Staff Directory | LSU Libraries

Susan Allen

Cataloging Associate

225-578-7934

spallen@lsu.edu

Elizabeth Allen

Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian

225-578-2587

elong6@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact me for help with History, English, Political Science, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

John Anderson

Map Librarian and Director

225-578-6247

janders@lsu.edu

Antonia Aultman

Student Coordinator

225-578-7016

aaultman@lsu.edu

Rikki Babin

Human Resources Coordinator

225-578-4368

rrivet@lsu.edu

Lili Bedoya

Research and Instruction Services Coordinator

225-578-1285

lbedoy1@lsu.edu

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Holly Besse

Invoice Processing Associate

225-578-3384

hbesse1@lsu.edu

Germain Bienvenu

Public Services Librarian

225-578-6566

gbienve@lsu.edu

Christopher Bienvenu

Processing Archivist

225-578-1372

cbienv9@lsu.edu

Robert Bigelow

Collection Support Associate

225-578-2349

rbigelo@lsu.edu

Kelly Blessinger

Head, Access Services

225-578-8538

kblessi@lsu.edu

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Kelly Blessinger

Head, Access Services

225-578-8538

kblessi@lsu.edu

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Responsibilities

Creates innovative and effective user services to guide the Access Services department. Oversees circulation, reserves, interlibrary loan, document delivery, and consortial resource sharing supporting the research needs of the university’s students, staff, and faculty. Seeks ways to improve services, delivery methods, and workflows to meet changing needs and emerging technologies providing user services within an ARL ranked research institution.

Experience

LSU Libraries, 1999-present

Head, Access Services, Nov. 2014-present.
Head, Research & Instruction Services, Sept. 2013-Nov. 2014.
Research & Instruction Services Assistant Coordinator, July 2006-Sept. 2013.
Associate Librarian, July 2005-June 2006.
Assistant Librarian, Oct. 1999-June 2005.

Education

Lousiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, M.S., Human Resource and Leadership Development, 2018.
University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, Master in Library and Information Science, 1999.
Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, B.S., Earth Science, 1998.

Publications

Selected Publications

Kelly Blessinger, Braunstein, S., Cramer, J. A., Griffin, L. S., & Hrycaj, P., "Implementing a Film Series for Community Engagement." Codex, 3 (2015): 25-46.
Kelly Blessinger and Paul Hrycaj, eds., Workplace Culture in Academic Libraries: the Early 21st Century (Oxford: Chandos Press, 2013).
Kelly Blessinger and Gina Costello, “The Effect of Economic Recession on Institutional Support for Tenure-Track Librarians in ARL Institutions.” Journal of Academic Librarianship 37 (2011): 307-11.
Kelly Blessinger and Paul Hrycaj, “Highly Cited Articles in Library and Information Science: An Analysis of Content and Authorship Trends.” Library & Information Science Research 32 (2010): 156-162.
Kelly Blessinger and Michele McCullar, “Analysis of a Decade in Library Literature 1994-2004.” College & Research Libraries 68 (2007):155-69.
Kelly Blessinger and Maureen Olle, "Content Analysis of the Leading General Academic Databases." Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services, 28 (2004): 335-346.
Kelly Blessinger and Maureen Olle, "Comparison of Three Primary Aggregator Databases." Serials Librarian, 45 (2003): 53-58.

Awards

Carolyn Hargrave Leadership Award, LSU Libraries, 2017.

Research Interests

Electronic databases and journals
Serial studies
Education/career trends for librarians
Publication trends for librarians
Continuing education for librarians
Workplace culture in academic libraries

Jazzlynn Boyd

Liaison Librarian

225-578-8264

jboyd51@lsu.edu

Science

Biology and Physics & Astronomy

Candace Brown

Scholarly Publications and Analytics Librarian

cjones17@lsu.edu

Kendall Caple

Resource Sharing Specialist

225-578-0121

kcaple2@lsu.edu

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Jesse Carnes

Cataloging Associate

225-578-4017

notjic@lsu.edu

Carlos Carrasco

Library Systems Manager and Administrator

225-578-4236

carrasco@lsu.edu

Keerthi Chandrashekar

Processing Archivist

kchandrashekar@lsu.edu

Christine Cloud

Instruction and Curatorial Assistant

225-578-6547

cloud1@lsu.edu

Inga Comardelle

Facilities Manager

225-578-7319

icomar1@lsu.edu

Dave Comeaux

Systems & Discovery Librarian

225-578-6083

davidcomeaux@lsu.edu

Dave Comeaux

Systems & Discovery Librarian

225-578-6083

davidcomeaux@lsu.edu

Responsibilities

As Systems & Discovery Librarian, Dave is responsible for the management of the LSU Libraries’ online library services platforms, consisting of the integrated library system and discovery service. Dave provides vision, leadership, and creative thinking to manage and improve discovery of and access to analog and digital content. He also leads the creation, development, and implementation of projects and programs to improve the overall user experience with the Libraries online resources.

Dave is a passionate advocate for user-centered design. He has directed numerous web assessment activities including usability testing, focus groups, surveys and analytics assessment. He is very excited about the opportunity to engage the LSU community in improving the Libraries’ search systems.

Experience

Systems & Discovery Librarian
LSU
12/2017 to present

Web Development Librarian
LSU
03/2014 to 12/2017

Web Developer
C4 Tech & Design
12/2013 to 03/2014

Web Services Librarian
Tulane University
06/2009 to 12/2013

Multimedia Developer
eService Productions
02/2004 to 04/2009

User Interface Designer
Mindex Technologies
01/2003 to 10/2003

Web Designer
Paychex
04/2001 to 03/2002

Technical Writer
Paychex
06/1999 to 04/2001

Web Content Editor
Fairport Media
11/1998 to 04/1999

Instructor, (Business Communication)
Delta College
03/1998 to 08/1998

Education

University at Buffalo, SUNY
Master of Library Science
02 / 2008

University of Tennessee, Knoxville
B.A. Anthropology, Economics
06 / 1996

Presentations

Presented at Current Issues in Accessibility: How Blind and Learning Disabled Patrons Use Audio to Access the Internet, sponsored by the Universal Accessibility Interest Group.

Publications

David J. Comeaux and Kelly Blessinger, "User Experience with a New Public Interface for an Integrated Library System". Information Technology and Libraries, 39(1), March 2020
David J. Comeaux and Emily Frank, “Supporting Student Success: E-books as Course Materials.” Codex: the Journal of Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL. 5(2), 2019
David J. Comeaux, “Web Design Trends in Academic Libraries – A Longitudinal Study.” Journal of Web Librarianship 11(1) 2017.
David Comeaux and Axel Schmetzke, "Accessibility of academic library web sites in North America—current status and trends (2002-2012)." Library Hi Tech. 31(1), 2013.
David Comeaux, "Usability Testing of a Web-Scale Discovery System at an Academic Library." College & Undergraduate Libraries. 19(2-4), 2012.
Axel Schmetzke and David Comeaux, "Accessibility Trends among Academic Library and Library Schools Websites in the USA and Canada." Journal of Access Services. 6(1-2), 2009: 137-152.
David Comeaux and Axel Schmetzke, “Web accessibility trends in university libraries and library schools,” Library Hi Tech, 25(4), 457-477,2007.
“Usability Studies and User-Centered Design in Digital Libraries,” Journal of Web Librarianship 2(2/3)
"Tips for Developing Accessible eLearning with Flash," Learning Solutions eMagazine, July 10, 2006.
“How Accessible are Library Resources to the Visually Impaired?”, Post-Tracks, September 1, 2005.

Awards

2014 Outstanding Paper Award Library Hi Tech for the article: Accessibility of academic library web sites in North America—current status and trends (2002-2012).

Service

Co-Chair of ASERL Information Technology/Digital Initiatives Interest Group.

Will Conlin

Digital Projects Programmer

wconli1@lsu.edu

Meredith Contreras

Special Collections Public Services & Events Coordinator

225-578-8906

mcontreras@lsu.edu

Kaylin Cooper

225-578-2058

kcoop38@lsu.edu

Gina Costello

Associate Dean, Technology Initiatives / Special Collections

225-578-2217

gcoste1@lsu.edu

Gina Costello

Associate Dean, Technology Initiatives / Special Collections

225-578-2217

gcoste1@lsu.edu

Responsibilities

Gina Costello oversees the technology initiatives and special collections units in the LSU Libraries. Her responsibilities in technology initiatives include strategic direction and oversight of the website, application/software development, systems and desktop support, digitization, and digital scholarship. She manages a special collections department of 20 faculty and staff and is responsible for endowments of nearly $6 million. She was previously head of the Digital Services Department where she was responsible for the digitization of materials found in the Libraries and for collaborative digitization efforts within and outside the Libraries. She serves as the LSU Libraries contact for the Louisiana Digital Library (LDL). From 2009-2015, she was Project Director or co-director of the Digitizing Louisiana Newspapers Project, a National Endowment for the Humanities funded project through the Library of Congress.

