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Adjuncts & Professors of Practice

GSLIS is fortunate to have a number of library and information science professionals teach as adjunct faculty. Below is a listing of adjunct faculty of the school. Unless otherwise instructed by the faculty member, they can be reached through the faculty assistant (617-521-2810). 

Please note, all adjuncts are listed below; those with bios and additional information are listed on the right.


Benjamin Abrahamse, Head, Serials Cataloging, CAMS, MIT Libraries
Lecturer in Information Organization (LIS 415)


Camila Alire, Dean Emerita, University of New Mexico and Colorado State University
Professor of Practice in the Doctoral Program


Emily Alling, Director, Rice-Aron Library, Marlboro College
Lecturer in Reference and Information Services (LIS 407)


Jennifer Andrews, Doctoral Studies Program Manager, Simmons GSLIS
Lecturer in Database Management (LIS 458)


Martin Antonetti, Curator of Rare Books, Smith College
Lecturer in History of the Book (LIS 425)


Peishan Bartley, Adjunct Professor
Lecturer in Technology for Information Professionals (LIS 488)


Kathryn Hammond Baker, Deputy Director, Center for the History of Medicine, Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University
Lecturer in Managing Records in Electronic Environments (LIS 456)


Susan Ballard, President-Elect of the American Association of School Librarians
Practicum Supervisor


Sidney Berger, Ann C. Pingree Director of the Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum
Lecturer in History of the Book (LIS 425) and Rare Books and Special Collections Librarianship (LIS 531O)


Kate Bowers, Collections Services Archivist, Harvard University Archives
Lecturer in Archival Access and Use (LIS 440)


Raynna Bowlby, GSLIS West Recruiting and Administrative Coordinator
Lecturer in Principles of Management (LIS 404)


Ellen Carey '04LS, Library Co-Coordinator, Greenfield Community College
Lecturer in User Instruction (LIS 408)


Scot Colford, Web Services Manager, Boston Public Library
Lecturer in Technology for Information Professionals (LIS 488)


Donia Conn, Workshop Program and Reference Coordinator, Northeast Document Conservation Center
Lecturer in Preservation Management (LIS 439)


Cynthia Correia '96LS, Principal and Founder, Knowledge inForm, Inc.
Lecturer in Digital Information Services and Providers (LIS 454)Knowledge Management(LIS 465)Web Development and Information Architecture (LIS 467) and Competitive Intelligence (LIS 530M)


Robert Cox, Head of Special Collections & University Archives, Adjunct Professor of History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lecturer in Archival Access and Use (LIS 440)


Anne Croak, Education Librarian, Simmons College
Lecturer in Practicum (preK-8) (LIS 498) and Curriculum Frameworks and Instructional Strategies for Library Teachers (LIS 426)


Ann Cullen, Curriculum Service Librarian, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Lecturer in Business Information Sources and Services (LIS 430) and Digital Information Services and Providers (LIS 454)


Lisa Fagin Davis, Adjunct Professor
Lecturer in The Medieval Manuscript from Charlemangne to Gutenberg (LIS 531 T)


Patricia Deyton, Assistant Professor, Director, Center for Gender In Organizations, Simmons College School of Management and Professor of Practice, Doctoral Program, Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Lecturer in Principles of Management (LIS 404)


Valerie Diggs '96LS, Coordinator of Libraries, Chelmsford Public Schools
Lecturer in Organization and Management of School Library Media Centers (LIS 406)


Ernest DiMattia, Jr. '65LS, President, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Lecturer in Principles of Management (LIS 404), Organization and Management of Public Libraries (LIS 450), and Marketing the Library (LIS 477)


Robert Dugan, Dean of Libraries, University of West Florida
Lecturer in Principles of Management (LIS 404), ,


Dr. Elizabeth Fleming, Dean of Faculty, Bay Path College
Lecturer in Instructional Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning in the School Library Media Center (LIS 431)


Linda Friel, Adjunct Professor
Lecturer in


Deborah Lang Froggatt, Director of the Boston Arts Academy/Fenway High School Library and the Boston Symphony Orchestra Education Resource Center


Dodie Gaudet, Consultant, Cataloger, Teacher
Lecturer in Organization of Information (LIS 415)
Dr. Joan Giesecke, Dean of Libraries, The University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Professor of Practice in the Doctoral Program

