Contact the University Libraries
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Bonnie Acton, Library User Services Associate
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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Stephanie Ard, Librarian Associate Professor of Library Science
Collegiate Librarian, Norman J. Radow College of Humanities & Social ScienceLibrarian Associate Professor(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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Laurie Aycock, Collection Strategy Librarian
Collection Strategy LibrarianLibrarian Professor(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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Laura Beane, Data Services Librarian
Data Services LibrarianAssistant ProfessorPhone: (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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Karin Bennedsen, Collegiate Librarian, Wellstar College of Health and Human Services
Collegiate Librarian, Wellstar College of Health and Human ServicesLibrarian Assistant Professor(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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Helen Bisesi, Office Manager
Office Manager
(470) 578-5985
- General library information
- Library facilities, supplies, or offices
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Jackie Blanton-Watkins, Assistant Director for Resource Strategy, Collection Analytics Librarian
Assistant Director for Resource Strategy, Collection Analytics Librarian
(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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Laura Bonilla, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-7070
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Regan Bristol, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-7920
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Katie Butler, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-6202
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Jennifer Carter, Collegiate Librarian, Coles College of Business
Collegiate Librarian, Coles College of BusinessLibrarian Assistant Professor(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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Xueying Chen, Collection Management Librarian
Collection Management LibrarianLibrarian Professor(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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Tyvon Chisum, User Services Manager
User Services Manager
(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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Kristina Clement, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Collegiate Librarians
Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Collegiate LibrariansAssistant Professor(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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Sean P. Crampton, Resource Sharing Assistant
Resource Sharing Assistant
(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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Marie Daum, Systems Librarian
Systems LibrarianLibrarian Associate Professor(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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Caitlin Deaves, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-5967
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Chelsee Dickson, Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Scholarly Publishing & Research
Assistant Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction, Scholarly Publishing & ResearchLibrarian Assistant Professor(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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Matt Dinoff, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(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.
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Karen Doster-Greenleaf, Director of Academic Engagement and Instruction
Director of Academic Engagement and InstructionLibrarian Associate Professor(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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Leslie Drost, Educational Outreach Librarian
Educational Outreach LibrarianLibrarian Associate Professor(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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Ashley Dupuy, Interim Associate University Librarian
Interim Associate University LibrarianLibrarian Associate Professor(470) 578-2560
- Library Administration
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Erica Flint, Web and Digital Strategy Specialist
Web and Digital Strategy Specialist
(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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Courtney Gardner, Communications and Outreach Manager
Communications and Outreach Manager
(470) 578-7076
- Communications
- Promotion & Marketing
- Event Management
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Nick Gifford, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-5048
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Joselyn Giron Rivera, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-6204
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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H Givens, Collection Development Assistant
Collection Development Assistant
(470) 578-5958
- Purchases one-time books and materials
- Assists collection strategy in data gathering for informed collection development
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Heather Hankins, Institutional Repository Supervisor
Institutional Repository Supervisor
(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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Amanda Hartman, Resource Sharing Assistant
Resource Sharing Assistant
(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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Rosemary Humphrey, Interim Director of User Services
Interim Director of User ServicesLibrarian Associate Professor(470) 578-7277
- Guides the direction of the User Services unit which includes reference, circulation, reserves, and resource sharing services.
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Femi Jayeola, Affordable Learning Librarian
Affordable Learning LibrarianAssistant Professor(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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Jin Jo, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-5902
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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David Jockers, Library Resources Support Specialist
Library Resources Support Specialist
(470) 578-5905
- Oversees the Service Now tickets for the university libraries
Point person for some library systems
- Oversees the Service Now tickets for the university libraries
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Emily Keyser, Metadata Specialist
Metadata Specialist
(470) 578-7473
- Receives and processes physical books
- Performs copy cataloging and location changes
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Mark Kirkley, User Services Manager
User Services Manager
(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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Alyssa Kowis, Collegiate Librarian, College of Computing and Software Engineering and the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering Technology
Collegiate Librarian, College of Computing and Software Engineering and the Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering and Engineering TechnologyLibrarian Assistant Professor(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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Olga Koz, Collegiate Librarian, Bagwell College of Education
Collegiate Librarian, Bagwell College of EducationLibrarian Professor(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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Kristina Lang, Collegiate Librarian, College of the Arts
Collegiate Librarian, Geer College of the ArtsLibrarain Assistant Professor(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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Michelle Lee, Collegiate Librarian, College of Architecture and Construction Management
Collegiate Librarian, College of Architecture and Construction ManagementLibrarian Assistant Professor(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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Catherine Lewis, Associate Vice Provost
Associate Vice ProvostProfessor(470) 578-2310
- Library Administration
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Hannah Mabry Wang, Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science
Collegiate Librarian, Norman J. Radow College of Humanities & Social Science - Humanities Departments
Librarian Assistant Professor(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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Diana Massengale, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-5330
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Caroline Meyers, Librarian Assistant Professor of Library Science
Reference CoordinatorLibrarian Assistant Professor(470) 578-5309
- Coordinates and monitors online and in-person reference services
- Manages FAQ collection
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Abi Miller, Resource Sharing Coordinator
Resource Sharing Coordinator
(470) 578-7472
- Oversees and manages all resource sharing services including intercampus and document delivery, GIL Express, and interlibrary loan.
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Kevin Ozeryansky, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(470) 578-7476
- Assists library users with checking in and out library materials, finding library resources, and general inquiries.
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Brianna Parfaite, Academic Engagement & Instruction, Program Assistant
Academic Engagement & Instruction, Program Assistant
(470) 578-5978
- Provides administrative support to the unit
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Susan Purnawa, Library Acquisition Specialist
Library Acquisition Specialist
(470) 578-6248
- Processes invoices of purchased library materials
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Rachel Schrauben Yeates, Institutional Repository Specialist
Institutional Repository Specialist
(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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Manda Sexton, Interim Director of Resource Strategy and Management
Interim Director of Resource Strategy and Management
(470) 578-6511
- Leads the Resource Strategy and Management Unit, including personnel development, budgets, and inter-unit communications
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Chris Sharpe, Collegiate Librarian for the College of Science and Math
Collegiate Librarian for the College of Science and MathLibrarian Professor(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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Jeanisse Sierra-Ramirez, Collection Management Specialist
Collection Management Specialist
(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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Jillian Speck, eRescources Librarian
eResources LibrarianLibrarian Assistant Professor(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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Steve Webb, User Services Associate
User Services Associate
(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