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Mary F. Casserly,
Dean and Director of the Libraries
Office: University Library 123
Phone: (518) 442-3568
Fax: (518) 442-3567
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Mary Casserly was appointed Dean and Director of Libraries in 2009. She continues to serve as Associate Director for Collections, a position she has held since 2001. Dr. Casserly has also served as Assistant Director for Collections and User Services. Before coming to UAlbany in 2001, she was the Head of Collection Development at the University of Maine and at William Paterson University.
Dr. Casserly earned a B.A. from George Washington University in International Affairs and a Masters from Drexel University and a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in Library and Information Science. She is an active member of the American Library Association and recently served as the chair of the ALCTS/CMDS Publications Committee. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Library Resources and Technical Services.
Dr. Casserly is the author of articles and book chapters on a variety of aspects of collection management and scholarly communications. Her recent publications include:
Casserly, Mary F. and James Bird, "Web Citation Availability: A Follow-up Study," Library Resources and Technical Services, Vol. 52 #1, January 2008, p. 42-53.
Casserly, Mary F. "Collection Management as Risk Management," Library Collections, Acquisitions, & Technical Services, Vol. 28 #1, Spring 2004, p. 79-92.
Casserly, Mary F. and James Bird, "Web Citation Availability: Analysis and Implications for Scholarship." College & Research Libraries, Vol. 64 #4, July 2003, p. 300-317.
Casserly, Mary Frances, "Developing a Concept of Collection for the Digital Age." portal: Libraries and the Academy, Vol. 2 #4, October 2002, p. 577-587.
Casserly, Mary F. "Research in Academic Library Collection Management 1990 - 2007" in Academic Library Research: Perspectives and Current Trends, eds. Marie Radford and Pamela Snelson. ACRL Publications in Librarianship No. 59 (Chicago: American Library Association, 2008), p. 82-137.
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Heather Miller,
Associate Director, Library Systems and Technical Services
Office: University Library B34F
Phone: (518) 442-3631
Fax: (518) 442-3630
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Since August 1998, Heather Miller has been Associate Director for Technical Services and Systems in the University Libraries. She was the Head of the Acquisitions Department from 1983-1998, after having worked for a brief time as a cataloger.
Previous employment includes Head Librarian, Massachusetts Horticultural Society and positions in technical services operations in the libraries of Harvard, Duke and Michigan State universities, mostly focused on cataloging. Her M.A.L.S. is from the University of Michigan. She also has an M.A. in linguistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She is the author of Managing Acquisitions and Vendor Relations: A How-To-Do-It Manual, a number of articles in a variety of professional journals, and over 30 book reviews. She has given presentations both in-house and to national and local groups and has served as a director of the Charleston Conference since 1997, having chaired its Conference Evaluation Committee from 1992-2000.
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Mary Jane Brustman,
Associate Director for Public Services
Head, Dewey Graduate Library
Office: University Library 327
Phone: (518) 442-3517
Fax: (518) 442-3088
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Mary Jane Brustman is the Associate Director for Public Services for the University Libraries. She serves as administrator for Reference, User Education and Information Commons for the University Libraries as well as Head of Dewey Library and Bibliographer for Criminal Justice. She has previously served as Social Welfare and Reference Bibliographer at Dewey Library. Prior to coming to the university in 1983, she was a Reference Librarian at the University of New Hampshire. Mary Jane has a B.A. and an M.L.S from the University at Albany.
Mary Jane is active in the American Library Association, most recently as chair of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Nominating Committee and chair of the Social Work/Social Welfare Committee. Her other American Library Association service has been on the Executive Committee of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section, the Gerontology Committee, and Criminal Justice/Criminology Discussion Group. Locally, she is a member of the Capital District Library Council, Coordinated Collection Development Committee.
