Staff Directory

Full Name Professional Title Department(s) Office number or Room name Phone
Rebecca Bearden Library Assistant for Acquisitions and Serials Library Library 214A 860-570-5011
Patrick Butler Electronic Resources/Reference Librarian Library Library 318 860-570-5072
Tiffany Camp Library
Sarah Cox Foreign, International and Comparative Law Librarian International Program , Library Library 312 860-570-5167
Tim Dannay Library
Janis Fusaris Reference Librarian Library Library 306 860-570-5085
Yan Hong Insurance Law and Reference Librarian Insurance Law Center , Library Library 312 860-570-5081
Jocelyn Kennedy Director for Library Services Library Library 328 860-570-5098
Darcy Kirk Associate Dean for Library & Technology and Professor of Law Faculty , Library Library 325 860-570-5109
Joshua LaPorte Library Assistant for Access Services Library Library 363 860-570-5113
Michael Lenn Library
Lisa Ouellette Program Assistant, Student Employment Library , Student Employment Library 330 860-570-5337
Barbara Plante Head of Cataloging Library Library 204 860-570-5009
Jessica Randall Head of Access Services Library 860-570-5016
Ansonia Saunders Financial Assistant Library Library 330 860-570-5109
Susan Severo Assistant Director for Administrative Services and Director of Student Employment Library , Student Employment Library 327 860-570-5109
Elisabeth Umpleby Acquisitions/Serials Librarian Library Library 211 860-570-5007
Lea Wallenius Library Assistant for Archives, Cataloging, and Special Collections Library Library 203 860-570-5031

Administration

The library administration directs and provides oversight for all library activities. Staff also coordinate human resources activities with the main campus and work with facilities staff regarding library building improvements or problems.

  • Darcy Kirk, Associate Dean for Library & Technology and Professor of Law
  • Susan Severo, Assistant Director for Administrative Services and Director of Student Employment
  • Jocelyn Kennedy, Director of Library Services
  • Jessica de Perio Wittman, Director of Information Technology Services
  • Lisa Ouellette, Program Assistant, Student Employment
  • Ansonia Saunders, Financial Assistant

Information Services

The information systems staff provide technical support for all law school functions, including the local network, the web site, and the library system. They provide service to all members of the University of Connecticut Law School community.

  • Christine Aschenbrenner, Network Manager
  • William Brailsford, Computer Technical Support Consultant
  • Chris Dahl, Computer Technical Support Consultant
  • Ricardo Mardales, Asst. Director/Tech. Support Supervisor

Library Services

Library Services combines all of the public and technical services aspects of library responsibilities. Some members of the staff work behind the scenes to purchase items for the collection, receive them, catalog them, and preserve them. Others provide general and specialized reference, circulation, interlibrary loan, and reserve services to library patrons. They also maintain the print collection stacks, the microform reading room, and the library photocopiers.

  • Rebecca Bearden, Library Assistant for Acquisitions and Serials
  • Patrick Butler, Electronic Resources/Reference Librarian
  • Sarah Cox, Foreign, International and Comparative Law Librarian
  • Julienne Francisco, Serials Clerk
  • Janis Fusaris, Reference Librarian
  • Yan Hong, Insurance Law and Reference Librarian
  • Jocelyn Kennedy, Associate Law Librarian for Library Services
  • Josh LaPorte, Library Assistant for Access Services
  • Barbara Plante, Head of Cataloging
  • Jessica Randall, Head of Access Services
  • Elisabeth Umpleby, Acquisitions/Serials Librarian
  • Lea Wallenius, Library Assistant for Archives, Cataloging, and Special Collections