Experience

Co-Principal Investigator, “…And 25 of our closest friends: The Louisiana Digital Library as Community-Focused Data,” January 2020-June 2021. Collections as Data: Part to Whole, Mellon Foundation re-grant. Funded $49,845.
Proposal author and Project Manager, Digital Scholarship funding support, 2016-2020. LSU Center for Computation and Technology and Office of Research & Economic Development. Funded $95,000.
Proposal author and Project Manager, “Digital Signage and Wayfinding in LSU Libraries” award from LSU Student Technology Fee Oversight Committee, March 2018-July 2019. Funded $30,800.
Proposal author and Project Manager, “Equipment for LSU Libraries’ Digital Scholarship Lab” award from LSU Student Technology Fee Oversight Committee, November 2015-June 2016. Funded $29,793.
Co-Principal Investigator, Project Ceres grant, “Louisiana Digital BibliAGraphy: 100 Years of LSU Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1888-1898.” August 2014-July 2015, $3,400.
Co-Author and Technical Partner, Mississippi Department of Archives and History National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) National Digital Newspaper Program grant. September 2013 - August 2015, $95,470 (LSU sub-award).
Project Director, NEH National Digital Newspaper Program grant. September 2013 - August 2015, $210,000.
Co-Project Director, NEH-funded “Free People of Color in Louisiana: Revealing an Unknown Past.” May 2013-April 2015, $194,152.
Co-Principal investigator, Louisiana Agricultural Center Sugar Research Station-funded digitization of The Sugar Bulletin and other resources. Funded 2012-2014, $6,240.
Project Manager, Louisiana Board of Regents-funded “Building Digital Resources for Research: Creating a Digitized Collection of United States Army Corps of Engineers Publications and Related Historical Materials for Access and Preservation.” 2012-2013, $86,800.
Project Director, NEH National Digital Newspaper Program grant. Funded September 2011 - August 2013, $285,000.
Project Manager, Louisiana Sea Grant sponsored project to develop image and map collections in the Louisiana Digital Library. March - December 2010, $9,000.
Co-Principal Investigator, Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fisheries-funded project to digitizeLouisiana Conservationist and associated titles. July 2010 - July 2011, $3,120.
Co-Project Director, NEH National Digital Newspaper Program grant. July 2009 -June 2011, $351,380.
Project Manager, Louisiana Board of Regents-funded "Louisiana Historical Newspapers: Preservation and Access." 2006-2008, $400,000.
Co-Principal Investigator and Project Manager, Louisiana Sea Grant College-funded project to digitize the Percy Viosca historic photograph collection. April-December 2007; $9,898.
Co-Author and Project Manager, Baton Rouge Area Foundation-funded project to digitize Margaret Stones watercolors collection. August 2006-January 2007, $8,900.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Educational Leadership & Research, Higher Education Administration, Louisiana State University (LSU), anticipated 2022
Master of Arts, Applied Research, Measurement & Evaluation, LSU, anticipated 2022
Master of Science, Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, 2004
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature and Education, Mississippi College, 1997

Presentations

“Exploring Leader-Follower Duality and Role Identity in Library Middle Managers.” ALA Core Forum, Baltimore, MD, October 8, 2021.
“Online Practitioner-Oriented Graduate Programs: Are they meeting the needs of new professionals?.” Mid-South Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, November 6-8, 2019.
“Evolving Statewide Digital Libraries,” with Jason Battles, University of Georgia. Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), St. Louis, MO, April 8-9, 2019.
“Leading 21st Century Digital Design in 20th Century Library Spaces,” with Dr. Donald Gilstrap, University of Alabama. Designing for Digital Conference, Austin, TX, March 4-6, 2019.
“Evolving Leadership in Academic Librarianship and Challenges to a Sustainable Workforce.” LSU Curriculum Camp, Baton Rouge, February 22, 2019.
Moderator, “Sustaining Digital Humanities Centers” panel discussion. Digitorium, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 4-6, 2018.
“Digital Projects & Digital Libraries” Louisiana Library Administrators Fall Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, November 3, 2017. [Invited talk.]
“Peer-to-peer Learning to Advance Digital Preservation” with Barrie Howard, Library of Congress. Digital Library Federation annual forum, Pittsburgh, PA, October 25, 2017.
“Success through Collaboration: LSU Libraries and Graduate School Theses and Dissertations Migration Project.” Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference (SMIRC), Hattiesburg, MS, April 13, 2017.
“Digital Preservation: From Identifying Content to Providing Access” .5 day pre-conference workshop. Louisiana Library Association Conference, Lafayette, LA, March 7, 2017.
Deep South Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Workshop, September 19-23, 2016, Jackson, MS. In collaboration with the Library of Congress [Workshop organizer.]
"Digital Libraries Research and the Future of the Louisiana Digital Library” with Rachel Tillay, Tulane University. Louisiana Library Association Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, March 9, 2016.
“Proposal Development in the Arts & Humanities” panel discussion for LSU Office of Research and Economic Development (ORED), March 12, 2015.
“Digitization Basics” at Louisiana Federal Depository Library Council meeting, Lafayette, LA, November 14, 2014.
“Digital Project Management Basics & Beyond” with Rachel Tillay, LSU Libraries. LOUIS User’s Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, October 16, 2014.
ORED sponsored Data Management workshops with Bill Armstrong, LSU Libraries. Spring and Fall 2014.
“Sweetening the Deal: A Digitization Partnership Between LSU Libraries and the LSU AgCenter Sugar Research Station” with Cristina Caminita, LSU Libraries. Louisiana Library Association Conference, Lafayette, LA, March 27, 2014.
“Digitization Crossroads: An Interdisciplinary, Cross-Profession Discussion” [Panelist.] Society of American Archivists Conference, New Orleans, LA, August 17, 2013.
“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned: Ways to Maximize your Learning Potential in Tough Economic Times” with Kelly Blessinger at ACRL/LLAMA Spring Virtual Institute - “Doing Well by Doing Good”: Entrepreneurial Leadership for Librarians, April 21-22, 2010.
“Oral Histories from ‘Analog’ to Louisiana ‘Digital’ Library at LOUIS User’s Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, October 21-22, 2010.
"Digital Archiving and Digital Project Management” at Association for Conservation Information Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, July 16, 2009.
“Creating and Managing Online Exhibits” Pre-Conference workshop (half day) at Rice University, Society of Southwest Archivists Annual Conference, Houston, TX, May 21, 2008.

Publications

Blessinger, Kelly and Gina Costello “The Effect of Economic Recession on Institutional Support for Tenure-Track Librarians in ARL Institutions.” The Journal of Academic Librarianship 37:4 (2011): 307-311. Costello, Gina R. “Digitization and Access of Louisiana Oral Histories: One Oral History Center’s Experience in the Digital Realm” In K. Ng and J. Kucsma (Eds.)
Digitization in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small and Medium-sized Digitization Projects (2010) New York, NY: Metropolitian New York Library Council.
Costello, Gina R. and Alice Daugherty “Analysis of Job Responsibilities of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Human Resource Professionals” In E. Pankl, D. Theiss-White and M. Bushing (Eds.), Recruitment, Development, and Retention of Information Professionals: Trends in Human Resources and Knowledge Management (2010) Hershey, PA: IGI Publishing.
Costello, Gina R. “Louisiana Coastal Wetlands and Louisiana Coastal Grey Literature: Vanishing Treasures.” Publishing Research Quarterly 23:1 (2007): 19-29. Reprinted from The Grey Journal.

Service

Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE)
American Educational Research Association (AERA)
American Library Association (ALA) Core committee chair, member
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) Rare Books and Manuscripts Association (RBMS)
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Community Representative
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant review panelist, 2007, 2015, 2021
Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant reviewer, 2018
National Historical Publications and Records Commission grant reviewer, 2015

Danielle Costello

Science Librarian

225-578-3459

dcostello@lsu.edu

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Coast & Environment

Barry Cowan

Assistant Processing Archivist

225-578-6943

bcowan@lsu.edu

Jennifer Abraham Cramer

Director, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

225-578-7439

jabrah1@lsu.edu

Jennifer Abraham Cramer

Director, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History

225-578-7439

jabrah1@lsu.edu

Experience

Director, T Harry Williams Center for Oral History, LSU Libraries Special Collections, 2004-present
Media Review Editor, The Oral History Review, Oxford Journals, 2010-2017
Assistant Director, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History, LSU Libraries Special Collections, 2002-2004

Editor, T Harry Williams Center for Oral History, LSU Libraries Special Collections 2000-2002
Various Positions, University of Southern Mississippi

Education

MA (Anthropology) University of Southern Mississippi
BA (History) Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi

Research Interests

The Intersection of Trauma and Oral History (see article)
Veterans History
Dynamics of community collaboration
Environmental History (see co-authored article)

Nicollette Davis

Kinesiology, Social Work and Health Sciences Librarian

ndavis10@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Human Sciences & Education

Contact me for help with Kinesiology, Health Sciences, and Social Work.

Nicollette Davis

Kinesiology, Social Work and Health Sciences Librarian

ndavis10@lsu.edu

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Experience

Assistant Librarian for Kinesiology, Social Work, and Health Sciences, LSU, 2022 - Present
Librarian II, Circulation Department, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, 2021-2022
Librarian I, Reference Department, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, 2019-2021
Library Technician I, Reference Department, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, 2016-2019
Library Page, Circulation Department, East Baton Rouge Parish Library, 2008-2016

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), 2018
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University, Bachelor of Arts - Liberal Studies (English Concentration), 2015

Research Interests

Critical Librarianship

Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Disability and Accessibility in Libraries

Library Management & Policymaking

Library Programming

Public Libraries

Kat Dean

Resource Sharing Specialist

225-578-1981

kdean@lsu.edu

Tom Diamond

Collections and Materials Selector Librarian

225-578-6572

notted@lsu.edu

Research guides

Business

Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact me for assistance with Geography, Anthropology, and Public Administration.

Tom Diamond

Collections and Materials Selector Librarian

225-578-6572

notted@lsu.edu

Experience

LSU Library Collection Services Department.

Education

University of Kentucky, Master of Library Science (MLS).

University of Nebraska at Omaha, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA).

Publications

Diamond, Tom, and Dominique Hallett, eds. What Can U.S. Government Information Do for Me? Librarians Explain the Discovery and Use of Public Data, Documents, Maps and Images. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. To be published in 2023.
Diamond, Tom, ed. The Academic Librarian in the Digital Age: Essays on Changing Roles and Responsibilities. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2020.
Diamond, Tom, ed. Middle Management in Academic and Public Libraries. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2011.

Diamond, Tom. The Economic and Political Aspects of the Tobacco Industry: An Annotated Bibliography and Statistical Review, 1990-2004. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Diamond, Tom. Library User Surveys. Spec Kit 280. Washington, D.C.: Association of Research Libraries, Office of Leadership and Management Services, 2004.

