Contact the University Libraries

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    Library User Services Associate
    bacton@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6659

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries. 
    • Serves as point of contact for physical course reserves.  
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    Collegiate Librarian, Norman J. Radow College of Humanities & Social Science 
    Librarian Associate Professor

    sard3@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6202

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the Radow College of Humanities & Social Sciences 
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of the social sciences.
    • Provides research support for the Radow College of Humanities & Social Sciences 
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    Collection Strategy Librarian 
    Librarian Professor

    laycock8@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-4825

    • Collaborates with director and team in budget planning, tracking, and purchasing
    • Coordinates to strategize and evaluate new collection development methods
    • Coordinates with Acquisitions and Licensing Librarian to recommend trials and subscription cuts 
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    Data Services Librarian
    Assistant Professor

    lbeane@kennesaw.edu

    Phone: (470) 578-3167 

    • Provides advisory service to researchers on best practices in data management throughout the research lifecycle that align with responsible digital citizenship and FAIR and CARE data principles
    • Serves as the institutions liaison for Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
    • Develops and provides data literacies program with campus partners by providing consultation services, workshops, instructional programming, online tools, and outreach related to research data management, data literacy, open data, datasets, and digital technologies for research using in-depth knowledge of software and specialized tools. 
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    Collegiate Librarian, Wellstar College of Health and Human Services
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    kbenneds@kennesaw.edu 

    (470) 578-6192

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services  
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of health and human services.  
    • Provides research support for the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services  
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    Office Manager

    hbisesi@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5985

    • General library information
    • Library facilities, supplies, or offices 
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    Assistant Director for Resource Strategy, Collection Analytics Librarian

    jwatki35@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2983

    • Manages the retrieval and storage of usage statistical reports in the library using relational databases to conduct analysis and maintain data quality
    • Gather, assess, interpret, and present qualitative and quantitative data for library collections
    • Uses data analysis to identify areas for development and management in the library's collections to improve research and student success
    • Coordinates the collection development, budget, and purchases of our resources and materials.
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    User Services Associate

    lbonill2@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7070

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    User Services Associate

    rbristo2@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7920

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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    User Services Associate

    kbutle69@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6202

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    Collegiate Librarian, Coles College of Business
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    jcart215@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2469 

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the Coles College of Business
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of business, information systems, accounting, economics, finance, marketing, management (hospitality and healthcare), and information security.
    • Provides research support for the Coles College of Business 
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    Collection Management Librarian 
    Librarian Professor

    xchen8@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7465

    • Leading the weeding projects, developing the annual plan for physical management of the collections
    • Formulate weeding criteria for the subject areas for first review of materials 
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    User Services Manager

    tchisum@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6662

    • Oversees and manages all services received at the check-out desk including circulation of library materials, assisting patrons with using library resources, referring reference inquiries to librarians, and supervising library associates and student assistants.   
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    Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Collegiate Librarians
    Assistant Professor

    kcleme19@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2791

    • Coordinates AEI’s instruction program, and provides strategic guidance on its curriculum development
    • Serve as a unit point of contact in facilitating partnerships with university academic support areas, off-campus stakeholders, and academic student groups to create collaborative programming opportunities on both campuses.

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    Resource Sharing Assistant

    scrampto@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-3450

    • Processes intercampus, document delivery, GIL Express, and interlibrary loan requests made by the KSU community and partner libraries. 
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    Systems Librarian
    Librarian Associate Professor

    mday31@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2521

    • Oversees the university library systems and service providers including Alma and FOLIO
    • Oversees library authentication systems such as Open Athens 
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    User Services Associate

    cdeaves@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5967

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Scholarly Publishing & Research
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    cdickso5@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7639

