Shannon Farrell

Shannon Farrell is the Interim Research Data Services Librarian. Shannon received her BS in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior from the University of Minnesota, a MS in Environmental Studies from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland and her MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Before becoming a librarian, she spent over a decade working on large-scale, data intensive research projects related to ecology, animal behavior, molecular biology, systematics, entomology, sustainable agriculture, genetically modified organisms, wildlife conservation, water quality, and invasive species. Shannon leads the University Libraries' Research Data Services Team, which is a group that is focused on campus-wide education and consultation around data management and data sharing. She is also a scientific data curator for the Data Repository for the University of Minnesota (DRUM).