Service

Member, American Library Association.
Committee Member and Chair, ANSS Liaison Committee, ALA Anthropology and Sociology Section.
Committee Member, BRASS Academic Business Librarianship Travel Award, ALA Business Reference and Services Section.

Committee Member, Travel Awards Committee, Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference.

Julia Dietz

Graduate Assistant

jdietz9@lsu.edu

Wagner Duarte

Graduate Assistant

225-578-4674

wdeoli1@lsu.edu

David Dunaway

Director of Open Scholarship & Affordable Learning

225-578-4680

ddunaw1@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

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Research guides

Science

Chemistry

David Dunaway

Director of Open Scholarship & Affordable Learning

225-578-4680

ddunaw1@lsu.edu

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Responsibilities

Director of Open Scholarship & Affordable Learning

Chemistry Librarian

Education

Louisiana State University, MLIS
Louisiana State University, M.Ed.
Louisiana State University, B.S., Chemistry

Publications

Book Chapters

Wu, Y., Dunaway, D. J., Lehman, A. (2016). Oil Spill Taxonomy. Oil Spill Impacts: Taxonomic and Ontological Approaches (pp. 29-170). CRC Press.

Wu, Y., Lehman, A., Dunaway, D. J. (2016). Oil Spill Topic Map: Concepts, Relationships, and References. Oil Spill Impacts: Taxonomic and Ontological Approaches (pp. 171-263). CRC Press.

Hebert, A. L., Daugherty, A., Dunaway, D. J. (2016). Maximizing LibAnswers Data to Drive Workflow Processes. (Eds.), Innovative LibGuides Applications: Real World Examples (pp. 105-112). Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield.

Dunaway, D. J., McCarley, R. L. (1994). Enhanced metal nucleation with self-assembled monolayers of omega-substituted silanes studied by scanning force microscopy. Interfacial Design and Chemical Sensing (vol. 561, pp. 162-174). Washington: Amer Chemical Soc.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Dunaway, D. J. (2019). Bibliometrics for Faculty Evaluations: A Statistical Comparison of h-indexes Generated Using Google Scholar and Web of Science Data. CODEX, 5(3), 12-29.

Batte, E., Mazur, S., Frank, E., Dunaway, D., Phillips, L. (2019). LOUIS Membership with Open Textbook Network Brings Incentive for Faculty OER Advocacy on Campuses. CODEX, 5(3), 8-17.

Wu, Y., Lehman, A., Dunaway, D. J. (2015). Evaluations of a large topic map as a knowledge organization tool for supporting self-regulated learning. Knowledge Organization, 42(6), 13.

Wu, Y., Dunaway, D. J. (2013). Creating a large topic map by integrating Wandora and Ontopia. Library Hi Tech, 31(1), 64–75. DOI: 10.1108/07378831311303930.

Wu, W., Adams, P., McCarley, R. L., Dunaway, D. J. (1994). Granularity and superconductor-insulator transition in electrochemically anodized Al films. Applied physics letters, 65(9), 1180–1182. DOI: 10.1063/1.112139.

Dunaway, D. J., McCarley, R. L. (1994). Scanning force microscopy studies of enhanced metal nucleation - au vapor-deposited on self-assembled monolayers of substituted silanes. Langmuir, 10(10), 3598-3606. DOI: 10.1021/la00022a037.

McCarley, R. L., Dunaway, D. J., Willicut, R. J. (1993). Mobility of the alkanethiol gold(111) interface studied by scanning probe microscopy. Langmuir, 9(11), 2775-2777. DOI: 10.1021/la00035a007.

Awards

(2019) Center for Community Engagement, Learning & Leadership, Happy Award. LSU award.

Trent Dunkin

Institutional Repository Librarian

225-578-4194

tdunkin@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Leah Duncan

Digital Engagement and Educational Services Librarian

225-578-0983

lpowe17@lsu.edu

Anne Edwards

Facilities Manager, Hill Memorial Library

225-578-6548

alsmith@lsu.edu

Larissa Elliott

Resource Sharing Specialist

225-578-2757

lellio3@lsu.edu

Meshelle Fargason

Assistant Dean, Administrative Services

225-578-7318

mfargason1@lsu.edu

Jacob Fontenot

Resource Sharing Librarian and Head, Interlibrary Loan

225-578-6722

jacobfontenot@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Jacob Fontenot

Resource Sharing Librarian and Head, Interlibrary Loan

225-578-6722

jacobfontenot@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Experience

Resource Sharing Librarian, LSU, 2022 - Present

Head, Interlibrary Loan, LSU, 2017- Present
Borrowing Specialist, Interlibrary Loan, LSU, 2015-2017
Lending Specialist, Interlibrary Loan, LSU, 2013-2015
Assistant Director of Prospect Research, LSU Foundation, 2006-2012
Library Associate II, Circulation, LSU 2005-2006

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), 2021
Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Arts - English, 1999
Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Arts - History, 1996

Research Interests

Resource Sharing Best Practices
Library Management & Policymaking

Mitch Fontenot

Humanities and Social Sciences/Outreach Librarian

225-578-7374

mfonten@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact me for assistance with Psychology, Sociology, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Communication Studies and Leadership and Human Resource Development.

Jeremy Fontenot

Electronic Access Specialist

225-578-1443

jfont27@lsu.edu

Kelsey Gresham

Executive Assistant to the Dean

kgresham@lsu.edu

John Guillory

Digital Services Technician

johng@lsu.edu

Gabe Harrell

Digitization Lab Manager

225-578-7352

jharre7@lsu.edu

Lindsey Hartman

Coordinator

225-578-6995

lhartm1@lsu.edu

Heather Harvey

Business Manager

225-578-2769

hmann4@lsu.edu

Narcissa Haskins

African and African American Studies Librarian

225-578-2950

nhaskins1@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact me for help with African and African American Studies.

Andrea Hebert

Research Impact Librarian

225-578-7195

ahebert@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

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Research guides

Human Sciences & Education

Contact me for help with research impact & metrics and Education.

Andrea Hebert

Research Impact Librarian

225-578-7195

ahebert@lsu.edu

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Responsibilities

Research Impact & Metrics

Subject Specialist for the School of Education

Education

Louisiana State University, MLIS
University of Georgia, M.A., Latin
Louisiana State University, B.A., English & Latin

Presentations

With Jodi Duet. "Code it as 'Success at Task': Benefits of Research Collaborations between Librarians and MLIS Students." LOUIS Users Conference. Baton Rouge, La. October 15-16, 2019.
"How Did You Code “I'm Really Confident That I Can Find the Exact IKEA Pillow”?: Creating an Effective Codebook as a Team." Empirical Librarians Conference. Richmond, Va. March 7-8, 2018.
With Rebecca Kelley and Emily Frank. "Speed Geeking: Find Your Match with LSU Libraries." LOUIS Users Conference. Baton Rouge, La. September 13-14, 2018.
"Better Together: Our Community of Practice." LOUIS Users Conference. Baton Rouge, La. October 18-19, 2017.
With David Dunaway. "Implementing Springshare's LibApps LTI." LOUIS Users Conference. Baton Rouge, La. October 18-19, 2017.
With David Dunaway. "Librarian or Lannister? How Game of Thrones Can Help You Succeed as a Liaison." LOUIS Users Conference. Baton Rouge, La. Oct 5-6, 2016.
“Hunting and Gathering: Attempting to Assess Services to Distance Learning Students.” 17th Distance Library Services Conference. Pittsburgh, PA. April 20-22, 2016.
With Marty Miller. "Rediscovering “America in the Depression Years”: A Tale of a Teacher’s Resource Kit and Its Visual, Historical, and Sociological Applications for Students Today." Louisiana Library Association Conference, Baton Rouge, La. March 9, 2016
With Cristina Caminita and Jason Juneau. “The Weeding Planner.” LOUIS Users Conference. Baton Rouge, La. Oct 7-8, 2015.
With Mitchell Fontenot. Expanding the Dialog: Colorado K12 and Higher Education Information Literacy Collaborations. University of Colorado Boulder Libraries. April 25, 2015.

Publications

Hebert, A. and Duet, J. (2019). “I’m Really Confident I Can Find the Exact IKEA Pillow”: A Qualitative Look at the Search Self-Efficacy of Graduating MLIS Students, Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, DOI: 10.1080/01639269.2017.1690891
Hebert, A. (2018). Information Literacy Skills of First-Year Library and Information Science Graduate Students: An Exploratory Study. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 13(3), 32-52. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip29404
Hebert, A., and Miller, M. (2017). Using FSA-OWI photographs to teach information and visual literacy. Louisiana Libraries 79(3): 19-25.
Hebert, A., Daugherty, A. L., and Dunaway, D. (2016) Maximizing LibAnswers data to drive workflow processes. In R. Sittler and A. W. Dobbs (Eds.) Innovative LibGuides applications: Real world examples (pp. 105-112). Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group.
Caminita, C. and Hebert, A. (2016). The weeding planner: How a research library weeded approximately 2.76 miles of print materials from the shelves to repurpose library space OR much ado about the new normal. Against the Grain 28(4): 34-37.
Hebert, A. (2016). Hunting and gathering: Attempting to assess services to distance learning students. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning 10(3/4): 268-276. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1533290X.2016.1219203

Awards

LSU Libraries Carolyn H. Hargrave Senior Leadership Award (2021)

17th Distance Library Services Conference Conference Award (2016)

Service

American Library Association (ALA)
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Distance Learning Section

- - Memeber-at-Large 2020-
  - Section Archivist 2019-2020
  - Section Secretary 2018-2019
  - Bibliography Committee 2015-2017
  - Research Committee 2015-2017
- Education and Behavioral Sciences Section member

Michael Holt

Head, Research and Instruction Services

225-578-8128

michaelholt@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Humanities & Social Sciences

Contact me for help with Asian Studies.