    • Serves as the point of contact for KSU and USG organizations, research consortiums, and centers that support Open Education, Open Access, Open Science, and faculty and student research endeavors. 
    • Serves as an advisor for best practices in scholarly communication, open access publishing models, and copyright by creating educational resources and conducting outreach to the KSU community
    • Manages the Open Access Publishing Fund and the Undergraduate Research Award  
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    User Services Associate

    mdinoff@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-3893

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries. 
      Serves as point of contact for physical course reserves.
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    Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction
    Librarian Associate Professor

    kdosterg@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2752

    • Guides the unit’s mission to support student success and the university’s diverse research needs by providing strategic direction to the unit’s work, including the improvement and growth of unit services, collaboration with internal and external library stakeholders to improve and expand library services, and represent our unit’s interests to library administration and the university. 
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    Educational Outreach Librarian
    Librarian Associate Professor

    ldrost@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-3884

    • Serves as the point of contact for KSU academic support units and academic student groups
    • Develops and coordinates academic library instruction support resources with a focus on fundamental information literacy skills such as the Library Online Orientation Program (LOOP) and
      Library Experience Asynchronous Program (LEAP)  
    • Provides research and instructional support for KSU Ged Ed curriculum
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    Interim Associate University Librarian
    Librarian Associate Professor

    adupuy@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2560

    • Library Administration 
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    Web and Digital Strategy Specialist

    eflint3@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5976

    • Oversees the design, content, and maintenance of the University Libraries and Museums, Archives and Rare Books websites
    • Manages LinkedIn social media presence for University Libraries and Museums, Archives and Rare Books

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    Communications and Outreach Manager

    cgardn56@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7076

    • Communications
    • Promotion & Marketing
    • Event Management
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    User Services Associate 

    ngifford@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5048

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries. 
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    User Services Associate

    jriver75@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6204

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    Collection Development Assistant

    hgivens1@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5958

    • Purchases one-time books and materials
    • Assists collection strategy in data gathering for informed collection development 
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    Institutional Repository Supervisor

    hhankin3@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2348

    • Serves as the point of contact for the KSU Libraries Institutional Repository  
    • Provides editorial support to hosted journals, including support for web publishing, copyright questions, journal workflows, and layout questions
    • Organizes and facilitates training sessions for faculty, students, and community users of the institutional repository. 
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    Resource Sharing Assistant

    anelis@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2736

    • Processes intercampus, document delivery, GIL Express, and interlibrary loan requests made by the KSU community and partner libraries. 
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    Interim Director of User Services
    Librarian Associate Professor 

    rhumph13@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7277

    • Guides the direction of the User Services unit which includes reference, circulation, reserves, and resource sharing services. 
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    Affordable Learning Librarian
    Assistant Professor

    ojayeola@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5954

    • Serve as a KSU Libraries advisor on trends, legal requirements, and best practices regarding affordable course content (such as OER and LibGuides), open educational practices (such as open pedagogy and technologies), open licensing, and ensuring fair use and copyright compliance.  
    • Provides consultation services, workshops, online tools, and outreach related to OER, openly licensed content, library licensed materials, and other affordable course materials.
    • Collaborates with teaching faculty in the identification, adoption, creation, and assessment of open and affordable course content, and assist with integrating affordable materials into their curriculum, D2L, or other course settings. 
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    User Services Associate 

    jhuh2@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5902

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    Library Resources Support Specialist

    djockers@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5905

    • Oversees the Service Now tickets for the university libraries
      Point person for some library systems 
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    Metadata Specialist

    ekeyser@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7473

    • Receives and processes physical books
    • Performs copy cataloging and location changes
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    User Services Manager

    mkirkley@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7275

    • Oversees and manages all services received at the check-out desk including circulation of library materials, assisting patrons with using library resources, referring reference inquiries to librarians, and supervising library associates and student assistants.   
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    Collegiate Librarian, College of Computing and Software Engineering and the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    akowis@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2465

