Administrative Services
Administrative Services
The Administrative Services team supports the Libraries’ mission through HR services for Library student workers, staff, and faculty; budgeting and managing financial operations; facilities management and improvement; development initiatives such as publicity and communication, event planning, and donor relations; managing and scheduling spaces for campus groups and events; assessment data collection and reporting; Library committees support; and other activities that connect library employees with the resources they need to serve the Appalachian community.
Team Members
Access & Public Services
Access & Public Services
The Access & Public Services team carries the primary responsibility for services to assist patrons in using library resources, services, and the facility. The services include checkout and return of library materials; administering fines and fees; holds and delivery of library materials; interlibrary loan lending; stacks management; space management; the Programming Space and video wall; and building operations including hours of service, safety, and security.
Team Members
170 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Management of LRS team staff; Public services; Building hours and calendar; Programming Ideas; User Experience; Liaison to Student Government Association; Service issues; Research Assistance; Chat service; RAP sessions; Interim liaison to WCOB
140 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Patron Loads; Service Desk operations; Library Student Worker Supervision; Safety issues
142 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Student worker recruitment and training, supervision, scheduling, and payroll for night and weekend operational hours; Service Desk operations; Safety issues
136 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Manage circulation policies, Loan rules, Service standards, Training & troubleshooting, Calendars, Access privileges; Fines and fees; account access; Cash drawer accounting; Study room calendars; Community borrower liaison; Service Desk operations; Safety
168 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Manages the Request It and Faculty delivery service; Mass check-in of all returned materials; Student worker supervision and training; Service Desk operations; Instructional room bookings; Safety issues
134 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Student worker recruitment and training, supervision, scheduling, and payroll; Management of Service Desk operations; Safety issues
Digital Initiatives and Special Collections
Digital Initiatives and Special Collections
The Division of Digital Initiatives and Special Collections comprises:
- Digital Scholarship and Initiatives (DSI) - DSI engages and partners with Appalachian faculty members, students, library colleagues, and the community to support new digital scholarship and projects. DSI provides and sustains innovative digital tools and publishing platforms for content delivery, discovery, analysis, data curation, and preservation and provides support in the areas of copyright, fair use and intellectual property.
- Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) - The SCRC collects, preserves, and makes accessible original materials related to four primary collecting areas: W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Stock Car Racing Collection, and University Archives. We also hold circulating material, such as books and audiovisual materials, related to stock car racing and the Appalachian region.
Team Members
351 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Management of DSI team staff and activities, project management, outreach, consulting, and training
433 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Reference and instruction for Special Collections materials, especially primary sources, archives, manuscripts, and rare books; Special Collections outreach; curation of Rare Books & Manuscripts
336 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Omeka development projects, programming, site/database development and administration
456 Belk Library
Areas of specialty: Oral history, primary sources, and information literacy
432 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Public services (including tours of Special Collections and information requests), reference and research
337B Belk Library & Information Commons
Areas of specialty: 3D digitization projects and metadata
335 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Intellectual property, copyright, scholarly publishing
337A Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: standards and best practices for metadata/data
455 Belk Library & Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Appalachian studies, history of the material book, teaching with primary sources
334 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Curation and preservation of digital objects
362 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Digital project management, consulting, outreach, 3D scanning
451 Belk Library & Information Commons
Special Collections Research Center Workroom
Hickory Library
Hickory Library
Team Members
Information Literacy
Information Literacy
The Information Literacy Team provides a leadership role in teaching and integrating information literacy education across the University curriculum. We provide instruction, outreach, and research services in-person and online to academic departments and support services units. We collaborate with teaching faculty to develop library instruction sessions, assignments, and assessment tools that enhance the development of students’ research skills.
Team Members
144 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Management of IL team faculty, Information Literacy and Instruction Program, Research Advisory Program, liaison librarian to Art, Communication, Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership, and Theatre and Dance
142 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to English and Film Studies; Assisting with Health Sciences
140A Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to Anthropology, Sociology, Government & Justice Studies, Management, Marketing & Supply Chain Management, Economics
140B Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to First Year Seminar, Rhetoric and Composition 1000 & 2002
148 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to Counseling, Family Therapy, and Higher Education (CTH), Psychology, and Social Work
138 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to Sustainable Development, Sustainable Tech. and the Built Environment, and International students and scholars; China Projects
146 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to non-traditional students including Transfer Students, Student Veterans, Military Science and Leadership (ROTC), Communication, and Sociology
Instructional Materials Center
Instructional Materials Center
The Instructional Materials Center (IMC) models a school media center and serves education majors and educators in the ASU Public School Partnership. It contains a collection of 53,000+ children's and young adult print and e-titles, STEM & STEAM resources, kits, puzzles, games, textbooks, and other resources for classroom use. Librarians and staff offer instruction, research assistance, help locating resources, and assistance with lesson planning. The IMC also supports the Belk Library Makerspace in collaboration with the Technology Services team.
