episode is David Frank, the Access Services Librarian at Walsh Library. Please join us for a lively discussion about our favorite sports books from the Walsh Library Leisure Reading Collection. Our recommendations include The Last Shot: City Streets, Basketball Dreams by Darcy Frey, When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi by David Maraniss, and The Last Folk Hero: The Life and Myth of Bo Jackson by Jeff Pearlman. 

David Frank is the Access Services Librarian at Seton Hall University Libraries. He joined Seton Hall in November 2022. He oversees circulation, interlibrary loan, and library stacks maintenance while also assisting with teaching, reference, and other public service activities. Prior to arriving at Seton Hall, David worked for 25 years in the University of Pittsburgh libraries, providing essential support in circulation, reference, interlibrary loan, information literacy, special collections, and serials management. Career highlights include receiving the 2017 University Library System (ULS) Staff Excellence Award, participating in the HathiTrust Copyright Review Program, and serving as co-chair of the ULS Planning & Budget Committee. David also worked for many years as a part-time librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; he received a Master of Library and Information Science degree in 2001 and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology in 1997, both from the University of Pittsburgh.

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