Kevin Glick, Head of University Archives & Electronic Record Archivist, Yale University
Lecturer in Managing Records in Electronic Environments (LIS 456)


Ryan Hendrickson, Adjunct Professor, Assistant Director for Manuscripts, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University
Lecturer in Introduction to Archival Methods and Services (LIS 438)


Barry Hennessey '74LS, Head of Technical Services, University Library, University of New Hampshire
Lecturer in Information Organization (LIS 415)


Luis Herrera, City Librarian, City and County of San Francisco
Lecturer in Managerial Leadership in Public Settings (LIS 685)


Bonnie Isman, Library Director, Jones Library, Amherst, Massachusetts
Lecturer in Organization and Management of Public Libraries (LIS 450)


Asher Jackson, Adjunct Professor
Lecturer in Archiving and Preserving Digital Media (LIS 444)


Linnea Johnson '04LS, Assistant Manager for Information Technology, Simmons GSLIS
Lecturer in Technology for Information Professionals (LIS 488)


Marvin Kabakoff, Senior Records Analyst, National Archives and Records Administration - Northeast Region
Lecturer in LIS 441 - Appraisal of Archives and Manuscripts


Jim Kelly, Humanities Bibliographer, W.E.B. Dubois Library, University of Massachusetts
Lecturer in Literature of the Humanities (LIS 413)


Danielle Kovacs, Curator of Manuscripts and University Archives, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lecturer in Information Organization (LIS 415)


Rex Krajewski '01LS, Reference Librarian, Beatley Library, Simmons College
Lecturer in Reference and Information Services (LIS 407) and Digital Information Services and Providers (LIS 454)


Michael Leach, Head of Collection Development, Cabot Science Library, Harvard University
Lecturer in Collection Development (LIS 453), Database Management (LIS 458) and Technology for Information Professionals (LIS 488)


Jee Yeon Lee, Director of Center for Human Computer Interaction and Chair and Professor in the Library and Information Science Department at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Lecturer in Information Retrieval (LIS 466)


Susan Lum, Adjunct Faculty
Lecturer in Practicum, preK-8 (LIS 498)


Elaine Martin, Director and Research Assistant Professor, The Lamar Soutter Library, University of Massachusetts Medical School (Worcester); Director, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region
Lecturer in Medical Librarianship (LIS 434)


Anne C. Moore, Dean of Libraries and Associate Professor, School of Education, University of South Dakota
Lecturer in Evaluation of Information Sciences (LIS 403), Academic Libraries (LIS 451)


Claudia Morner, Former Dean, University of New Hampshire Library
Lecturer in Principles of Management (LIS 404), Academic Libraries (LIS 451), Library Architecture and Space Planning (LIS 476) , and International and Comparative Librarianship (LIS 490)


James G. Neal, Vice President for Information Services and University Librarian, Columbia University
Professor of Practice in the Doctoral Program


Anna Nielsen, Adjunct Professor, GSLIS
Lecturer in Children's Literature and Media Collections (LIS 481)


Rachel Onuf, Archivist/Consultant
Lecturer in Introduction of Archival Methods and Services (LIS 438) and Preservation Management (LIS 439)


Raquel Ortiz '91LS, Associate Director, Pappas Law Library, Boston University
Lecturer in Legal Information Sources (LIS 437)


Woojin Paik, Director of Joongwon Library & Professor at Dept. of Computer Science, Konkuk Unviersity Glocal Campus, Korea
Lecturer in Information Retrieval (LIS 466)


Sharon J. Persons, Head of Reader Services and Co-Director, Legal Skills in Social Context Program, Northeastern University School of Law Library
Lecturer in Legal Information Sources (LIS 437)


Vivienne Piroli, Librarian, School for Health Studies, Simmons College
Lecturer in User Instruction (LIS 408)


Terry Plum, Assistant Dean for Technology and Director of the GSLIS West program, Simmons College GSLIS
Lecturer in Evaluation of Information (LIS 403), Reference/Information Services (LIS 407), User Instruction (LIS 408), and Technology for Information Professionals (LIS 488)


Nancy Pontika, Adjunct Professor
Lecturer in User Instruction (LIS 488)


