Originally from Covington, Georgia, Nicole Mitchell received both her B.S. (2001) and M.A. (2003) in History from Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville. Until leaving for library school, she served as Assistant Archivist for Ina Dillard Russell Library's Special Collections. She found she loved working in the library and wanted to do more! In fall 2005, Nicole accepted one of ten Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) fellowships at the University of Alabama. Receiving her MLIS in December 2006, Nicole joined Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) as a Reference Librarian in January 2007. She was appointed liaison to the School of Optometry in August 2008.