Technical Services

Wesleyan University's Technical Services Department consists of three units: Acquisitions, Cataloging, and Serials.

Technical Services serves the Wesleyan Community by acquiring and cataloging print and electronic information resources, responding to requests for new orders, and servicing the bibliographic and ordering questions of faculty, staff, students and alumnae.

 

Acquisitions Department - Olin Library, Room 015

Wesleyan University Library has a centralized acquisitions department where materials for the collections of Olin Library, Science Library, Art Library, and Psychology Library are ordered, received and paid for.


Margery May
Acquisitions Administrator
Oversees daily operations of the Acquisitions Department; assists Collection Development Librarian with projects.
mmay@wesleyan.edu
685-3834
Trevor West
Library Assistant V
Responsibilities include: bibliographic record transfer or creation for requested monographs, order record creation, researching availability and publisher information, and monograph gift processing.
twest@wesleyan.edu
685-3829

 

Cataloging Department - Olin Library, Room 015

Manual


Sally Grucan - Room 015B
Head of Cataloging
Supervises the Cataloging Department and provides guidance to other staff working in the online catalog; develops cataloging policies and maintains an online cataloging manual; catalogs selected materials; directs catalog maintenance and retrospective conversion projects; provides library system support; participates in departmental and library planning and is a key participant in efforts to improve information discovery through new services and technologies; selects American and Native American literature for the library collections; serves on library, campus, CTW Library Consortium, and national committees; presents at workshops and conferences.
sgrucan@wesleyan.edu
685-3845
Rebecca McCallum
Cataloging Librarian
Works in the Cataloging Department and Special Collections & Archives.  In Cataloging:  does original and complex copy cataloging of materials in all formats, in English and other languages (German and music specialist); provides guidance to staff working in the online catalog; contributes to cataloging policies; participates in catalog maintenance and retrospective conversion projects.  In Special Collections & Archives:  catalogs published materials; oversees technical services activities; develops policies related to those activities.  Serves on library and campus committees.
rmccallum@wesleyan.edu
685-3839
Linda DeRusha
Cataloger (Library Assistant V)
Does original and complex copy cataloging of materials in all formats, in English and other languages; provides guidance to staff working in the online catalog; participates in catalog maintenance and recon projects; contributes to cataloging policies; serves on library and campus committees.
lderusha@wesleyan.edu
685-3843
Jody Schenker
Cataloger (Library Assistant V)
Does original and complex copy cataloging of materials in all formats, in English and other languages; provides guidance to staff working in the online catalog; participates in catalog maintenance and recon projects; contributes to cataloging policies; serves on library and campus committees.
jschenker@wesleyan.edu
685-3837
Joy Mlozanowski - Room 015
Cataloging Assistant/Accounting Specialist (Library Assistant V)
Works in the Cataloging Department and is library’s Accounting Specialist.  In Cataloging:  oversees PromptCat (fast-track cataloging) workflow; participates in catalog maintenance; contributes to cataloging policies; serves on library and campus committees.
jmlozanowski@wesleyan.edu
685-3833

 

Serials Department - Olin Library, Room 015


Helen Aiello
Serials/E-Resources Librarian
Head of serials acquisitions/processing unit, responsible for the acquisition and management of bibliographic electronic resources, and supervisor of Government Documents Processing.
haiello@wesleyan.edu
685-3828
Scott Antonio
Library Assistant V
Technical processing of new federal documents and cataloging of older federal documents collection.
santonio@wesleyan.edu
685-3865
Kathleen Logsdon
Library Assistant V
In charge of sending periodicals, monographs in need of repair, theses, government documents, etc. to a commercial bindery. Also processes serials invoices and assists as needed with public service.
klogsdon@wesleyan.edu
685-3854
Elizabeth Mainella
Serials Administrator/Microforms
Responsible for managing all Serials functions including the processing of periodicals, serials invoices and acquisitions. Also manages the Microforms Center.
emainella@wesleyan.edu
685-3827
Jessie Steele
Library Assistant VI
Responsible for processing of all serials and multi-volume titles: holdings, internal transfers and item records. Maintenance of serials bibliographic records in local online system and OCLC union list.
jsteele@wesleyan.edu
685-3842

Last updated: March 6, 2009.