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the College of Computing and Software Engineering and the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of engineering, computer science, game design, data science & analytics, information technology, software design, and patents.  
    • Provides research support for the College of Computing and Software Engineering and the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology 
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    Collegiate Librarian, Bagwell College of Education
    Librarian Professor

    okoz@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6004

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the Bagwell College of Education
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of education, instructional design, instructional technology, education leadership, and research evidence synthesis.  
    • Provides research support for the Bagwell College of Education
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    Collegiate Librarian, Geer College of the Arts
    Librarain Assistant Professor 

    kxs2120@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-3228

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the College of the Arts  
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of Art, Art History, Dance, Music, Theatre and Performance Studies, and Digital Animation.
    • Provides research support for the College of the Arts 
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    Collegiate Librarian, College of Architecture and Construction Management
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    mlee214@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6202

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the College of Architecture and Construction Management
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of architecture and construction management
    • Provides research support for the College of Architecture and Construction Management 
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    Associate Vice Provost
    Professor 

    clewis1@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2310

    • Library Administration 
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    Collegiate Librarian, Norman J. Radow College of Humanities & Social Science - Humanities Departments
    Librarian Assistant Professor 

    hmabry@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2010

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the Radow College of Humanities & Social Sciences 
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the area of humanities.
    • Provides research support for the Radow College of Humanities & Social Sciences 
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    User Services Associate

    dmassen9@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5330

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    Reference Coordinator 
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    cmeyer35@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5309

    • Coordinates and monitors online and in-person reference services
    • Manages FAQ collection
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    Resource Sharing Coordinator 

    aderosa@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7472

    • Oversees and manages all resource sharing services including intercampus and document delivery, GIL Express, and interlibrary loan.  
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    User Services Associate 

    kozeryan@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-7476

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  
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    Academic Engagement & Instruction, Program Assistant

    bparfait@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-5978

    • Provides administrative support to the unit 
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    Library Acquisition Specialist

    epurnawa@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6248

    • Processes invoices of purchased library materials 
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    Institutional Repository Specialist

    rschraub@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2741

    • Provides technical support for hosted collections, journals, and conference materials in the KSU Institutional Repository  
    • Provides statistical reporting about the use of the Institutional Repository to creators and generates analytical reports for KSU colleges and campus administrative units 
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    Interim Director of Resource Strategy and Management

    asexto16@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6511

    • Leads the Resource Strategy and Management Unit, including personnel development, budgets, and inter-unit communications 
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    Collegiate Librarian for the College of Science and Math
    Librarian Professor 

    csharpe@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6190

    • Serves as the point of contact for college administration, faculty, and students within the College of Science and Math
    • Develops and provides instructional offerings and learning objects to foster professional literature knowledge, information retrieval, critical thinking, and advanced level research skills in the areas of mathematics, biology, biochemistry, chemistry, environmental science, and physics.
    • Provides research support for the College of Science and Math
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    Collection Management Specialist 

    jsierra9@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6259

    • Oversees the hiring, training, scheduling, regular check-ins, etc with the student workers for RSM that mainly work on the physical collections
    • Primary contact for the physical repairing of books, including noting their status in the library system accurately 
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    eResources Librarian
    Librarian Assistant Professor

    jspeck4@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-2077

    • Responsible for managing the lifecycle of electronic resources and print serials, including access, maintenance, and end-user support
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    User Services Associate

    swebb41@kennesaw.edu

    (470) 578-6649

    • Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.  

Contact the Libraries

Sturgis Library - Kennesaw Campus

Mailing Address

Horace W. Sturgis Library
385 Cobb Avenue NW, MD1701
Kennesaw, GA 30144

Departments & Services

  • Check Out Desk - Ground Floor, Library Entrance, 470-578-6202
  • Interlibrary Loan - Ground Floor, Library Entrance, 470-578-6002
  • Library Repository - To request books contact the Check Out Desk

Johnson Library - Marietta Campus

Mailing Address

L.V. Johnson Library
910 Hornet Loop, MD 9020
Marietta, Ga 30060

Departments & Services

  • Check Out Desk - First Floor, Library Entrance, 470-578-7276
  • Interlibrary Loan - First Floor, Library Entrance, 470-578-6002