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Library Liaisons

The LCCC Library is staffed by professional, experienced librarians eager to assist faculty with all their academic, instruction and research needs.

Each Division is assigned a Library Liaison. Responsibilities of the liaisons include collection development and book purchases for assigned Division(s); assisting faculty in completing the Curriculum Council form regarding library needs; library instruction for courses; and individualized reference consultation. 

 Divisions  Liaisons
Academic Foundations Jill Brophy, Technical Services & Automation Librarian
Associate Professor
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7285
Email:jbrophy@lorainccc.edu

B.A. in History, with Minors in Political Science and English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
M.S.L.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

How I can assist you:

  • Primary contact for new courses and program review for Academic Foundations 
  • Answer questions regarding acquisitions, cataloging and remote access to databases
  • Reference questions

About Me:

  • Seventeen years experience in academic libraries (including six years in academic law libraries)
  • Eight years at a research institute library
  • Public library experience
  • Taught Library Science/Information Technology and English Composition  
 Allied Health & Nursing

Susan Paul, Access Services Coordinator & Reference Librarian
Assistant Professor
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7422
Email:spaul@lorainccc.edu 

B.A. in Liberal Studies, Mary Washington College
M.L.S., Emporia State University, Kansas

How I can assist you:

  • Coordinator of Access Services
  • Handle questions regarding Circulation policies and procedures
  • InterLibrary Loan Coordinator
  • Reference services and library instruction

About me:

  • Experience as a public librarian
  • Currently working toward a Masters of Education in Adult Development and Learning from Cleveland State University
  • Teach College 101 course
  • Substitute for Avon Public Library
 Arts & Humanities

Rita Blanford, Reference Librarian  
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: (440) 366 - 4106
Voice Mail: 1-800-995-5222 Ext. 7279
Email:rblanfor@lorainccc.edu

Arts & Humanities Specialization: Communication, Language & Literature (African & Middle Eastern, Classical, Germanic, Romance & Slavic), Music, Philosophy & Religion

B.A. in French, Rosary Hill College
M.A. in French Education, Roosevelt University
M.L.S., Kent State University

How I can assist you:

  • Information literacy instruction
  • Reference services
  • Collection development
  • Course specific Library Guides
  • Completion of Library/Curriculum Council forms for new courses (primary contact for Arts & Humanities)
  • Academic Fair Library sessions

About me:

  • Taught French at various secondary schools in New York State and Chicago, Illinois, for eight years 
  • Instructor in French at BGSU-Firelands for four years
  • Fifteen years experience in reference work at LCCC Library
  • Current library passion: creating LibGuides
  • Current at home passions: cooking and eating

Susan Paul, Access Services Coordinator & Reference Librarian*
Assistant Professor
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7422
Email:spaul@lorainccc.edu 

Arts & Humanities Specialization: Fine & Decorative Arts

*For Liaison's complete professional information please refer to Allied Health & Nursing description.
          

 Business

Keith Washburn, Dean, Library & Learning Resources
Phone & Voice Mail:(440) 366-4795
Email: kwashbur@lorainccc.edu

B.A.,  Bucknell University
M.L.S., University of Albany
M.A., Bucknell University

How I can assist you: 

  • Primary contact for new courses, programs, and program reviews for Business Division
  • Answers to questions regarding library collection development and management
  • Answers to questions regarding library planning, policies and procedures generally
  • Information regarding library facilities, equipment, and budgetary issues

About me:

  • Thirty-six years of experience in professional librarianship in public and academic libraries, and multi-type library networks, in New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio
  • Member: American Library Association, Association of College and Research Libraries, Academic Library Association of Ohio 
                          

 Engineering Technologies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christine Sheetz, Instructional Services & Reference Librarian
Associate Professor  
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7288
Email:csheetz@lorainccc.edu

B.S. in Biology, Mount Union College
M.S. in Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
M.L.I.S., University of Tennessee, Knoxville 

How I can assist you: 

  • Primary contact for information literacy and library instruction
  • Collection development for new courses and program reviews
  • Assist faculty with assignment development
  • Reference services and library instruction

About me:

  • Researched the use of scientific and technical information for the National Science Foundation
  • Taught botany at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Biology librarian at University of Rochester
  • Assistant Professor in Library at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
  • Researcher for a steel industry trade association
 Health, Physical Education & Recreation

Susan Paul, Access Services Coordinator & Reference Librarian*
Assistant Professor
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7422
Email:spaul@lorainccc.edu 

*For Liaison's complete professional information please refer to Allied Health & Nursing description.

Science & Mathematics 

Christine Sheetz, Instructional Services & Reference Librarian*
Associate Professor  
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7288
Email:csheetz@lorainccc.edu

*For Liaison's complete professional information please refer to Engineering Technologies description.

 Social Sciences & Human Services

Jill Brophy, Technical Services & Automation Librarian*
Associate Professor
Phone & Voice Mail: (440) 366-7285
Email:jbrophy@lorainccc.edu

Social Sciences & Human Services specialization:  Geography, History, Political Science, Public Administration, and Urban Studies

*For Liaison's complete professional information please refer to Academic Foundations description.

 

Helen DeBalzo Green, Reference Librarian
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: (440) 366-4106
Voice Mail: 1-800-995-5222 Ext. 7282
Email: hbebalzo@lorainccc.edu

B.S. in Education with Major in Psychology, Cleveland State University
M.S.L.S., Case Western Reserve University with Major in Administration & Public Services

Social Sciences & Human Services specialization: Criminal Justice, Human Services, Psychology and Social Work

How I can assist you:

  • Information literacy instruction
  • Reference services
  • Collection development
  • Course specific Library Guides 

About me:

  • Thirty years of public librarianship in the Cleveland Public Library System
  • Twenty years of managerial experience with a strong emphasis in outreach services
  • Member of the National Association of Parliamentarians
  • Regularly authored articles in newspaper of general circulation
  • Widely traveled 

Amanda Maddock, Reference Librarian
Adjunct Faculty Librarian
Phone: (440) 366-4106
Voice Mail: 1-800-995-5222 Ext. 7287
Email: amaddock@lorainccc.edu

B.A. in English with Minor in Women's Studies, Ohio University
M.A., Women's Studies, The Ohio State University
M.L.I.S., University of Pittsburgh

Social Sciences & Human Services specialization: Early Childhood Education, Education and Sociology

How I can assist you:

  • Information literacy instruction
  • Reference services
  • Collection development

About me:

  • Taught US. Women Writers at The Ohio State University
  • Experience in a medical library
  • Research interests include: delivering library and information literacy services to interdisciplinary fields, library activism, zines and librarianship, representation in visual and popular culture

 

 

 

 

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