Staff Directory

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Access Services
Name	Contact
Kelly Blessinger Head, Access Services	225-578-8538 kblessi@lsu.edu
Elissa Plank Head, Circulation	225-578-3216 esp1061@lsu.edu
Antonia Aultman Student Coordinator	225-578-7016 aaultman@lsu.edu
Kendall Caple Resource Sharing Specialist	225-578-0121 kcaple2@lsu.edu
Kaylin Cooper Graduate Assistant	225-578-2058 kcoop38@lsu.edu
Kat Dean Resource Sharing Specialist	225-578-1981 kdean@lsu.edu
Amanda Dick Graduate Assistant	225-578-2138 adick7@lsu.edu
Larissa Elliott Resource Sharing Specialist	225-578-2757 lellio3@lsu.edu
Jacob Fontenot Resource Sharing Librarian & Head, Interlibrary Loan	225-578-6722 jacobfontenot@lsu.edu
Mona Jarreau Lending Specialist	225-578-2049 mjarrea@lsu.edu
Justin Kline Access Services Library Assistant	225-578-4226 jkline@lsu.edu
Jason Luquette Graduate Assistant	225-578-2058 jluque3@lsu.edu
Karl Simmerman Evening Supervisor	225-578-2407 karl@lsu.edu
Melba Staub Borrowing & Extensive Specialist	225-578-9424 mstaub@lsu.edu
Frances Watson Desk Supervisor	225-578-1407 fwatson@lsu.edu

Administration
Name	Contact
Stanley Wilder Dean	225-578-2217 wilder@lsu.edu
Gina Costello Associate Dean, Technology Initiatives / Special Collections	225-578-2217 gcoste1@lsu.edu
Lois Kuyper-Rushing Associate Dean of Public & Collection Services	225-578-4622 lkuyper@lsu.edu
Amy Bieger External Group Manager	225-578-1289 abieger@lsu.edu
Kelsey Gresham Executive Assistant to the Dean	225-578-6296 kgresham@lsu.edu
Christine Wendling Director of Communications	225-578-7714 christinew@lsu.edu

Administrative Services
Name	Contact
Meshelle Fargason Assistant Dean, Administrative Services	225-578-7318 mfargason1@lsu.edu
Rikki Babin Human Resources Coordinator	225-578-4368 rrivet@lsu.edu
Inga Comardelle Facilities Manager	225-578-7319 icomar1@lsu.edu
Heather Harvey Business Manager	225-578-2769 hmann4@lsu.edu
Stacey Vessel Business Office Coordinator	225-578-5477 svessel@lsu.edu

Cartographic Information Center
Name	Contact
John Anderson Map Librarian and Director	225-578-6247 janders@lsu.edu

Collection Services
Name	Contact
Dana Taylor Director of Collection Services	225-578-4039 notdlr@lsu.edu
Susan Allen Cataloging Associate	225-578-7934 spallen@lsu.edu
Madeline Babin Graduate Assistant
Holly Besse Invoice Processing Associate	225-578-3384 hbesse1@lsu.edu
Robert Bigelow Collection Support Associate	225-578-2349 rbigelo@lsu.edu
Jesse Carnes Cataloging Associate	225-578-4017 notjic@lsu.edu
Tom Diamond Collections and Materials Selector Librarian	225-578-6572 notted@lsu.edu
Doris Hutson Library Specialist III	225-578-7204 dchutso@lsu.edu
Nora Melancon Cataloging Associate	225-578-8623 nmelancon@lsu.edu
Paulette Rogers Shipments Processing Specialist	225- 578-7206 progers@lsu.edu

Communications and Publications
Name	Contact
Behnoush Tavasolinia Graphic Designer

Music Resources
Name	Contact
Mikel LeDee Head of Music Resources	225-578-4674 mledee1@lsu.edu
Wagner Duarte Graduate Assistant	225-578-4674 wdeoli1@lsu.edu
Eduard Teregulov Graduate Assistant	225-578-4674 etereg1@lsu.edu

Open Scholarship & Government Publications
Name	Contact
Hayley Johnson Head, Open Scholarship and Government Publications	225-578-7021 hjohnson1@lsu.edu
David Dunaway Director of Open Scholarship & Affordable Learning	225-578-4680 ddunaw1@lsu.edu
Allen LeBlanc Open Scholarship Librarian	225-578-2738 aleb118@lsu.edu
Audrey Portier Microforms, Collections & Student Supervisor	225-578-1358 aport28@lsu.edu

Oral History
Name	Contact
Jennifer Abraham Cramer Director, T. Harry Williams Center for Oral History	225-578-7439 jabrah1@lsu.edu
Lindsey Hartman Coordinator	225-578-6995 lhartm1@lsu.edu
Allison Powell Graduate Assistant

