Library Directory

Library Administration

The Library Administration support staff are part of the Information Services Administration office, located on the 7th floor of the library, Staff administer the program budget.
The Library Director oversees the daily operation of the library by leading and supporting the library staff in offering the highest level of service.

Paula Ganyard
Library Director
920-465-2537
ganyardp@uwgb.edu
CL 307

Donna Beaumier
Financial Specialist
920-465-2383
beaumied@uwgb.edu
CL730

Beverly Hendricks
IS Administration
920-465-2383
hendricb@uwgb.edu
CL730

Public Services

The Circulation/Reserves area is the primary public service area of the library which checks in and loans material, reshelves items, processes overdue books and fines, and services copy machines.

Interlibrary Loan handles and processes the borrowing and lending of materials between UW-Green Bay and other libraries. Books and other materials not owned by the library can usually be obtained from other libraries.

Information Literacy and Outreach is responsible for the coordination of information literacy and outreach services including face-to-face and online library instruction, support of integrating information literacy into the curriculum through coordination with appropriate university units, and outreach and marketing of the libraries’ information services.

Reference Service --The Reference Desk plays an active role in the intellectual life of the campus by facilitating the research process. We believe in the importance of developing critical thinking skills and mastering the research process as integral parts of the educational experience, and assist researchers in doing so.
Reference Desk: 920-465-2303 local, or toll-free 1-888-729-4611

Emily Rogers
Coordinator of Public Services
920-465-2540
rogerse@uwgb.edu

Mitchell Scott
Resource Sharing Librarian
920-465-2385

Renee Ettinger
Reference and Instruction Librarian
920-465-2542
ettinger@uwgb.edu

Joe Hardenbrook
Instruction and Reference Librarian
920-465-2666
hardenbj@uwgb.edu

Lindsay Simonsen
Evening Circulation Supervisor
920-465-2540
simonsel@uwgb.edu

Automation

Automation is responsible for coordinating, testing, conducting training, troubleshooting and maintaining the various library automation systems: integrated library system (Voyager), OpenURL resolver (SFX), federated search system (MetaLib) and interlibrary loan system (ILLiad). Also responsible for web site maintenance; electronic resources management, budgeting for technology purchases and maintenance; purchasing library hardware and software; initial troubleshooting of hardware; and routing maintenance of hardware and some software.

Marlys Brunsting
Coordinator of Library Automation
920-465-2893
brunstim@uwgb.edu

Melissa Platkowski
Electronic Resources Management Librarian
920-465-2764
platkowm@uwgb.edu

Collection Management

Collection Management is composed of Collection Development, Acquisitions and Serials. Collection Development selects materials for and manages the content of the book, journal, government document, and art slide collections. Faculty and staff recommendations for purchases are always welcome. Recommendations from students and other users are also considered. Acquisition's responsibilities include ordering, receipt, and physical processing of monographs, series, maps, and government publications in all formats, along with related vendor correspondence and claiming of unreceived volumes. Serial's responsibilities include the ordering, receipt, and management of journals, newspapers, annuals, and indexes, in various formats. Serials also conducts related vendor correspondence, claims unreceived volumes and issues, and posts invoices for serial receipts. Bindery processing and sorting the Library's mail are also responsibilities of the serials unit.

Joan Robb
Coordinator of Collection Management
920-465-2384
robbj@uwgb.edu

Leah Liebergen
Acquisitions & Government Documents Assistant
920-465-2382
liebergl@uwgb.edu

Jeanette Skwor
Serials Supervisor
920-465-2670
skworj@uwgb.edu

Cataloging

Cataloging's responsibilities include providing complete and accurate records in the online catalog for materials in a wide variety of formats, maintaining authority files for accurate collocation of materials, and providing subject enrichment of bibliographic records when needed. The cataloging team also maintains the Cofrin Library’s holdings in the international shared library database, WorldCat

Deb Strelka
Coordinator of Cataloging
920-465-2154
strelkad@uwgb.edu

Nancy Anderson
Cataloging Assistant
920-465-2393
anderson@uwgb.edu

Anthony LaLuzerne
Cataloging Assistant/Associate Academic Librarian
920-465-2785
laluzera@uwgb.edu

Distance Education

The Distance Education Librarian plays an active role in serving the needs of the students, faculty and staff of the campus Distance Education programs sucha as the Adult Degree Program, Masters in Social Work Program, and the Nursing BSN@home and BSN-national programs. Off-campus users and all non-traditional aged students are encouraged to contact the Distance Education Librarian when they need assistance.

