The Olive Tree

Meet Our New Staff

Susan Buzzell joined the Fogler Library staff as Interlibrary Loan (ILL) and Material Delivery Librarian on June 2, 2008. Her responsibilities include processing interlibrary loan requests and supervision of the ILL borrowing and lending departments, as well as the material delivery department. She has a Master of Library and Information Studies degree from McGill University and an MA in Communication from the University of Maine. Prior to starting at Folger Library, Susan worked at libraries in Vermont and Massachusetts.
She may be reached at susan.buzzell@umit.maine.edu or at 581-1674.

Kjerste Christensen joined the Technical Services Department on August 13, 2007. Her duties include original monographic cataloging and metadata entry for theses and dissertations. She also coordinates the Maine town reports digitization project.
Kjerste has a Master of Science in Library and Information Science degree from the University of Illinois. Before coming to the University of Maine, she worked as a webmaster for the University of Illinois European Union Center and as a copy cataloger for the University of Illinois library.
She may be reached at kjerste.christensen@umit.maine.edu or at 581-1670.

Stephen Fadel joined the Reference Department on January 7th, 2008. His subject specialties are Business and Economics. His duties include collection development, library instruction, and reference service.
Stephen earned a Master of Library Science degree from Florida State University in 1993. Before coming to the University of Maine, Stephen worked as a small business owner as well as a reference librarian at community college libraries in Washington, Oregon, and Florida. He may be reached at stephen.fadel@umit.maine.edu or at 581-3610.

Martin Wallace joined the Science & Engineering Department on August 15, 2006. His subject specialties are: engineering and engineering technology, mathematics and statistics, intellectual property, and computer science. His duties include library instruction, collection development, and reference service. He is also the State of Maine’s patents and trademarks librarian, serving as representative to the U.S. Patents and Trademarks Depository Library Program. Before coming to the University of Maine, Martin worked in the Research Park Library at the University of North Texas’ College of Engineering. He may be reached at martin.wallace@umit.maine.edu or at 581-1678.


Home | Olive Tree | Fall 2008 Issue