Brett Bodemer is the College of Liberal Arts Librarian at Cal Poly State
University's Robert E. Kennedy Library. As a member of the library faculty's
collaborative team, he leads the overall Library outreach and service activities designed
to support the unique information resource needs of the students, faculty and staff of
the College of Liberal Arts. His responsibilities include reference, instruction,
collection development, and digital services.
Brett has a diversity of interests, and has published fiction, poetry, and book reviews.
In 2008, EastBridge released his biographical book, "John Hedley in North China and
Inner Mongolia, 1897-1912." With a long-standing interest in English-language haiku,
he has published articles on both its history and poetics. In 2006 he earned a Master of
Arts in French Language and Literature, and his thesis ("The Title as Suspect
Codepiece") took a new look at Rabelais' parody of medieval Parisian library.
A Seattle native, Brett lived in Hawaii from 2001-2009, where he experienced the
diversity of Asian and Pacific cultures. He also spent one year in Vietnam, where he
taught English and edited exhibit texts for the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology.
In addition to perennial interests in literature, Brett's library research interests
include an examination of the foundational notions underlying Information Literacy, and
the emerging field of Information Ethics, which lies at the intersection of Philosophy,
Sociology, and applied Science.
Articles
Review of La Biblilothèque parisienne de Gabriel Naudé en 1630: Les lectures d'un libertin èrudit by Estelle Boeuf, Libraries & The Cultural Record (2008)
Fiction
Poems
Thesis
Pantagruel's Seventh Chapter: The Title as Suspect Codpiece, Library Scholarship (2006)
This study explores historical and linguistic aspects of Rabelais’ invented catalog for the Library of...