Irene Munster holds a master’s degree in library and information science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She started her career as a librarian in Buenos Aires, initially at the Seminario Rabínico Latinoamericano and later at the Universidad de San Andrés. In 2004, she moved to the United States, where she worked at the libraries of Duke University, the Inter-American Development Bank, and currently works at the Universities at Shady Grove/University of Maryland Libraries. Her research focuses on German-speaking Jewish emigration to South America as well as Jewish libraries and bookstores, and her articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals.