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We hope this page will be useful to other library staff members, new or not-so-new, who may need to identify a Catalog staff member for questions about a particular task. Staff members are described by their job title, major job duties, committee membership, professional organization membership, and other special skills.

Andrea Stamm - Department Head
Expert cataloger of Africana; chair of NUL's Cataloging Policy Committee; BIBCO and NACO liaison;
chair of the [Dewey Decimal Classification] Editorial Policy Committee; general resource person for the department.

Michael Babinec - Assistant Head
Catalogs materials in Slavic and Romance languages, and computer files and videos. Proficient in Russian.

Amanda Bakken - Monographic Cataloger
Catalogs materials in various West European languages. Proficient in Norwegian.

Daniel von Brighoff - Catalog Management Supervisor
Responsible for location changes, call number corrections and other catalog maintenance work. Handles online bibliographic corrections received from the CatFix Form. Catalogs variant editions and priority items with vendor copy. Reading knowledge of most major European languages. Can transliterate Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Armenian, and Cyrillic script.

Rita Djuricich - Monographic Cataloger
Departmental PC Liaison; alumna of TiLT Technology in Learning and Teaching; and her Muttersprache (mother tongue) is German.

Jacqueline Gelso - Special Collections Cataloger
Catalogs rare books, literature of the 20th century in many languages, and numerous collections for special interests. Native speaker of French.

Mary Haugsness - Serials Cataloging Assistant.
Catalogs original Serial Titles.

Robert W. Lesh - Africana Cataloger
Catalogs materials in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Afrikaans.

Karen Miller - Monographic/Digital Projects Cataloger
Catalogs materials in various Western European languages. Member of the NUL EAD (Encoded Archival Description) Initiative team.

Sibylle Mittelsdorf - Collections Specialist
Assigned to special projects within the Catalog Management Section. Catalogs titles with accompanying AV materials. Bilingual in German and English. Reading knowledge of French and Spanish.

Paul Olson - Video and Dissertations Assistant
Catalogs dissertations,videos, and works with Retrospective conversion and other Catalog Management projects. Initiates the cataloging process of RUMs (Request for Uncataloged Materials).

Kevin M. Randall - Principal Serials Cataloger
Primary resource person for serials cataloging; responsible for managing workflow and developing procedures for serials cataloging; CONSER representative; at NUL, member of Cataloging Policy Committee; in ALA, member of Continuing Resources Cataloging Committee (ALCTS Continuing Resources Section) and CRS Representative to Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (ALCTS Cataloging & Classification Section)

Deborah Rose-Lefmann - Monographic Cataloger
Catalogs materials in Western European languages. Fluent in German.

John Russell - Special Collections Cataloger
Catalogs rare and unusual works ranging from 500 year old editions of Horace to balloons and paperbags.

Shoshanah (Rose) Seidman - Africana Cataloger
Catalogs materials in French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, German, and Afrikaans. Languages: French, Hebrew, Yiddish; selects and catalogs material for Jewish Studies.

Alla Shagall - Catalog Maintenance/Rush Catalog Assistant
Receives and catalogs materials in Slavic languages. Catalogs preservation photocopies and microfilms. Performs transfers, withdrawals, call number changes, reinstates. Resolves problems that come from the Circulation Department.

Gary Strawn - Authorities Librarian/Cataloger and Library Systems Analyst/Programmer
Authorities and cataloging expert. Responsible for online records.

Jennifer Young - Serials Cataloger
Catalogs serials in all formats and languages. Proficient in French. Vice-President of NULSA. Serves on the Assembly Elections & Nominations Committee.