Jade Kastel with Lester Young's tenor saxophone at the Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers.
photo credit: Kailee Faber 2019
Jade Kastel
2023 Illinois Academic Librarian of the Year
Master of Library & Information Science
Master of Music
Bachelor of Music
Pronouns: she/her
Director of Library Services, 2024-Present
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield, Illinois
DMA Candidate in Jazz Performance & Minor in Queer Studies, 2022-Present
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Music Librarian, Assistant Professor, Libraries Diversity Officer, 2021-2024 Western Illinois University, WIU Music Library, Macomb, Illinois
Librarian for the School of Music and the Department of Theatre & Dance
Visiting Assistant Librarian, 2020-2021
Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Liaison to the Richard T. Doermer School of
Business and Management Sciences
Reference & Instruction Librarian, 2018-2020
Johnson & Wales University, North Miami, Florida
Liaison to the College of Business
Supervisor of Library Services, 2017-2018
Broward College, Davie, Florida