Michael Holt

Head, Research and Instruction Services

225-578-8128

michaelholt@lsu.edu

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Experience

Head of Research and Instruction Services, LSU, 2021 - Present
Marketing and Assessment Coordinator, Valdosta State University Odum Library, 2017-2021
Reference Librarian, Valdosta State University Odum Library, 2010-2017
Library Technical Assistant, Valdosta State University Archives and Special Collections, 2006-2010

Education

Valdosta State University, Doctor of Public Administration, 2019
Valdosta State University, Master of Library and Information Science, 2010
Valdosta State University, Master of Arts, History, 2008
Valdosta State University, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences, Philosophy and Religious Studies, 2003

Research Interests

Critical Librarianship
Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Library Management & Policymaking
Librarian Burnout
Librarian Parent

Library Space Assessment
Library Collection Assessment
Social Media Management and Communications in Libraries

Paul Hrycaj

Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian

225-578-2629

phryca1@lsu.edu

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Human Sciences & Education

Humanities & Social Sciences

Music & Dramatic Arts

Contact me for assistance with Philosophy & Religious Studies, Film Studies, Theater and Library and Information Science.

Paul Hrycaj

Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian

225-578-2629

phryca1@lsu.edu

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Experience

Humanities & Social Sciences Librarian, LSU, 2003 – Present (Awarded tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate Librarian, January 2009).
Site Manager (for Galaxy Automated Library System), Gaylord Information Systems, Liverpool, NY (now Polaris Library Systems), June 2000 to January 2003

Serials Cataloging Assistant, E.S. Bird Library, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, January 1999 to June 2000

Education

Master of Library Science, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, May 2000
PhD in Philosophy, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, May 1990, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY
BA in English Literature and Philosophy (double major), May 1979, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, May 1979

Research Interests

Instruction
Information Literacy
Political & Philosophical Issues in Librarianship

Cambria Huff

STEM Librarian

225-578-6380

chuff@lsu.edu

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Engineering & Computer Science

Science

In addition to Engineering and Computer Science, contact me for help with Geology and Geophysics

Cambria Huff

STEM Librarian

225-578-6380

chuff@lsu.edu

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Experience

Collections librarian, Dalhousie University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2019-2021
Reference Librarian, Basin and Reservoir Laboratory, Dalhousie University, 2020-2021
Volunteer, Brock University Archives and Special Collections, 2018

Education

Dalhousie University, Master of Library and Information Services (MLIS), 2021

Brock University, Master of English Language and Literature, 2018
Dalhousie University, BA in English Literature and Earth Science, 2016

Research Interests

Geological collections curation, preservation, and digitization
Data management planning

Special collections
Rare books

Wahaj Hussain

Graduate Assistant

mhussa5@lsu.edu

Doris C. Hutson

Federal Government Document Processing and Database Maintenance

225-578-7204

dchtso@lsu.edu

Mona Jarreau

Lending Specialist

225-578-2049

mjarreau@lsu.edu

Leah Wood Jewett

Exhibitions Coordinator

225-578-6558

lwood@lsu.edu

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Hayley Johnson

Head, Government Documents & Microforms

225-578-7021

hjohnson@lsu.edu

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Government Information

Hayley Johnson

Head, Government Documents & Microforms

225-578-7021

hjohnson@lsu.edu

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Experience

Associate Librarian, Head of Open Scholarship and Government Publications, LSU, 2017 - Present
Assistant Librarian, Government Documents Department, Nicholls State University, 2012-2017
Information Specialist, David R. Poynter Legislative Research Library, Louisiana House of Representatives, 2009-2012

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), 2010

Southeastern Louisiana University, Master of Arts - English, 2008
Nicholls State University, Bachelor of Arts – English, 2004

Research Interests

Government Information & Open Access resources
World War II Japanese Internment & Incarceration
Academic Library Management

Sigrid Kelsey

Director, Scholarly Publishing & Analytics

225-578-2720

skelsey@lsu.edu

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Sigrid Kelsey

Director, Scholarly Publishing & Analytics

225-578-2720

skelsey@lsu.edu

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Experience

LSU Libraries, 1998 - present
- Librarian, 2008 - present
- Associate Librarian, 2004 - 2008
- Assistant Librarian, 1998- 2004
Reference Librarian, Whitman College, 1996 - 1998
Special Appointment Librarian, Colorado State University, 1995 - 1996

Education

University of Texas at Austin, MLIS
St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, B.A., English

Presentations

Presenter, with Rachel Borchardt, Jennifer Matthews, and Polly Boruff-Jones, "A Proposed Framework for the Evaluation of Academic Librarian Scholarship," Charleston Conference, Charleston, VA, 11/06/19.
Presenter, with Ebony McDonald, "LSU Libraries Diversity Residency Program: Planning, Launching, and Assessing," LOUIS Users Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 10/15/19.
"Writing and Publishing in the Field of Academic Librarianship," panel member for the Louisiana Virtual Academic Library Conference, 11/15/18.
"Keeping Pace with the Transformations of Libraries in an Ever-Diverse Society: Using Social Media to Reach Diverse Populations," a program co-sponsored by the LLA Diversity Interest Group and the LSU School of Library and Information Science, 10/5/13.

Presenter, "Catholic Library World: Behind the Scenes," Catholic Library Association 2013 Convention, Houston, TX, 4/4/13.
Presenter, with Robbie Gore, "SubjectsPlus," LOUIS Users Annual Conference, 10/14/11.
Speaker, "Leadership Breakfast," a meeting of the leadership of the Catholic Library Association, New Orleans, LA, 4/29/11.
Presenter, "CSS for e-Library," LOUIS Users Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 10/21/10.
Presenter, "Using Google Docs for Gathering and Distributing Data," LOUIS Users Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA 10/21/10.

Presenter, "Publish and Flourish: Writing for Academic Librarians," Pre-LUC ACRL-LA Workshop, Baton Rouge, LA, 10/08/08.
Presenter, "Preconference: Using Macromedia's Flash to Create a Library Research Tutorial," LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 3/06/07.
Presenter, "RSS in Libraries" LOUIS Users Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 10/05/06.
Speaker, "Job Hunting and Resume Workshop," a workshop sponsored by the Graduate Library & Information Science Student Association (GLISSA), to the School of Library and Information Science students. Baton Rouge, LA, 4/21/05.
Speaker (with Paul Hrycaj and Becky Hebert), "Job Hunting and Resume Workshop," a workshop sponsored by the Graduate Library & Information Science Student Association (GLISSA), to the School of Library and Information Science students. Baton Rouge, LA, 11/04/04.

Presenter, with Ted Chaffin, "Flash -- Targeting Undergraduates with Interesting, Interactive, Innovative and Explosive Twists on Everyday Online Tutorials," LOUIS Users Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 10/19/04.
Speaker (with Paul Hrycaj and Lydia Acosta), "Job Hunting and Resume Workshop," a workshop sponsored by the Graduate Library & Information Science Student Association (GLISSA), to the School of Library and Information Science students. Baton Rouge, LA, 4/01/04.
Presenter, "Basic HTML," a workshop given to teachers from St. Aloysius School and St. Joseph's Academy. Baton Rouge, 04/04/03.
Panel Member, "How to Break Into the World of Library Publishing," LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference, Gonzales, LA, 03/18/03.
Panel Member, "Integrated Full-Text Finders: Libraries' Serials List," LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 03/05/02.

Presenter, "Job Hunting: Resume Writing and Interviewing," a presentation given for the Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), 11/08/01.
Panel Moderator, "Louisiana Panel Response to Exploring New Roles for Academic Librarians: The Information Literacy Odyssey," ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) -Louisiana/LOUIS Users Joint Conference, Hammond, LA, 10/25/01.
Presenter, "Web Site Management," The Association of College and Research Libraries- Louisiana (ACRL-LA) and LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) Joint Conference, Chalmette, LA, 10/12/00.
Presenter, "Back to the Basics: Concepts for Library Web Design," given twice at the Louisiana Support Staff Association of Libraries (LaSSAL) Annual Conference, Lafayette, LA, 9/22/00.
Presenter, "Incorporating Library Internet Resources in Teaching," a presentation given with Deborah Lenares at the Teaching in Higher Education Forum (THE) annual conference, Baton Rouge, LA, 4/11/00.

Panel Member, "Innovative Instruction Incorporating New Technologies," LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference, Alexandria, LA, 3/15/00.
Presenter: NMRT-Thorpe Associates Grassroots Grant Award, at the "Recognizing the RED Gang: LLA Awards Luncheon" LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference, Alexandria, LA, 3/15/00.
Chair, W. B. Yeats Panel. Central New York Conference on Language and Literature, SUNY College at Cortland, October 5-7, 1997.
Presenter, "Beginning HTML," three workshops, LLA (Louisiana Library Association) Annual Conference, Baton Rouge, 3/17/99, 3/18,99 and 3/19/99.
Presenter, "Implementing an E-mail Bibliographic Instruction Course at a College Library," The Association of College and Research Libraries- Louisiana (ACRL-LA) Annual Meeting, Hammond, LA, 02/26/99.

Presenter, Kelsey, Sigrid. "Little Dorrit: A Paradise Lost." Paper presented at Legacies an annual conference sponsored by the University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, September 1996.

Publications

Kelsey, Sigrid, ed. Fostering Student Success: Academic, Social, and Financial Incentives. ALA Editions, 2022.
ACRL Impactful Scholarship and Metrics Task Force, "ACRL Framework for Impactful Scholarship and Metrics" (2020), ACRL.
Borchardt, Rachel; Polly Boruff-Jones; Sigrid Kelsey; and Jennifer Matthews, "A Proposed Framework for the Evaluation of Academic Librarian Scholarship" (2019). Proceedings of the Charleston Library Conference.
Kelsey, Sigrid, "Open Access Drives Change in Libraries and Scholarly Associations," Phi Kappa Phi Forum. Spring 2016, 26-29.
Kelsey, Sigrid and Kirk St.Amant, eds. Computer Mediated Communication: Issues and Approaches in Education. IGI Global, 2011.

