Library Staff Profile: Hal Bright
Posted: March 25, 2025
Our next staff member we are highlighting is our awesome Library Director, Hal Bright. He has been with ATSU for over 12 years.
Position title: University Library Director and ATSU-ASDOH/CCPA Liaison Librarian
What made you want to work in libraries?
I worked in libraries through my university years and found that I loved helping people.
What do you like most about your job and about working for ATSU?
I love working with the students and faculty about all the subjects they are studying. The breadth of subject interests keeps surprising me.
What is a fun job you had before ATSU?
I was an English teacher at a Japanese Middle School
What is a fun/unique/exciting tidbit to know about you, or how do you spend your free time?
I have three more states to meet my 50 state travel goal. I have to visit Arkansas, Alaska and North Dakota. South Dakota, too, depending how you are measuring.