Anne Kasuboski
Distance Education & Reference Librarian
920-465-2543
kasubosa@uwgb.edu

UW Green Bay Archives & Area Research Center

The UW Green Bay Archives is comprised of The Area Research Center, Special Collections, and University Archives. The Area Research Center is the official repository for the Wisconsin Historical Society’s collections of manuscripts and public records relating to northeastern Wisconsin counties of: Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Kewaunee, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, and Shawano. Special Collections includes print materials pertaining to Northeastern Wisconsin history. Types of materials include books, census records, photographs, oral histories, Belgian-American research materials, and maps. University Archives contains nearly complete files of every university-generated publication; departmental and administrative records, and the records of individual faculty members. Official records in the University Archives range from basketball films to founding records of 1966, environmental impact statements, photographs, UW System budgets and correspondence of the Chancellor. Masters' theses are also housed in the University Archives.

Debra Anderson
Archives & Area Research Center Coordinator
920-465-2539
andersod@uwgb.edu

Jean Wentz
Archives Assistant
920-465-2539
wentzj@uwgb.edu

Staff Directory

Anderson, Debra
Coordinator of Archives and Area Research Center

Office: Archives, CL 705
Phone: 920-465-2539
E-mail: andersod@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BS in history and social studies and MA in history from Mankato State University;
MA in Library and Information Science with Archives specialization from
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Anderson, Nancy
Library Services Assistant, Senior

Office: Cataloging , CL 404F
Phone: 920-465-2393
E-mail: anderson@uwgb.edu

Degree: BA in General Studies from UW-Green Bay

Brunsting, Marlys
Coordinator of Library Automation: Office: Automation CL 408
Phone: 920-465-2893
E-mail: brunstim@uwgb.edu
Degrees: BS, Economics and Applied Mathematics; MA, Library and Information Science from The University of Iowa

Ettinger, Renee
Instruction and Outreach Librarian

Office: Public Services CL 303A
Phone: 920-465-2542
E-mail: ettinger@uwgb.edu

Degrees: MLIS from UW-Milwaukee

Ganyard, Paula
Library Director

Office: Administration, CL 307
Phone: 920-465-2537
E-mail: ganyardp@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BA in History, MLS, University at Buffalo, SUNY

Joe Hardenbrook
Instruction and Reference Librarian

Office: Public Services CL 305F
Phone: 920-465-2666
E-mail: hardenbj@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BA-Ball State University, MLS-Indiana University

Kasuboski, Anne
Distance Education Coordinator & Reference Librarian

Office: Distance Education Support CL 305E
Phone: 920-465-2543
E-mail: kasubosa@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BS in agriculture from UW Madison; MLIS from UW Milwaukee

LaLuzerne, Anthony
Cataloging Assistant/ Cataloger

Office: Library Processing, CL 404D
Phone: 920-465-2785
E-mail: laluzera@uwgb.edu
Degrees: UW-Green Bay, MLIS-UW Madison

Liebergen, Leah
Acquisitions and Government Documents Assistant

Office: Library Processing, CL 404I
Phone: 920-465-2382
E-mail: liebergl@uwgb.edu

Degree: BA in Psychology from UW Stout

Platkowski, Melissa
Electronic Resources Management Librarian
Office: Automation CL404E
Phone:920-465-2764
E-mail: platkowm@uwgb.edu

Degree: BS in Psychology & Humanistic Studies - UW-Green Bay; M.S. in Library and Information Sciences - University of Kentucky

Robb, Joan
Coordinator of Collection Management

Office: Collection Management CL 408
Phone: 920-465-2384
E-mail: robbj@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BS Cornell University; MLS University of Wisconsin-Madison

Rogers, Emily
Coordinator of Public Services

Office: Public Services CL 304B
Phone: 920-465-2540
E-mail: rogerse@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BA in English from St. Norbert College; MLIS from UW-Milwaukee

Scott, Mitchell
Resource Sharing Librarian

Office: Public Services CL 303B
Phone: 920-465-2385
E-mail scottm@uwgb.edu

Simonsen, Lindsay
Evening Circulation Supervisor

Office: Public Services CL 303
Phone: 920-465-2540
E-mail: simonsel@uwgb.edu

Skwor, Jeanette
Serials Assistant

Office: Cataloging, CL 404B
Phone: 920-465-2670
E-mail: skworj@uwgb.edu

Degree: BA in Humanistic Studies from the UW-Green Bay

Strelka, Debra
Coordinator of Cataloging

Office: Cataloging, CL 404C
Phone: 920-465-2154
E-mail: strelkad@uwgb.edu

Degrees: BA in Humanistic Studies from the UW-Green Bay; M.S. in Library and Information Science from the UW-Milwaukee

Wentz, Jean
Archives Assistant

Office: Special Collections CL 705
Phone: 920-465-2539
E-mail: wentzj@uwgb.edu

Degree: BA in English from the UW-Green Bay

Mailing address for the library is:

Cofrin Library
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Dr. Green Bay, Wisconsin 54311-7001
Phone: (920) 465-2540
Fax: (920) 465-2388

rev.1 Feb 2012

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