Staff Members

The project team includes:

• Wendy Pradt Lougee, University Librarian, Principal Investigator
  voice: 612.624.1807
  email: wlougee@umn.edu
  
  
• Karen Williams, Associate University Librarian for Academic Programs
  voice: 612.626.4190
  email: kaw@umn.edu
  The Associate University Librarian for Academic Programs will serve as the primary agent within the Libraries, contributing to the design, providing expertise on library trends, analysis of relevant library cost/use data, and oversight for all library participants
  
  
• Eric Celeste, Associate University Librarian for Information Technology
  voice: 612.624.4126
  email: efc@umn.edu
  The Associate University Librarian for Information Technology serves as a consultant to the project.
  
  
• John Butler, Director of the Digital Library Development Lab
  voice: 612.624.4362
  email: j-butl@umn.edu
  The Director of the Digital Library Development Lab serves as a consultant to the project.
  
  
• Associate Dean for Planning
  The Associate Dean for Planning (College of Liberal Arts) will serve as the primary agent within the College, providing design assistance, cost data, coordination with College space analysis, and program communication with academic departments.
  
  
• Cecily Marcus, Post-Doctoral Fellow
  voice: 612.626.4618
  email: marc0082@umn.edu
  The project post-doctoral fellow will provide leadership and expertise in assessment design, data analysis, and report preparation.
  
  
• Kate McCready, Library Project Coordinator
  voice: 612.626.4357
  email: mccre008@umn.edu
  A half-time Library Project Coordinator will have responsibility for internal library activities relative to the project –e.g., internal communication, data gathering on library costs, usage patterns, and expenditures in support of academic programs, and compilation of qualitative background information from librarian liaisons relative to academic support.
  
  
• Paul Bramscher, Computer Programmer
  voice: 612.626.2098
  email: brams006@umn.edu
  A programmer (working within the Libraries’ Digital Library Development Lab) will create web delivery systems for survey instruments and take a primary role in feasibility assessment and design requirements of scenarios in the third phase review process.
  
  
• Shane Nackerud, Web Programmer
  voice: 612.625.7880
  email:snackeru@umn.edu
  A programmer (working within the Libraries’ Digital Library Development Lab) will create web delivery systems for survey instruments and take a primary role in feasibility assessment and design requirements of scenarios in the third phase review process.
  
  
• John Troyer, Graduate Student Researcher
  email: troy0005@tc.umn.edu
  Provides primary research support for the project (survey implementation, data analysis and representation) as well as providing communication linkages to the graduate student community.
  
  
• Karen Steigman, Graduate Student Researcher
  email: stei0303@umn.edu
  Provide primary research support for the project (survey implementation, data analysis and representation) as well as providing communication linkages to the graduate student community.