Selected recent publications:
Brustman, Mary Jane and Deborah F. Bernnard. "Information Literacy for Social Workers: University at Albany Libraries Prepare MSW Students for Research and Practice.” Communications in Information Literacy1(2), Fall 2007. Accessed October 3, 2008 from http://www.comminfolit.org/index.php/cil
Brustman, Mary Jane, Section Editor. "Criminal Justice" in Resources for College Libraries. Chicago: R.R. Bowker and Association of College and Research Libraries, 2006. Updated 2007 and 2008.
Brustman, Mary Jane and Barbara E. Kemp. "Finding Criminology and Criminal Justice Literature: A Comparison and Analysis of Selected Indexing and Abstracting Services." Journal of Criminal Justice Education 11(2): 371-382, Fall 2000.
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Peter Recore-Migirditch,
Business and Facilities Manager
Office: University Library B93
Phone: (518) 442-3563
Fax: (518) 442-3567
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Peter Recore-Migirditch is the Business & Facilities Manager for the University Libraries at the University at Albany, SUNY. Reporting to the Dean & Director of University Libraries, he is responsible for fiscal management, budgetary systems, internal controls and facilities management. He received a B.S. from the State University College at Plattsburgh and an M.P.A from the University at Albany, SUNY. He joined the University in 1981 as an Administrative Director with the Department of Residential Life & Housing.
As the Business & Facilities Manager, he is responsible for the Administrative Services Unit, which includes the Library Budget Office, Library Accounting, Shipping & Receiving, library purchasing and vended copy & print services. He manages the maintenance, renovation, space utilization and capital improvements of Albany's three library facilities. For the New Library, Mr. Recore-Migirditch's responsibilities included preparing bid specifications, purchasing and installation of all the furniture, equipment, compact shelving, book stacks and fixtures. Opening the new library building included the management and coordination of moving over 600,000 volumes into the building. He is currently finishing a $3 million project to renovate and refurnish the Dewey Library (circa 1909) and the 30-year-old University Library.
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Suzanne Turner,
Access Services Coordinator
Head, Interlibrary Loan
Office: University Library 107A
Phone: (518) 442-3612
Fax: (518) 442-3566
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Suzanne Turner is the Coordinator of Access Services for the University Libraries. Suzanne has worked for the University Libraries since 1990, most of the time, and until recently, as Head of Interlibrary Loan. Before joining the University at Albany, Suzanne held several librarian positions at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC and at Clark University in Worcester, Ma.
Suzanne is an active member of the American Library Association, where she serves on a task force and has chaired a committee of the RUSA section. Additionally, she has served as President of the Reference and Adult Services Section of the New York Library Association and as a committee chair for the Capital District Library Council. She is a member of the SUNY Collections and Access Council.
Suzanne has an active record of service in the University Libraries, which includes serving as Chair of the Library Faculty Steering Committee. Additionally, on the University level, she has served as a member of the Governance Council of the University Senate.
Suzanne received her BA degree in English from Nazareth College of Rochester, NY and her MLS degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include access versus ownership issues, as well as the impact of emerging resource sharing models and access service trends in academic libraries. She is the author of several articles, including “Ownership vs. Access and Low-Use Periodical Titles”, which she coauthored with Eleanor Gossen (Gossen and Irving) and which appeared in January 1995 issue of Library Resources and Technical Services.
Suzanne is dedicated to providing high quality access services in the University Libraries. Comments and questions about access services (Interlibrary Loan, UA Delivery Services, Circulation, and distance education library services) may be directed to her at STurner@uamail.albany.edu or by phone to (518) 442-3612.
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Anna Z. Radkowski-Lee,
Library Personnel Officer
Office: University Library 111
Phone: (518) 442-3574
Fax: (518) 442-3567
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Anna Z. Radkowski-Lee became the University Library Personnel Officer at the University at Albany, SUNY, in July 1999. Prior to joining the Libraries, she served as a University Loaned Executive to the SEFA/United Way Campaign and as Assistant to Chair in the University's Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. She holds a BS and an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. |
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