Library Administration
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Mary F. Casserly, Dean and Director of the Libraries
Office: University Library 123
Phone: (518) 442-3568 Fax: (518) 442-3088 Email: |
Mary Casserly was appointed Dean and Director of Libraries in September 2009. Prior to that, she was the Assistant Director for Collections and Assistant Director for Collections and User Services at the University at Albany. Before coming to UAlbany in 2001, she was 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 was a member of the Editorial Board of Library Resources and Technical Services (2006 – 2010). She is currently a member of the Association of Research Libraries' Transforming Research libraries Steering committee.
Dr. Casserly is the author of articles and book chapters on a variety of aspects of collection management and scholarly communications. Her publications include:
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Vacant, Associate Director, Technical Services and Systems |
Heather Miller retired on February 29, 2012. We are currently searching to fill her position:
http://library.albany.edu/jobs/faculty/ADforTechSvcsandLibSys |
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Mary Jane Brustman, Associate Director for Public Services
Office: University Library 108
Phone: (518) 442-3540 Fax: (518) 442-3088 Email: |
Mary Jane Brustman is the Associate Director for Public Services for the University Libraries. She serves as administrator for Reference, Information Literacy, Access Services, and Information Commons for the University Libraries. She previously served as Head of Dewey Library and as Criminal Justice, Social Welfare and Reference bibliographer there. 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,currently on the LLAMA Measurement,Evaluation and Assessment Section, Using Measurement Data for Library Planning and Assessment Committee. Her other American Library Association experience has been as founder of the ACRL Criminal Justice/Criminology Discussion Group; chair of the ACRL Education and Behavioral Sciences Section Nominating Committee, of the Social Work/Social Welfare Committee and of the Gerontology Committee; and on the Executive Committee of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. Locally, she was a member of the Capital District Library Council, Coordinated Collection Development Committee for several years.
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 February 12, 2012 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, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
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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Mary Van Ullen, Associate Director for Collections
Office: University Library 328
Phone: (518) 442-3559 Email: |
Mary Van Ullen is the Associate Director for Collections. She has been a bibliographer since 1997, and continues to serve as the Bibliographer for Business and Economics. Prior to coming to the University at Albany, she was employed as a special librarian in the materials and biotechnology fields, where she specialized in business intelligence, technical information and intellectual property.
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Deborah Bernnard, Dewey Graduate Library, Head
Office: Dewey Library
Phone: (518) 442-3699 Fax: (518) 442-3088 Email: |
Deborah Bernnard is Head of Dewey Graduate Library and Bibliographer for Information Studies. Previously, Deborah was the User Education Librarian at the Dewey Graduate Library. Prior to joining the University at Albany, Deborah was a reference librarian at Schenectady County Community College. Deborah has a B.A. Degree from Fairfield University and a MLS from the University at Albany. |
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Peter Recore-Migirditch, Assistant Director for Finance & Administration
Office: University Library B93
Phone: (518) 442-3563 Fax: (518) 442-3088 Email: |
Peter Recore-Migirditch is the Assistant Director for Finance & Administration 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 Assistant Director for Finance & Administration, 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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