Departmental Faculty Representatives
At the University of Maryland Libraries, our mission is to meet the academic, research, and information needs of the campus community in both traditional and innovative ways.
What are the liaisons' roles?
Departmental Faculty Representatives
The work of the departmental faculty representatives (or faculty library liaisons) is vital to the success of the University of Maryland Libraries in supporting University's goals for learning, discovery, engagement, and professional practice.
- Each academic department/program at UMD assigns a faculty member to serve as faculty library liaison for that department.
- The departmental faculty representative may be the primary contact person for his or her department with the library, communicating directly with their liaison librarian.
- departmental faculty representatives communicate to their liaison librarian changes in curriculum, academic directions, and new programmatic needs, as well as new, evolving, or diminishing research focuses.
- They encourage their colleagues to communicate with their subject librarian regarding individual information, purchase, instruction, or research needs and distribute communications from the liaison librarian and the Libraries that they receive.
- Further, they may coordinate the participation of their department in special projects, such as:
- Journal cancellation projects
- Major purchase decisions
- Major withdrawal/transfer projects of bound journal volumes or books.
- They can also be providing feedback from the faculty regarding:
- Library services
- Policies
- Procedures
- Collections
Subject Librarians
In their outreach function, subject librarians (or liaison librarians) are a conduit between academic departments and the library to make sure that we are serving the unique research and information literacy needs of students and faculty in each discipline to the best of our ability.
- Liaison librarians are assigned subjects based on their undergraduate and graduate degrees, academic interests, and the needs of the library.
- Liaison librarians provide information literacy instruction, research assistance, and manage and build collections.
- Through departmental partnerships, liaison librarians actively develop innovative services and materials that support the University's evolving academic programs and changing research interests.
- Active communication between liaison librarians and their faculty library liaison include all matters related to the University Libraries, such as:
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Who are the liaisons for my department?
Find Subject Librarians and Departmental Faculty Representatives by Academic Department:
| Department | Departmental Faculty Representative (faculty library liaison) | Subject Librarian (library liaison) |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting & Information Assurance | Dr. Martin Loeb, Chair | Zaida Diaz |
| Aerospace Engineering | Dr. Norman Wereley | Alison Harding |
| African American Studies | Marshal Washington | Tahirah Akbar Williams |
| Agriculture | Dr. Craig Beyrouty | Isabella Baxter |
| Agricultural & Resource Economics | Dr. Katherine Faulkner | Isabella Baxter |
| American Studies | Dr. Mary Sies | Eric Lindquist |
| Animal & Avian Sciences | Dr. Chad Stahl | Isabella Baxter |
| Anthropology | Dr. Mark Leone | Jordan Sly |
| Arabic Studies | Dr. Valerie Anishchenkova | Zaida Diaz |
| Architecture | Dr. Brian Kelly | Cindy Frank |
| Art History & Archaeology | Dr. Jordana Saggese | Patricia Cossard |
| Asian & East European Languages and Cultures | Dr. Michele Mason | Kana Jenkins |
| Astronomy | Ms. Olivia Dent | Nevenka Zdravkovska |
| Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences | Dr. Norman Canfield | Nevenka Zdravkovska |
| Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (BEES) | Isabella Baxter | |
| Behavioral & Community Health | Dr. Barbara Anne Curbow, Chair | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Bioengineering | Dr. John Fisher | Alison Harding |
| Biology | Dr. Scott Juntti | Jodi Coalter |
| Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics (CBMG) | Dr. Steven Mount | Marcella Stranieri |
| Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering | Dr. Peter Konfinas | Alison Harding |
| Chemistry & Biochemistry | Dr. Andrei Vedernikov | Marcella Stranieri |
| Cinema & Media Studies | Chuck Howell | |
| Civil & Environmental Engineering | Dr. Chuck Schwartz | Alison Harding |
| Classics | Dr. Lillian Doherty | Eric Lindquist |
