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Faculty Library Guide

This guide includes an overview of services for faculty and their students, an introduction to our collections and resources, and library staff contact information.

Faculty Librarians

Bianca Prather-Jones

Director of Library Services

309-0038    bprather@ringling.edu

  • Overall collection development, including retrospective collection building and collections for new programs
  • Copyright consultation and instruction
  • Faculty and student research projects consultation
  • Online database and digital content purchases
  • New course planning for Library resources
  • Use of Library facilities for film and photo shoots, student art, events, etc.
  • Information about Ringling College Library Association and the Town Hall lecture series

Cheri Marks

Special Collections Curator and Archivist 

359-7583   cmarks@ringling.edu

  • Artists' Books and Special Collections class instruction and group tours
  • Individual research consultations for special collections
  • Collection development for special collections, including donations
  • Exhibition curation
  • Public programming
  • Research and support for institutional archival collections
  • Collection development for archives, including donations

Kelly Lindberg

Instructional Design Librarian

359-7671    klindber@ringling.edu

  • Research consultations for faculty, staff, students
  • Research skills instruction for classes
  • Digital resource training on library databases
  • Instructional and assignment design support
  • Coordinate library programming for student events and outreach

Janet Thomas

Technical Services Librarian

359-7586    jthomas@ringling.edu

  • Electronic document scanning (pdf) for faculty use for classes
  • Book and media selection in software manuals – print and online – and crafts.
  • Troubleshoot issues with the library's digital resources, including access off-campus

Library Staff

Tim DeForest

Circulation Manager

359-7587    tdefores@ringling.edu

  • Course reserves: place items on reserve; updates physical and electronic reserve lists; archives prior reserve lists
  • Book and media selection in comics and graphic novels
  • Information about and demonstrations of e-resources

Christina Song

Assistant Circulation Manager

359-7587    csong@c.ringling.edu

  • Information about and demonstration of e-resources
  • Checkout of materials, including checkout of reserve items
  • Facilitation of faculty reserve requests
  • Assist faculty and student research 
  • Book and media selection

Rebekah Rast

Library Resources and Discovery Services Coordinator

309-4057  rrast1@ringling.edu

  • Interlibrary loan service for book and journal articles. Request forms available online or at Circulation Desk
  • Periodicals and Annuals new titles requests and requests for missing back issues, subject to Library Director approval
  • Book and media selection in illustrated children’s books

Lisa Martinez

Technical Services – Cataloging and Metadata

359-7631    lmartin1@ringling.edu  

  • Catalog and process library materials

Yolanda Coleman

Acquisitions Manager,  Administrative Support

359-7584    ycoleman@ringling.edu              

  • Book and media purchasing
  • Acquisition requests 
  • Liaison with book and media vendors
  • Book and media selection in contemporary literature 
  • Online database records management
  • Monthly budget analysis and review

 

 

Jean Ferderber                             James Harrison                             Hannah Patrick

Circulation Assistant                   Circulation Assistant                    Circulation Assistant

jferderb@ringling.edu                    jharris6@ringling.edu                       hpatrick@ringling.edu

359-7587         

  • Afternoon, evening and weekend staff
  • Information about and demonstrations of e-resources
  • Checkout of material, including reserve materials
  • Assist faculty and student research
  • General book and media selection