St.Amant, Kirk and Sigrid Kelsey, eds. Computer Mediated Communication across Cultures: International Interactions in Online Environments IGI Global, 2011.
Kelsey, Sigrid E. and Marjorie J. Porter, eds. Best Practices for Corporate Libraries. Libraries Unlimited, 2011.
Kelsey, Sigrid and Angela VandenBroek. "Web-Mediated Resource Distribution for a Library Web Site," Codex: Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL. 1.1 (2010): 49-82.
Kelsey, Sigrid. "Harper's Weekly"; "Loyal Publication Society"; "Civil War Newspapers"; and "Thomas Nast," Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America. Ed. Martin Manning, Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Kelsey, Sigrid. "Internet," Encyclopedia of US Political History. Ed. Andrew Robertson, Washington DC: CQ Press, 2010. Kelsey, Sigrid. "Writing for Reference Books" and "Book Reviews," Writing and Publishing: The Librarian's Handbook. Ed. Carol Smallwood. Chicago: The American Library Association, 2009.

Russo Michael, Sigrid Kelsey, and Maud Walsh. "Online Integration of Information Literacy in an Environmental Management Systems Course,"Understanding Online Instructional Modeling: Theories and Practices. Eds. Robert Zheng and Sharmila Pixy Ferris. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. (Included as a resource on the ALA/ACRL Instruction Section's Information Literacy in the Disciplines bibliography)
Kelsey, Sigrid and Elisabeth Pankl. "Verbal Text: Communication in the Information Age," Readings for Technical Communication. Ed. Jennifer MacLennan, PhD. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Kelsey, Sigrid and Kirk St.Amant, eds. Handbook of Research on Computer Mediated Communication. IGI Global, 2008.
Kelsey, Sigrid. "Abernathy, Martha"; "Alexander, Charles Wesley"; "Blair, Lorinda Ann"; "Clalin, Frances"; "Clayton, Sallie"; "Gilman, Caroline Howard"; "McKay, Charlotte"; "Moulton, Louise Chandler"; "Prescott, Harriet E."; and "Turchin, Nadine Lvova," Women in the American Civil War. Ed. Lisa Tendrich Frank. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
Kelsey, Sigrid. "Open Source Software and the Corporate World," Handbook of Research on Open Source Software: Technological, Economic, and Social Perspectives. Eds. Kirk St. Amant and Brian Still. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 2007: 570-577.

Kelsey, Sigrid. "The Democratic Party"; "Eleanor Roosevelt"; and "Franklin Delano Roosevelt," The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II. Ed. James Ciment. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2007.
Kelsey, Sigrid. "Edgar Lee Masters" and "Lyric Poetry." The Facts on File Companion to Twentieth-Century American Poetry. Ed. Burt Kimmelman. New York: Facts on File, Inc., 2005.
Kelsey, Paul and Sigrid Kelsey, eds. Outreach Services in Academic and Special Libraries. Haworth Press, 2004.
Robins, David and Sigrid Kelsey. "Analysis of Web-based Information Architecture in a University Library: Navigating for Known Items," Information Technology and Libraries. 21.4 (December 2002): 158- 169.
Kelsey, Sigrid and Deborah Lenares. "E-struction: An Electronic Instruction Program at Louisiana State University and the University of New Orleans," The Reference Librarian 75/76 (2002): 305-314.

___________. "Hilary Masters," Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 244: American Short-Story Writers Since World War II. Ed. Patrick Meanor and Joseph McNicholas. Detroit: The Gale Group, 2001. 239- 245.
Hopkins, Donna and Sigrid Kelsey. "Patent and Trademark Depository Library Web Pages: A Case Study of Subject Specific Library Web Pages,"E-Libraries Proceedings - 2001. Medford, New Jersey: Information Today, 2001: 49 - 60.
Reference and User Services Association. User Access to Services Committee. "Users' Information-Seeking Behavior: What Are They Really Doing? A Bibliography," Reference and User Services Quarterly 40.3 (Spring 2001): 240-50.
____________. "Margaret I, Queen of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden (b. 1353, r. 1387-1412)"; "Pacioli, Luca (c. 1445-1515)"; "Paston, John (1421-66)"; "Sforza, Francesco (1401-66)" and "Vergerio, Pietro Paulos, the Elder (c. 1370-1445). The Late Medieval Age of Crisis and Renewal 1300-1500: A Biographical Dictionary. Ed. Clayton J. Drees. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001. 325-6.
Kelsey, Sigrid. "Effectively Manage a Web Site: Five Time Saving Methods," Louisiana Libraries 63.2 (2000): 12-13.

Kelsey, Sigrid. "Library User Education: Implementing an E-mail Bibliographic Instruction Course at a College Library," LLA Bulletin 61 (Summer 1999): 222-225.
Kelsey, Sigrid and Gregory Odegard. "Internet Guide for Colorado Engineers," Colorado Libraries 22 (Winter 1996): 36-40.

Editorial Boards

Library Diversity and Residency Studies, Editorial Board, 2020-2022.
Editorial Advisory Board member: Lim Ling, Hwee and Fay Sudweeks, eds. Innovative Methods and Technologies for Electronic Discourse Analysis, IGI Global, 2013.

Praeger ABC-CLIO Library Advisory Board, 2011-2017.
Editorial Advisory Board member: Popp, Mary Pagliero and Diane Dallis, editors, Planning and Implementing Resource Discovery Tools in Academic Libraries, IGI Global, 2012.
Editorial Advisory Board member: Park, Jung-ran and Eileen Abel, editors, Interpersonal Relations and Social Patterns in Communication Technologies: Discourse Norms, Language Structures and Cultural Variables, Information Science Reference, 2010.
Editorial Advisory Board member: Olaniran, Bolanle A., Cases on Successful E-Learning Practices in the Developed and Developing World: Methods for the Global Information Economy, IGI Global, 2009.

Awards

Catholic Library World received 3rd Place in the 2013 Catholic Press Awards for General Excellence
Campus Federal Credit Union Teaching Enhancement Fund Awardee, 2012; 2011.
Baton Rouge Business Report 2010 Forty under 40 recipient.
LSU Today “Flagship Faculty,” 2010
2010 ACRL CLS ProQuest Innovation in College Librarianship Award

Louisiana Library Association Anthony H. Benoit Mid-Career Award, 2010 recipient
"Presented to a member in mid-career who has made outstanding contributions to librarianship."
Kelsey, Sigrid, and Michelle Wang, co-investigators
Library Grant from the Metropolitan Center for Far Eastern Art Studies, 2009 recipient
Awarded for the purchase of Asian Art History books
Scholar Librarian of the Year Award, 2009 recipient
Awarded by ACRL-LA, the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of College & Research Libraries. "This award recognizes an academic librarian whose original research and scholarship related and relevant to academic libraries and higher education has resulted in outstanding work published during the previous calendar year."
Pankl, Elisabeth (Primary Investigator) and Sigrid Kelsey (Committee Member): "Modern Marvels: Jewish Adventures in the Graphic Novel," American Libraries Association "Let's Talk About It" grant, 2007-2008
Shirley Olofson Memorial Award, 2000 recipient
Sponsored by the New Members Round Table of the American Library Association.

Service

American Library Association (ALA)

ACRL Impactful Scholarship and Metrics Task Force, 2018 - 2020
ALA Publishing Committee, 2018 - 2020

American Libraries Editorial Advisory Committee,  2018 - 2020

Boards

Friends of the Animals, Baton Rouge, Board of Directors, 2015 – 2022
Praeger ABC-CLIO, Library Advisory Board, 2011 - 2014
Louisiana Library Association, Executive Board, ex officio standing member, 2005 - 2015

Editor, Catholic Library World, Catholic Library Association, 2010 - present.

Alia Kempton

Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Librarian

225-578-6501

akempton@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Special Collections Research

Alia Kempton

Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Librarian

225-578-6501

akempton@lsu.edu

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Experience

Outreach and Instruction Librarian, LSU Special Collections, 2022 – present
Research and Instructional Services Assistant, Wilson Special Collections, UNC, 2020 – 2022
Composition Instructor, University of Oregon, 2019 – 2020

Archivist, Randall V. Mills Archives of Northwest Folklore, 2018 - 2019

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), 2022
University of Oregon, Master’s in Folklore and Public Culture, 2020
Metropolitan State University of Denver, Bachelor of Arts, Independent Study, 2018

Research Interests

Critical librarianship and pedagogy
Curiosity and learning
Educational psychology and brain based learning
Trauma informed librarianship and teaching

Culturally responsive teaching
Anti-racist librarianship and teaching

Milad Khanlou

LSU Libraries Web Developer and Content Management Analyst

mfatol1@lsu.edu

Justin Kline

Access Services Library Assistant

225-578-0979

jkline@lsu.edu

Lois Kuyper-Rushing

Associate Dean of Public & Collection Services

225-578-4622

lkuyper@lsu.edu

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Lois Kuyper-Rushing

Associate Dean of Public & Collection Services

225-578-4622

lkuyper@lsu.edu

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Experience

Associate Dean for Public and Collection Services, LSU, 2014 - Present
Head of Music Resources, LSU Libraries, 1999-2014

Music Librarian, LSU Libraries, 1993-1999
Music Cataloger, Kansas State University Library, 1986-1992

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), 1993
Louisiana State University, Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA), 1990

Louisiana State University, Master of Music (MM), 1978
Central College, Pella, IA, Bachelor of Arts (BA), oboe and vocal performance and education, 1977

Research Interests

Music Bibliography
French 20th century French music

Life and works for Eugène Bozza

Kelly Larson

Special Collections Head of Research and Public Services

klarson@lsu.edu

Lauren Lay

Mass Communication Librarian

225-578-6239

laurenlay@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Mass Communication

Allen LeBlanc

Research & Instruction Services Coordinator

225-578-2738

aleb118@lsu.edu

Matthew LeBlanc

Technology Support Manager

225-578-4226

mbleblanc@lsu.edu

Mikel LeDee

Head of Music Resources

225-578-2472

mledee1@lsu.edu

Research guides

Music & Dramatic Arts

Aaron Lercher

Collection Analysis Librarian

225-578-4778

alerche1@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Math & Statistics

Aaron Lercher

Collection Analysis Librarian

225-578-4778

alerche1@lsu.edu

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Experience

Associate Librarian, Louisiana State University, 2013-present.