Research & Instruction Services
Name	Contact
Elizabeth Allen Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian	225-578-2587 elong6@lsu.edu
Lili Bedoya Research and Instruction Services Coordinator
Jazzlynn Boyd Liaison Librarian	225-578-8264 jboyd51@lsu.edu
Danielle Costello Science Librarian	225-578-3459 dcostello@lsu.edu
Nicollette Davis Kinesiology, Social Work and Health Sciences Librarian
Mitch Fontenot Humanities and Social Sciences/Outreach Librarian	225-578-7374 mfonten@lsu.edu
Narcissa Haskins African and African American Studies Librarian	225-578-2950 nhaskins1@lsu.edu
Michael Holt Head, Research and Instruction Services	225-578-8128 michaelholt@lsu.edu
Paul Hrycaj Humanities and Social Sciences Librarian	225-578-2629 phryca1@lsu.edu
Cambria Huff STEM Librarian	225-578-6380 chuff@lsu.edu
Lauren Lay Mass Communication Librarian	225-578-6239 laurenlay@lsu.edu
Marty Miller Art & Design Librarian	225-578-7197 martymiller@lsu.edu
Randa Morgan Agriculture Librarian	225-578-4266 rlope12@lsu.edu
Sarah Simms Undergraduate & Student Success Librarian	225-578-2402 sarahlynnsimms@lsu.edu

Scholarly Publications and Analytics
Name	Contact
Sigrid Kelsey Director of Scholarly Publishing	225-578-2720 skelsey@lsu.edu
Trent Dunkin Institutional Repository Librarian	(225) 578-4194 tdunkin@lsu.edu
Andrea Hebert Research Impact Librarian	225-578-7195 ahebert@lsu.edu
Jeffery Hobson Editor, Civil War Book Review
Aaron Lercher Collection Analysis Librarian	225-578-4778 alerche1@lsu.edu
Michael Russo Collection Analysis Librarian	225-578-6823 mrusso1@lsu.edu

Special Collections
Name	Contact
Gina Costello Associate Dean, Technology Initiatives / Special Collections	225-578-2217 gcoste1@lsu.edu
Duck Babin Graduate Assistant
Germain Bienvenu Public Services Librarian	225-578-6566 gbienve@lsu.edu
Destiny Burnett Graduate Assistant
Keerthi Chandrashekar Processing Archivist
Christine Cloud Instruction and Curatorial Assistant	225-578-6547 cloud1@lsu.edu
Meredith Contreras Special Collections Public Services & Events Coordinator	225-578-8906 mcontreras@lsu.edu
Barry Cowan Assistant Processing Archivist	225-578-6943 bcowan@lsu.edu
Evelyn Davis Cataloging Associate	225-578-6546 edav121@lsu.edu
Anne Edwards Facilities Manager, Hill Memorial Library	225-578-6548 alsmith@lsu.edu
Leah Wood Jewett Exhibitions Manager	225-578-6558 lwood@lsu.edu
Alia Kempton (she/her) Special Collections Outreach and Instruction Librarian	225-578-6501 akempton@lsu.edu
Michelle Melancon Assistant Processing Archivist	225-578-6943 mmela41@lsu.edu
John Miles Curator of Books & Head of Instruction	225-578-6547 johnmiles@lsu.edu
Hans Rasmussen Head, Technical Services	225-578-4803 hrasmuss@lsu.edu
Christina Riquelmy Rare Book Cataloger	225-578-6533 criquel@lsu.edu
Danielle Stoulig Head of Archival Processing	225-578-3518 dstoulig@lsu.edu
Kristina Sutherland Acquisitions and Processing Associate	225-578-7078 ksuthe4@lsu.edu
Zach Tompkins University Archivist	225-578-5090 ztompkins1@lsu.edu
Chairity Waugh Special Collections Cataloger
Caroline Ziegler Conservation Coordinator

Technology Initiatives
Name	Contact
Michael Stewart Assistant Director of Libraries Technology	225-578-6552 mfstewart@lsu.edu
Carlos Carrasco Library Systems Manager and Administrator	225-578-4236 carrasco@lsu.edu
Dave Comeaux Systems & Discovery Librarian	225-578-6083 davidcomeaux@lsu.edu
Will Conlin Digital Projects Programmer	225-578-2770 wconli1@lsu.edu
Jeremy Fontenot Electronic Access Specialist	225-578-1443 jfont27@lsu.edu
John Guillory Digitization Technician
Gabe Harrell Digitization Lab Manager	225-578-7352 jharre7@lsu.edu
Wahaj Hussain Graduate Assistant
Milad Khanlou Computer Analyst
Gabriella Lindsay Graduate Assistant
Jennifer Michel Digitization Specialist	225-578-6567 jmiche5@lsu.edu
Elisa Naquin Metadata and Digital Strategies Librarian	225-578-8539 enaquin1@lsu.edu
Leah Powell Digital Collections Librarian	225-578-5977 lpowe17@lsu.edu
Winnie Schwaid-Lindner Digital Preservation Librarian
Kyle Tanglao User Interface Designer	225-578-7548 ktanglao@lsu.edu