Team Members
033 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to Reading Education
037 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Access and retrieval of material in the IMC and periodicals collections and retrieval of material in microformats (fiche and film)
037A Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Liaison librarian to Special Education, Family and Child Studies, and Media, Career Studies, and Leadership Development
Music Library
Music Library
The Erneston Music Library, located on the second floor of the Broyhill Music Center, supports the curriculum of the Mariam Cannon Hayes School of Music and the larger musical needs of the University. Our collection contains books, scores, audio/visual materials, and electronic resources dealing with all types of classical, folk, and popular music.
Team Members
232 Broyhill Music Center
Areas of specialty: Selection of materials for the collection, leadership of the team, primary research, and curation of classical music resources for special collections.
231B Broyhill Music Center
Areas of specialty: Areas of specialty: cataloging books, scores, and audio-visual materials for the Music Library circulating and reference collections. Special collections cataloging for the Max Smith, Matanya Ophee, and Rare Music collections.
231A Broyhill Music Center
Areas of specialty: Erneston Music Library Service Desk Operations: Circulation, Fines and Fees. Student Worker: recruitment, training, scheduling, and supervision. Acquisitions for Erneston Music Library
Resources & Discovery
Resources & Discovery
The Division of Resources & Discovery:
- Manages the research collections of the University Libraries. These important collections provide faculty and students with the tools to conduct instruction and research. University Libraries provide access to more than 570,000 printed books, which are available for check out from the main stacks, instructional materials center, and special collections. In addition, patrons have access to more than 500,000 ebooks, approximately 400 databases (or similar electronic resources), about 10,000 DVDs, and over 25,000 digital journals, as well as various other formats (streaming video, microfilm, microfiche, etc.).
- Provides access to the Libraries' resources in all formats. This includes acquisition, cataloging, access management. electronic resources management, Interlibrary loan (ILL) borrowing, physical processing, and repair/preservation.
Team Members
259 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: collections + scholarly publishing | facilitation + community engagement | strategy + finance + equity + org culture | development + relationships | dismantling white supremacy culture | biodynamic agriculture + beekeeping
223 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Biology, Chemistry and Fermentation Sciences, Geology and Environmental Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Physics and Astronomy, Veterinary Technology, Nursing, Rehabilitation Sciences, Nutrition and Health Care Management, Kinesiology, Public Health
252 Belk Library and Information Commons
256 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Cataloging Main Stacks monographs and Special Collections monographs including the Appalachian Collection, Rhinehart, Rare and Rare Childrens; Cataloging finding aids for Special Collections; Cataloging ebooks, audiobooks and streaming videos
253 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Institutional Repository (NC Docks); Main Stacks Monographs Cataloging; I.M.C. Monographs Cataloging; E-books (Marc Edit); Materials Processing: Deletions
254 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Maintaining the library's discovery service and access to e-resources.
250B Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Receiving and invoice payment of library collection's monographic items
Technology Consultants
Technology Consultants
Team Members
127 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Print Zone, printers and scanners in the library, and technology troubleshooting
365 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: technology support for faculty and staff and Google products
357A Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Classroom and meeting room technology, general technology support
Technology Services
Technology Services
Technology Services’ purpose is to support the mission of the Universities Libraries and Appalachian State University through the support, development, maintenance, instruction, and use of technology.
Team Members
366 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: Management of Technology Services team staff and faculty, and library technology projects, resources, and services
364 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: the Digital Media Studio and technology instruction
357A Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: large-format poster printing
367 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: library websites and digital accessibility
002 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: the Technology Checkout Desk
363 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: e-learning and teaching with technology
357B Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: technology instruction and the audio and video recording rooms
368 Belk Library and Information Commons
Areas of specialty: the Makerspace, data visualization, virtual reality, and technology instruction in these topics
Faculty Emeriti
Faculty Emeriti