Assistant Librarian, Louisiana State University, 2007-2012.

Education

M.L.S., University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 2006.

Ph.D., Philosophy, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, 1999.

B.A., Columbia University, 1984.

Publications

Librarianship

With Lawrence Smolinsky, Daniel Sage, and Aaron Cao, Citations versus expert opinions: citation analysis of featured reviews of the American Mathematical Society, Scientometrics 126(5): 3853-3870 (2021).
With Lawrence Smolinsky, Co-author Weighting in Bibliometric Methodology and Subfields of a Scientific Discipline, Journal of Data and Information Science 5(3): 84-96 (2020).
With Lawrence Smolinsky, Persistent value of older scientific journal articles, Scientometrics 108(3): 1205-1220 (2016).
With Lawrence Smolinsky & Andrew McDaniel, Testing theories of preferential attachment in random networks of citations, Journal Of The Association For Information Science & Technology 66(10): 2132-2145 (2015).
Correlation over Time for Citations to Mathematics Articles, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 64(3) (2013): 455-463.
With Lawrence Smolinsky, Citation Rates in Mathematics: A Study of Variation by Subdiscipline, Scientometrics 91(3) (2012): 911-924.
Efficiency of Scientific Communication: A Survey of World Science, Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 61(10) (2010): 2049-2060.
A Survey of Attitudes about Digital Repositories among Faculty at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Journal of Academic Librarianship 34(5) (2008): 408-415.

Philosophy

Experiential Time in Some Modern Poetry, Contemporary Aesthetics, forthcoming.
Curry's Critique of the Syntactic Concept of Formal System and Methodological Autonomy for Pure Mathematics, Filzofia Nauki (Philosophy of Science, Poland), forthcoming.
Polluter Pays, in Routledge Companion to Environmental Ethics, edited by Benjamin Hale and Andrew Light (Routledge, 2022).
A Social Contract for Health Information. Journal of Information Ethics 17(2), (2008).
Torture and Moral Knowledge, Review Journal of Political Philosophy 6(1), (2008).
Are There Any Environmental Rights? Environmental Values 16, (2007).
Liberty of Ecological Conscience, Environmental Ethics 28, (2006).
Is Anyone to Blame for Pollution? Environmental Ethics 26, (2004).
What is the Goal of Proof? Logique et Analyse, Vol. 179-180, (2004).

Gabriella Lindsay

Resource Management & Assessment Librarian

225-578-5509

glinds4@lsu.edu

Gabriella Lindsay

Resource Management & Assessment Librarian

225-578-5509

glinds4@lsu.edu

Experience

Resource Management & Assessment Librarian, LSU 2023 - present
Graduate Assistant for Digital Access & Discovery Services, LSU, 2021 - 2023

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), 2023
Louisiana Tech University, Bachelor of Arts - English (Literature Concentration), 2019

Presentations

Lindsay, G. L., Bedoya, L. M., (October 2023). Training Methods for Student Chat Operators. Oral Presentation, LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) 2023, LOUIS, Baton Rouge, LA.

Lindsay, G. L., (April 2023). Embroidery as Information. Oral Presentation, Graduate Research Conference, 2023, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA.

Lindsay, G. L., (October 2022). What Does Chat Data Reveal about the Big Picture of Academic Librarianship? Oral Presentation, LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) 2022, LOUIS, Baton Rouge, LA. https://luc2022test.sched.com/event/1AS8z/what-does-chat-data-reveal-about-the-big-picture-of-academic-librarianship

Panels

Cooke, R., Hecker, P., Lindsay, G.L., MacLennan, D., Reno, L., panelists (2023). Panel Discussion: The Many Hats of Electronic Resource Librarians, LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) 2023, LOUIS, Baton Rouge, LA.

Research Interests

Academic Libraries
Assessment Librarianship
Virtual Accessibility
Virtual Outreach

Visual Literacy

Jason Luquette

Graduate Assistant

225-578-2058

jluque3@lsu.edu

Nora Melancon

Cataloging Associate

225-578-8623

nmelancon@lsu.edu

Michelle Melancon

Assistant Processing Archivist

225-578-6943

mmela41@lsu.edu

Research guides

Jennifer Michel

Digitization Specialist

225-578-6567

jmiche5@lsu.edu

John Miles

Curator of Books and Head of Instruction

225-578-6547

johnmiles@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Special Collections Rare Books

John Miles

Curator of Books and Head of Instruction

225-578-6547

johnmiles@lsu.edu

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Responsibilities

John Miles is responsible for the curation of the printed material in Special Collections, including the McIlhenny Natural History Collection, the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collection, and the Rare Book Collection. He also oversees and coordinates instruction for Hill Memorial Library.

Experience

Associate Librarian, Curator of Books and Head of Instruction, Special Collections, Louisiana State University Libraries. (2018-present)
Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Memphis. (2015-2018, on leave academic year 2015-16)
Professional-in-Residence, Hill Memorial Library and the Department of English, Louisiana State University. (2015-2016)
Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Memphis. (2009-2015)
Visiting Instructor, Department of English, College of St. Rose. (2008-2009)

Education

PhD, English, Duke University. (2009)
MA, English, University of Arizona. (2002)
BA, English and Biology, Trinity University. (1998)

Presentations

Selected Conference Presentations:

“‘Singular regard unto the simple truth’: Bradford, Plymouth, and the Success of the Declension Narrative.” Religion and Politics in Early America, St. Louis, MO, March 1-4, 2018.
“‘The Title of an History’: Increase Mather’s Transatlantic Historical Project.” Society of Early Americanists Special Topics Conference. London, England, July 17-19, 2014.
“‘A true, if a slight, impression’: Rewriting the Revolution in Catharine Maria Sedgwick’s The Linwoods.” Consortium on the Revolutionary Era Conference. Oxford, MS, February 20-22, 2014.
“‘Where a past did not haunt’: Native American Erasure in Morrison’s A Mercy.” Society of Early Americanists Biennial Conference. Savannah, GA, February 28-March 2, 2013.
“Mary Rowlandson and the Historians: Writing the West into Massachusetts Bay.” Western Literature Association Annual Conference: High Plains Drifting. Spearfish, SD, September 30-October 3, 2009.

Publications

Representative Scholarly Essays:

“Thomas Morton and the Critique of Puritan Intolerance.” Colonial Era to the 19th Century in American Literature. Ed. Laura A. Leibman. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2016. Web.
“Science Fiction and Fantasy.” In A History of Virginia Literature. Ed. Kevin Hayes. New York: Cambridge UP, 2015. Print.
“Captured by Genre: Mary Rowlandson’s Western Imagination on the Nineteenth-Century Frontier.” In Before the West Was West: Pre-1800 Western American Literature. Eds Amy Hamilton and Tom Hillard. Lincoln, NE: U of Nebraska P, 2014. 109-153. Print.
“‘It’s all f***ing amalgamation and capital, ain’t it?’: Deadwood, the Pinkertons, and Westward Expansion.” In The Last Western: Deadwood and the End of American Empire. Eds. Paul Stasi and Jennifer Greiman. New York: Continuum, 2012. 62-82. Print. Co-author Jeffrey Scraba.

Scholarly Editing:

Academic advisor and editor. “Mary Rowlandson.” Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Ed. Richard Layman. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2017. Web.

Selected Book Reviews:

Review of T.J. Tomlin, A Divinity for All Persuasions: Almanacs and Early American Religious Life. Early American Literature, 50:3 (November 2016). Print.
Review of Phillip H. Round, Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880. Journal of Ethnic American History, 32:3 (Spring 2013). 110-1. Print.

Research Interests

Early American literature
History of the book

American studies
Print culture
Pedagogy

Marty Miller

Art and Design Librarian

225-578-7197

martymiller@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Art & Design

French Studies and World Languages and Literatures

Marty Miller

Art and Design Librarian

225-578-7197

martymiller@lsu.edu

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Experience

LSU Libraries - August 2013 to present
Metropolitan Community College - Longview Library - 2001 to August 2013
St. Teresa's Academy - 1997 to 1999
Spencer Art Reference Library, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1995 to 1997, 1999 to 2001

Education

Emporia State University - MLS, 1995
University of Kansas - MA, Art History, 1993
Bethany College - BA, Art, 1990

Publications

Miller, M. A. (2019). Curriculum, Departmental, and Faculty Mapping and the Visual Arts Department. Art Documentation: Journal of the Art Libraries Society of North America, 38(1).
Miller, M. A. (2018). Sacred vs Profane in The Great War of 1916: A Neutral’s Indictment: Louis Raemaekers’ Use of Religious Imagery in Adoration of the Magi and Our Lady of Antwerp. Catholic Library World, 89(1), 20-32.
Miller, M. A. (2017). Framing the Visual Arts: The Challenges of Applying the ‘Research as Inquiry’ Concept to Studio Art Information and Visual Literacy. Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts (pp. 191-203). Association of College and Research Libraries.
Hebert, A., and Miller, M. (2017). Using FSA-OWI photographs to teach information and visual literacy. Louisiana Libraries 79(3): 19-25.
Miller, M. A., Caminita, C. M., Frank, E. P., Kelley, R. N. (2015). Let Them Eat King Cake: An Open House Pilot at LSU Libraries. Innovative Solutions for Building Community in Academic Libraries. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Miller, M. A. (2015). Art Research Questions: Tips and Resources for Non-Specialists. Louisiana Libraries, 78(1), 27-30.

