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	Nancy Magnuson College Librarian nmagnuso@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6364 Nancy is available to discuss library services or collections, or to hear your comments and ideas. Just email or stop by her office - ATH 442, upstairs by the magazines. In addition to having overall responsibility for the library, Nancy is liaison to Peace Studies and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She also was part of the planning group for and teaches in the new Book Studies minor. Her course, team-taught with other library colleagues, is BKS 220 Baltimore Libraries Past, Present, Future. She can also answer questions about the Friends of the Goucher College Library and other ways of supporting the library.

	Liz DeCoster User Services Librarian elizabeth.decoster@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6361 Liz spends most of her time in the Information Commons area of the library, where she helps the service desk area, including putting materials on reserve for faculty members. She can be found at the reference desk, assisting students with research questions, or giving library instruction sessions. She's the liaison to the Communications and Media Studies and English departments, as well as the Goucher Prison Education Project, the Futuro Latino Learning Center, the International Scholars Program and the Kratz Center for Creative Writing.

	Maggie Dull Cataloging and Metadata Librarian margaret.dull@goucher.edu/ (410) 337-6371 Maggie is here to make sure that you can locate library resources quickly and easily. Contact her about cataloging materials, issues with the online catalog, and metadata in the digital library.

	Pam Flinton Associate Librarian for Research & User Services pamela.flinton@goucher.edu/ (410) 337-6365 Pam guides the Research and User Services activities. She conducts information literacy classes and research tool workshops, she assists students, faculty, and staff with extensive research, and she acts as a liaison to the Biology, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies departments.

	Sharon Hartmann Acquisitions Coordinator shartman@goucher.edu / Phone: (410) 337-6409 Sharon purchases books and other materials for the library collection. She also installs the exhibits throughout the library.

	Jim Huff Instruction Librarian jhuff@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6340 Contact Jim to schedule research instruction for a class, or for individual research help.

	Lara Justis Library Technician lara.justis@goucher.edu / (410) 769-5064 Lara's primary responsibilities include cataloging new books and other materials, furthering digital collection initiatives, and completing special collections & archives special projects as needed.

	Randi Kennedy Assistant to the College Librarian randalynn.kennedy@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6362 Randi's duties include reserving library rooms, managing the library administration office, helping plan library events, renting out carrel and locker sets on the Quiet Floors (stacks 2 and 4), and renting out lockers on stack 1. She is also the liaison between the library and other campus offices, including Events, FMS, and Public Safety.

	Thomasin LaMay Interlibrary Loan Manager tlamay@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6031 Thomasin oversees the Interlibrary Loan Department. She is also responsible for Library periodicals.

	Tom Minnema Circulation Manager tminnema@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6356 Tom supervises the Service Desk and oversees the student workers.

	Tara Olivero Curator of Special Collections & Archives tara.olivero@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6347 Tara manages the library's collections of historical, rare, valuable, fragile, and other special and primary source materials. Tara assists classes, faculty, and individual researchers using the collections and directs the Brooke and Carol Peirce Center for Undergraduate Research in Special Collections. Students interested in working with the collections or learning more about original primary sources are encouraged to contact Tara directly.


	Barbara Snead Associate Librarian for Collection Services bsnead@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6366 Barbara is responsible for selection, evaluation, and expenditures for all library materials (databases, books, journals, films). She also oversees the acquisitions, cataloging, periodicals, and interlibrary loan functions.

	Melissa Straw Director of Conservation and Preservation melissa.straw@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6368 Melissa oversees both preservation administration duties as well as conducts conservation bench work on general and special collections materials. She is also responsible for digital preservation activities and is involved with the creation and daily activities of the Goucher College Digital Library.

	Kristen Welzenbach Digital Systems & Services Librarian kristen.welzenbach@goucher.edu / (410) 337-6370 Kristen is the Systems Administrator for Library. She manages the Goucher College Digital Library and is responsible for introducing emerging technologies to Library staff and customers.