Stephen Banister oversees the constantly evolving information needs of the McKendree campus community, including a growing collection of over 80,000 books and dozens of first-rate eletronic databases.

 

Banister was previously the acquisitions and collection development librarian at Ellender Memorial Library, Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, La., where he also served as Assistant Library Director. He has directed libraries at Lamar State College in Orange, Texas, and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

 

He received his Bachelor’s degree from Nicholls State, a Master’s in Library and Information Science from Louisiana State University and did post-graduate study at Capella University in Minneapolis.

 

“I am looking forward to working with McKendree University and the local community,” Banister said.  He resides in O’Fallon with his wife, Joan, and two sons, Connor and Nate.