Awards

John Brubaker Memorial Award, best article of the year, 2018-2019. Presented for "Sacred vs Profane in The Great War of 1916: A Neutral’s Indictment: Louis Raemaekers’ Use of Religious Imagery in Adoration of the Magi and Our Lady of Antwerp." Catholic Library World, 89(1), 20-32.
Louisiana Library Association, Louisiana Library Association Article of the Year Award. Presented for “Using FSA-OWI Photographs to teach Information and Visual Literacy.” Louisiana Libraries, Vol. 79, Winter 2017: 19-25. Co-authored with Andrea Hebert.

Randa Morgan

Event and Programming Librarian

225-578-4266

rlope12@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Agriculture

Randa Morgan

Event and Programming Librarian

225-578-4266

rlope12@lsu.edu

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Responsibilities

I have been with LSU Libraries in multiple positions since 2013. I am currently the Events and Programming Librarian but I am also the liaison to the College of Agriculture, Coast & Environment, Geology and Geophysics.

My job is to not only help people better identify and use resources but to also introduce and help develop information literacy skills. I love helping people and making searching, not the horrible experience so many people have. I would love any opportunity to come talk to your classes, students, faculty, and/or staff about all the wonderful things LSU Libraries has to offer.

As the Events and Programming Librarian, I help facilitate the creation, implementation, and promotion of programs in the library as well as building and maintaining partnerships within LSU and the local community.

Departments and Schools

Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
Agricultural and Extension Education and Evaluation
Animal Sciences
Coast & Environment
Geology & Geophysics
Entomology
Nutrition and Food Sciences
Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences
Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology
Renewable Natural Resources
Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising

Experience

LSU Libraries, Events and Programming Librarian, October 2018-Present
LSU Libraries, Agriculture Support Librarian, May 2015- September 2018
LSU Libraries, Research & Instruction Graduate Assistant, August 2013-May 2015

Education

Louisiana State University, MLIS, 2015
Northwestern State University, B.A., Communications, 2013

Presentations

Moderator

Morgan, R. L., Juve, N.,

(May 2018) Kennedy, E. H., McCluskey, J. J., Ostrom, M., Agriculture Mis-: Information, Conceptions, Perceptions, and Interpretations Panel (SI/RI IG), Oral Presentation, United States Agriculture Information Network, USAIN, Pullman, WA, United States.

Presentations

Morgan, R. L., (October 2020) My Neck, My Back, my Anxiety Attack: Welcome Week at LSU or how we just learned to go with the flow, Oral Presentation, LOUIS Users Conference (LUC) 2020, LOUIS, Virtual. https://task.louislibraries.org/hc/en-us/articles/360057868653-My-Neck-My-Back-my-Anxiety-Attack-Welcome-Week-at-LSU-or-how-we-learned-to-just-go-with-the-flow

2. Morgan, R. L., Schwaid-Lindner, W., (October 2020) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Survey Responses: A Study of Virtue-Based Typology Within the Field of Librarianship Using a Universal Personality System, Oral Presentation, LOUIS Users Conference, LOUIS, Virtual. https://task.louislibraries.org/hc/en-us/articles/360056021094-Harry-Potter-and-the-Goblet-of-Survey-Responses

3. Morgan, R. L., Rowher, D., (July 2020) NOTHING COMPARES 2 (COLLABORATION WITH) U, Oral Presentation, NOLA Information Literacy Forum 2020, Virtual.

4. Morgan, R. L., Simms, S. L., (October 2019) Back that Success Up!, Oral Presentation, LUC- Louis Users Conference, LOUIS, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.

5. Morgan, R. L., (September 2018) Not Just Dogs: How Programming Helps the Academic Library build support, engage students, and foster a sense of community, Oral Presentation, LOUIS Users Conference, LOUIS, Baton Rouge.

6. Morgan, R., (October 2017) Programming for Fun and Profit: Engaging Students, Fostering Relationships, and Promoting your Library, Oral Presentation, 2018 Louisiana User's Conference, LOUIS, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.

7. Lopez, R., Kelly, R., (March 2016) Learning with LOUIS – Planning a Library-Wide Open House: Data-Driven Decision Making in Action, Oral Presentation, Learning with LOUIS, LOUIS- Louisiana Library Network, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.

Poster

1. Morgan, R. L., (December 2018) How Do You Measure Fun and Relaxation? Assessing Academic Library Programming Using Traditional and Non-Traditional Forms of Assessment, Poster, Library Assessment Conference, ACRL, Houston, TX, United States. https://www.libraryassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/15-Morgan-MeasureFunRelaxation.pdf

2. Lopez, R. N., (April 2016) Nurturing a New Crop of Ag Librarians, Poster, USAIN 2016, United States Agriculture Information Network 2016, Gainesville, FL, United States.

Publications

Morgan, R. L. (2021) We Belong Together: “Academic Libraries, Third Place, and Programs”. Louisiana Libraries.

Morgan, R. L. (2020). Supporting Student Wellness and Success through the LSU Libraries Relaxation Room. Journal of Library Outreach & Engagement, 1(1), 98-108. https://iopn.library.illinois.edu/journals/jloe/article/view/469/648

Morgan, R. L. (2019). Libraries and Gardens: Growing Together., Catholic Library World, 90(1), 68-68.

Service

LSU Libraries Service
- Programming Committee
  - Committee Head January 2016 - Present
- Open House Committee
  - Co-Chair- 2018 - Present
  - Committee Member 2014 - 2018
- Student Advisory Council
  - Chair 2018- Present
- Wellness Committee
  - Committee Member 2019- Present
LSU Service
- University Council on Gender Equity (UCGE)
  - Chair 2021-Present
  - Committee Member 2019-2021
Faculty Advisor
- College Democrats 2019- Present
Professional Service
- ACRL-ULS: Academic Outreach Committee, 2019- Present
- United States Ag Information Network (USAIN)
  - Membership Committee 2017- Present
  - Convener Rural and Social Interest Group 2016- 2018

Research Interests

Libraries as Place
Building Community
Libraries as 3rd Places
Play for Adults in learning
Communication within libraries
Power Structures within libraries

Elisa Naquin

Metadata and Digital Strategies Librarian

225-578-8539

enaquin1@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Elissa Plank

Head, Circulation

225-578-3216

esp1061@lsu.edu

Elissa Plank

Head, Circulation

225-578-3216

esp1061@lsu.edu

Experience

Head of Circulation, LSU Library, 2008-Present
Student Supervisor, Government Documents & Microforms, LSU Library 2001-2008
On-Site Supervisor, NY Branch, Infotrieve/Advanced Information Consultants, 1996-2001
Library Assistant, NY Branch, Advanced Information Consultants, 1994-1996

Education

University of Rochester, Ph.D., English, 1994
University of Rochester, M.A., English, 1985
University of Texas at Austin, B.A, English, with Special Honors, 1982

Awards

Lucy B. Foote Award 2008

Service

Active member of the Louisiana Library Association since 2001, holding offices and serving on various committees.

Research Interests

Customer Service

Middle Management
Louisiana Fiction and Non-fiction
Open Science
Visualizing Trends in Scientific Literature

Audrey Portier

Microforms & Collections Specialist

225-578-1358

aport28@lsu.edu

Hans Rasmussen

Head of Special Collections Technical Services

225-578-4803

hrasmuss@lsu.edu

Research guides

Christina Riquelmy

Rare Book Cataloger

225-578-6533

criquel@lsu.edu

Research guides

Paulette Rogers

Shipments Processing Specialist

225-578-7206

progers@lsu.edu

Michael Russo

Collection Analysis Librarian

225-578-6823

mrusso1@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Michael Russo

Collection Analysis Librarian

225-578-6823

mrusso1@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Experience

LSU Libraries, Associate Librarian, Collection Analysis Librarian, July 2017—
LSU Libraries, Associate Librarian, Instruction Coordinator, 2008-2017
LSU Libraries, Assistant Librarian, Instruction Coordinator, July 2002—2008
LSU Libraries, General Instruction and Reference Librarian, September 2000-June 2002

Paul M. Hebert Law Center Library, Louisiana State University Law School, Baton Rouge, Graduate Assistant in Reference and Government Documents, 2000
Juge, Napolitano, Guilbeau & Ruli, Metairie, Louisiana, Paralegal, 1996-2000
Windhorst, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins & Gremillion, Gretna, Louisiana, Paralegal, 1984-1996
Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Instructor in English Composition and Mass Communications, 1979-1984
Delgado Community College, New Orleans, English as a Second Language Instructor, 1982

New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Library Associate in Technical Services, 1977-1980

Education

Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, Master of Science in Library and Information Science (MLIS), 2000
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Master of Arts (MA), English, 1979
Loyola University, New Orleans, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communications, 1974

Research Interests

Information Literacy
Propaganda

Winnie Schwaid-Lindner

Digital Preservation Librarian

225-578-5977

wschlin@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Winnie Schwaid-Lindner

Digital Preservation Librarian

225-578-5977

wschlin@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Experience

Digital Preservation Librarian, LSU, 2019 - Present
American Television & Radio Archive Strategist, Library of Congress NAVCC, 2017 - 2018
Curatorial Assessment & Preservation and Quality Assurance Fellowship, New York Public Library, 2017
Digital Asset Assessment Consultant, New York University, 2017
Database Asset Fellowship, The Jewish Museum, 2017

Education

New York University, Master of Arts in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, 2018
Smith College, Bachelor of Arts, 2014

Research Interests

Digital Archiving, Preservation, Stewardship

Digital Preservation Education, Approachability, Accessibility
Complex Media Preservation
Critical Librarianship
Moving Image Preservation
Software Preservation

Karl Simmerman

Evening Supervisor

225-578-2407

karl@lsu.edu

Sarah Simms

Undergraduate and Student Success Librarian

225-578-2402

sarahlynnsimms@lsu.edu

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Research guides

Humanities & Social Sciences

Melba Staub

Borrowing and Extensive Specialist

225-578-9424

mstaub@lsu.edu

Michael Stewart

Assistant Director of Libraries Technology

225-578-6552

mfstewart@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Michael Stewart

Assistant Director of Libraries Technology

225-578-6552

mfstewart@lsu.edu

Orcid ID

Experience

Assistant Director of Libraries Technology, LSU, 2020 - Present

Data Services Manager, 2017 – 2020
Physics Research & Public Outreach, 2006 - 2017
Physics Research Data Acquisition Systems Design & Development, 1999 - 2017

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Science in Systems Science (Computer Science), 2015

Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Science in Physics, 1999

Research Interests

Innovative Library IT services and infrastructure with an emphasis in supporting the LSU Libraries’ mission, its faculty, and its staff to better support the LSU community.
Collaboration with LSU campus IT units to help provide a more complete suite of technology services to faculty and students.
Further collaboration with LSU Libraries departments to develop creative and technology-based environments to foster learning experiences in the LSU Libraries.