| Communication | Prof. Brooke Fisher Liu | Chuck Howell |
| Computer Science | Dr. David Mount | Nevenka Zdravkovska |
| Counseling & Higher Education | Dr. William Ming Liu | Tahirah Akbar-Williams |
| Criminology & Criminal Justice | Dr. Gary LaFree | Celina McDonald |
| Decision & Information Technologies | Dr. Michael Fu, Chair | Zaida Diaz |
| Economics | Dr. Judith K. Hellerstein | Zaida Diaz |
| Electrical & Computer Engineering | Dr. Julius Goldhar | Alison Harding |
| English | Dr. Martha Nell Smith | Emily Deinert |
| Entomology | Dr. Maria Shofner | Jodi Coalter |
| Environmental Science & Policy | Dr. Mark Marroll | Isabella Baxter |
| Environmental Science & Technology | Dr. Ray Weil | Isabella Baxter |
| Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Dr. Tianzhou Charles Ma | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Family Science | Dr. Manouchehr Mokhtari | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Finance | Dr. Russell Wermers | Zaida Diaz |
| Fire Protection Engineering | Dr. Arnaud Trouvé | Alison Harding |
| French | Dr. Valerie Orlando | Jordan Sly |
| Geographical Sciences & Technology | Dr. Chris Justice, Chair | Milan Budhathoki |
| Geology | Dr. Mon-Han Huang | Milan Budhathoki |
| Germanic Studies | Dr. Julie Koser | Jordan Sly |
| The Global Health Initiative | Dr. Colleen M. Farmer | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Government & Politics | Dr. Gabriella Lloyd | Judy Markowitz |
| Health Services Administration | Dr. Michel Boudreaux | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Hearing & Speech | Dr. Nan Bernstein Ratner | Chuck Howell |
| Historic Preservation | Prof. Dennis Pogue | Cindy Frank |
| History | Dr. Robyn Muncy | Eric Lindquist |
| Human Development & Quantitative Methodology | Dr. Ming Wang | Tahirah Akbar-Williams |
| Information Studies | Dr. Paul Jaeger | Rachel Gammons |
| Institute of Applied Agriculture | Dr. Chelsea Mays-Williams | Isabella Baxter |
| Italian | Dr. Valerie Orlando | Jordan Sly |
| Jewish Studies | Dr. Berny Cooperman | Yelena Luckert |
| Journalism | Dr. Ronald A. Yaros | Chuck Howell |
| Kinesiology | Dr. Joanne C. Klossner | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Landscape Architecture | Dr. Angus Murphy | Isabella Baxter |
| Linguistics | Dr. Margaret J. Antonisse | Emily Deinert |
| LGBTQ Studies | Dr. Ruth Zumbrana & Prof. Robert Burgard | Judy Markowitz |
| Logistics, Business, & Public Policy | Dr. Martin Dresner, Chair | Zaida Diaz |
| Management & Organization | Dr. Kay Bartol, Chair | Zaida Diaz |
| Marketing | Dr. David Godes, Chair | Zaida Diaz |
| Marine Estuarine Environmental Science (MEES) | Dr. Kennedy Paynter | Isabella Baxter |
| Maryland Institute for Applied Environmental Health | Dr. Amy Sapkota | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Materials Science & Engineering | Dr. Lourdes G. Salamanca-Riba | Alison Harding |
| Mathematics | Dr. James A. Schafer | Nevenka Zdravkovska |
| Mechanical Engineering | Dr. F. Patrick McCluskey | Alison Harding |
| Music | Dr. Barbara Haggh-Huglo & Dr. Larry Witzleben | Steve Henry |
| Nutrition & Food Science | Dr. Margaret Udahogora | Isabella Baxter |
| Persian Studies | Dr. Matthew Thomas Miller | Zaida Diaz |
| Philosophy | Dr. Jerrold Levinson | Jordan Sly |
| Physics | Mr. Jimmy Williams | Nevenka Zdravkovska |
| Plant Sciences | Isabella Baxter | |
| Psychology | Dr. Michael Dougherty | Emily Deinert |
| Public Health Science | Dr. Kristin Cipriani | Nedelina Tchangalova |
| Public Policy | Mr. Bill Powers, J.D | Judy Markowitz |
| Real Estate Development | Ms. Maria K. Day-Marshall, Esq. | Cindy Frank |
| Second Language Acquisition | Dr. Robert DeKeyser | Lindsay Inge-Carpenter |
| Slavic Languages | Dr. Liz Papazian | Yelena Luckert |
| Sociology | Dr. Roberto Patricio Korzeniewics | Jordan Sly |
| Spanish & Portuguese (Latin America) | Dr. Laura Demaría | Suzy Wilson |
| Spanish & Portuguese (Iberia) | Dr. José María Naharro-Calderón | Suzy Wilson |
| Studio Art | Prof. Brandon Morse, Chair | Patricia Cossard |
| Teaching & Learning Policy Leadership | Dr. Francine H. Hultgren | Tahirah Akbar-Willams |
| Theatre, Dance, & Performance | Dr. Maura Keefe | Drew Barker |
| Urban Studies & Planning | Dr. Ariel Bierbaum | Cindy Frank |
| University of Maryland Extension | Dr. James Hanson | Isabella Baxter |
| Veterinary Medicine | Dr. Siba. K. Samal | Isabella Baxter |
| Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Dr. Ruth Zumbrana & Prof. Robert Burgard | Judy Markowitz |