Anna Popp, Assistant Reference Librarian, West Springfield Public Library
Lecturer in Reference/Information Services (LIS 407)


Susan Pyzynski, Associate Librarian for Technical Services, Houghton Library, Harvard University
Lecturer in Archival Access and Use (LIS 440)


Shelley Quezada, Consultant, Library Services to the Underserved; Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners
Lecturer in Literacy and Services to Underserved Populations: Issues and Responses (LIS 422)


Laura Quilter, Researcher/Consultant
Lecturer in Intellectual Freedom and Censorship (LIS 493)


Michael Rogan, Head Librarian, Lilly Music Library, Tufts University
Lecturer in Music Librarianship (LIS 435)


James Roth, Deputy Directory, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library
Lecturer in Introduction to Archival Methods and Services (LIS 438)


Jan Sanders, Director, Department of Libraries and Information Services, City of Pasadena, California
Professor of Practice


Anne Sauer, Director, Digital Collections & Archives, and University Archivist, Tufts University
Lecturer in Archival Access and Use (LIS 440)


Connie Schlotterbeck, Consultant
Lecturer in Practicum, 7-12 (LIS 499)


Maxine Schmidt, Reference and Instruction Librarian and Acting Head, Integrated Sciences and Engineering Library (ISEL) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lecturer in Literature of Science and Technology (LIS 484)


Linda Schuller, Management Librarian, Simmons College


Jessica Sedgwick, Project Archivist for the Archives for Women in Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Lecturer in Archival Access and Use (LIS 440)


Kelcy Shepherd '98LS, Digital Interfaces Librarian, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Lecturer in Archival Access and Use (LIS 440) and XML - eXtensible Markup Language (LIS 469)


Susan Sheridan, Head of Technical Services, Amherst College Library
Lecturer in Technical Services (LIS 418) and Collection Development and Management (LIS 453)


Howard Silver, Co-Head and Biological Engineering Librarian, Engineering & Science Libraries, MIT
Lecturer in Literature of Science and Technology (LIS 484)


Anita Silvey, Writer, Lecturer, Teacher
Lecturer in Modern Publishing and Librarianship (LIS 420)


Steve Smith, Preservation & Collection Management Librarian, Wellesley College Library
Lecturer in Collection Management (LIS 447)


Jill Snyder, Senior Records Analyst, National Archives and Records Administraion (NARA)
Lecturer in Electronic Records Management (LIS 456)


Maureen Sullivan, Organization Development Consultant, Maureen Sullivan Associates
Lecturer in Academic Libraries (LIS 451)


Michael Sullivan, Former Director, Weeks Public Library; Author, Lecturer, and Consultant
Lecturer in Organization and Management of Public Libraries (LIS 450)


Chris Swerling, Library Coordinator/Library Teacher, Newton Public Schools
Lecturer in Instructional Strategies for Effective Teaching and Learning in the School Library Media Center (LIS 431)


Bruce Tis, Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Simmons College and Adjunct Associate Professor, Boston University
Lecturer in Computer and Network Security (LIS 531D)


Susan E. Vaughn, Legal Reference Librarian, Suffolk University Law Library
Lecturer in Legal Information Sources (LIS 437)


Nanette Veilleux, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science, Simmons College
Lecturer in Database Management (LIS 458)


Duane Webster, Executive Director Emeritus, Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Lecturer in Fundraising and Entrepreneurial Strategies for Library and Information Science (LIS 688)


Eliot Wilczek, University Records Manager, Digital Collections and Archives, Tufts University
Lecturer in Introduction to Archival Methods and Services (LIS 438) and Managing Records in Electronic Environments (LIS 456)
Elizabeth Marcus Wolfe, Director of Thayer Public Library, Braintree
Lecturer in Organization and Management of Public Libraries (LIS 450)

Janis Wolkenbreit, Library Teacher, Amherst Regional High School
Lecturer in Organization and Management of School Library Media Centers (LIS 406) and Practica/Internship/Apprenticeship Supervisor (LIS 495/498/499)


Jason Wood, Associate Archivist and Records Manager, Simmons College Archives
Lecturer in Electronic Records Management (LIS 456)


Adjuncts & Professors of Practice

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