Danielle Stoulig

Head of Archival Processing

225-578-3518

dstoulig@lsu.edu

Kristina Sutherland

Acquisitions and Processing Associate

225-578-70778

ksuthe4@lsu.edu

Kyle Tanglao

User Interface Designer

ktanglao@lsu.edu

Behnoush Tavasolinia

Graphic Designer

225-578-4674

btavas1@lsu.edu

Dana Taylor

Director of Collection Services

225-578-4039

notdlr@lsu.edu

Zach Tompkins

University Archivist

225-578-5090

ztompkins1@lsu.edu

University Archives & University History

Frances Watson

Desk Supervisor

225-578-1407

fwatson@lsu.edu

Chairity Waugh

Special Collections Cataloger

225-578-6546

cwaugh3@lsu.edu

Christine Wendling

Director of Communications

225-578-7714

christinew@lsu.edu

Stanley Wilder

Dean

225-578-2217

wilder@lsu.edu

Stanley Wilder

Dean

225-578-2217

wilder@lsu.edu

Responsibilities

With administrative oversight for all aspects of library operations, the Dean provides vision for strategic planning and sets policy direction for library services, facilities, and collection development. The Dean also has primary responsibility for guiding and encouraging the development of consortia and collaborative agreements between libraries and with other units on campus, supporting grant writing, and spearheading development efforts.

Experience

Dean, LSU Libraries, Louisiana State University, 2014 to present

University Librarian, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, 2009 to 2014

Associate Dean, Information Management Services, University of Rochester, 2003 to 2009

Assistant Dean, Information Management Services, University of Rochester, 1999 to 2003

Assistant Dean for Technical and Financial Services, Louisiana State University, 1994 to 1999

Assistant to the Dean for Administrative Services, Louisiana State University, 1989 to 1994

Architecture and Art Library, Acting Head, University of Illinois at Chicago 06/1986 to 1988

Resident University of Illinois at Chicago, 1985

Education

Masters in Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago. 1989
Masters in Library and Information Science, Columbia University. 1985
Bachelor of Arts, English, University of Wisconsin, Madison. (Graduated with Distinction) 1982

Presentations

Selected Presentations

Wilder, S. (2016). Delayed Retirements, Muted Hiring, and ARL Directors: ARL Professionals in 2015, presented at Association of Research Libraries Fall Meeting, September 27, 2016.
Wilder, S. Library Staffing Transition. Webcast produced by the Association of Research Libraries, November 4th, 2013. http://goo.gl/rvIizV
Wilder, S. Stanley Wilder, Dean of Libraries, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Interview conducted by the Charleston Conference, published January 30, 2013. http://goo.gl/F9yCXW
Wilder, S. (2012). The Academic Library Workforce in Transition: New Results from the 2010 ARL Demographic Data.” ARL-ACRL Human Resources Symposium, Washington, DC.
Wilder, S. (2010). Welcome to the Starting Line. Commencement address, Library and Information Science Department, UNC Greensboro.
Wilder, S. (2006). The Emperor Has No Clothes: Be it Resolved That Information Literacy is a Fad and a Waste of Librarians’ Time and Talent.” Debate produced for the Association of College and Research Libraries’ President’s Program, American Library Association, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Wilder, S. (2005) What Doesn’t Change: The Origin and Implications of the Library’s Education Function. Video produced for the Association of Research Libraries webcast Teaching, Learning, and Research: Libraries and Their Role in the Academic Institution. http://goo.gl/sfZcdv

Publications

Selected Monographs

Wilder, S. Demographic Change in Academic Librarianship. (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2003).
Wilder, S. The Age Demographics of Academic Librarians: A Profession Apart. (Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 1995).

Articles & Chapters

Wilder, S. (2018). “Selected Demographic Trends in the ARL Professional Population.” Research Library Issues, Association of Research Libraries, 295. https://publications.arl.org/rli295/
Wilder, S. (2017). Delayed Retirements and the Youth Movment among ARL Library Profesionals. Association of Research Libraries. https://goo.gl/jqkGeq
Wilder, S. (2017). Hiring and Staffing Trends in ARL Libraries. Association of Research Libraries. https://goo.gl/gN9hjm
Wilder, S. (2013). A Reconsideration of Information Literacy. Communications in Information Literacy, 7(2), 150-153.
Wilder, S. (2013). The end of lower skill employment in research libraries. Library Journal. http://goo.gl/ystHdu
Wilder, S. (2011). The erosion of fair use protections for digital scholarship. Charleston Advisor. http://goo.gl/sVqwd
Wilder, S. (2008). The geometry of the academic library. http://goo.gl/KruuZY
Wilder, S. (2007). The ARL youth movement: reshaping the ARL workforce. ARL: a bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL, CNI and SPARC.
Wilder, S. (2007). The New Library Professional. Chronicle of higher education, 53(25). http://goo.gl/6URMjA
Wilder, S. (2006). Baker’s Smudges. Library Journal, 131(14), 30-2.
Wilder, S. (2005). Information literacy makes all the wrong assumptions. The Chronicle Review, 51(18). http://goo.gl/0FpCsf
Wilder, S. (2002). Demographic trends affecting professional technical services staffing in ARL libraries. Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 34(1-2), 51-55.
Wilder, S. (2002). New hires in research libraries: demographic trends and hiring priorities. ARL Bimonthly Report, 221(1).
Wilder, S. (2000). A simple method for producing core scientific and technical journal title lists. Library resources & technical services, 44(2), 92-96.
Wilder, S. (2000). The changing profile of research library professional staff. ARL: A Bimonthly Report on Research Library Issues and Actions from ARL, CNI, and SPARC, 208(209), 1-5. http://goo.gl/VpLVPK
Wilder, S. (1998). Comparing value and estimated revenue of scitech journals. ARL Report, 200. http://goo.gl/X3nOHw
Bensman, S., & Wilder, S. (1998). Scientific and technical serials holdings optimization in an inefficient market: A LSU serials redesign project exercise. Library Resources & Technical Services, 42(3), 147-242.
Wilder, S. (1993). Dr. Litlove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Library Literature. American Libraries, 24(7), 662-663.

Service

Selected Service

Chair, Assessment Committee, Association of Research Libraries, 2017-2018
Chair, LOUIS, Louisiana statewide academic library consortium 2017-2018
Working Group member, Charlotte Initiative for Permanent Acquisition of eBooks by Academic Libraries. A project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Scholarly Communications Program. 2014-2017
Academic Deans, Louisiana State University
Leadership Team, Louisiana State University
President, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, 2015-2016
Board member and Treasurer, Louisiana Digital Consortium, 2014-2015
University Library Advisory Council (ULAC), University of North Carolina System, 2009-2014
CAEC Library Director’s Committee, 2009-2014
NCES Academic Library Survey Advisory Committee, 1999-2000.

Caroline Ziegler

Conservation Coordinator

225-578-6260

cziegler@lsu.edu

Research guides

Caroline Ziegler

Conservation Coordinator

225-578-6260

cziegler@lsu.edu

Responsibilities

Hello! I help preserve the paper and book items at Hill Memorial Library. I create custom housing for unusual pieces which sometimes requires invention, and I stabilize fragile materials so that they can be handled by patrons or digitized. I offer training for proper handling techniques.

I also have a background in artists' books and printmaking.

Experience

Conservation Coordinator, LSU Libraries, 2019-Present 

Studio Manager, Michelle Pressler Jewelry, 2016-2018 

Production Manager, Michelle Pressler Jewelry, 2011-2013 

Conservation Intern, American Philosophical Society Library, 2007 

Education

Louisiana State University, Master of Library and Information Science (MILS), 2024 anticipated 

Louisiana State University, Graduate Certificate in Archival Studies, 2024 anticipated 

The University of the Arts, Master of Fine Arts – Book Arts & Printmaking, 2008 

Louisiana State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts – Printmaking, 2006 

Presentations

"Promoting Your Collection With Zines: A Workshop and Showcase," Louisiana Archives and Manuscripts Annual Meeting. Virtual, 09/27/2021.

"New Acquisition: 1863 Louisiana Volunteer Corps D'Afrique Muster Roll" https://youtu.be/I-wwAfIXlg4

Service

Association of College & Research Libraries - Louisiana Chapter, 2021-Present

College Book Art Association

LSU LGBTQ+ Faculty & Staff Caucus, 2018-Present

Society of Southwest Archivists, 2022-Present

Research Interests

Special Collections Preservation & Conservation 

Critical Cataloging & Archival Description 

Teaching with Artists’ Books 