Marx Library Faculty

Heather Butler | Social Sciences Librarian
Assistant Librarian

Department: Reference and Instruction
Research Interests:  Open access, accessibility, information literacy, sense of belonging
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 250 |  (251) 460-6951 | hmbutler@southalabama.edu

Tracy Cole | Acquisitions Librarian, USA Libraries
Assistant Librarian

Department: Acquisitions
Research Interests: Misinformation/Disinformation and censorship, healthy communities and access to information, open access/open data, student engagement and retention, local library history and architecture, collection development, and future of libraries and library sustainability. 
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

McCall Library  |  (251) 461-1563  | tmcole@southalabama.edu

Deborah Gurt | Director, McCall Library
Associate Librarian

Department: Doy Leale McCall Manuscript and Rare Book Library
Research Interests:  Community-based archives partnerships, diversifying the archival record, instructional use of archival resources
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

McCall Library Suite 300 |  (251) 341-3901  | dgurt@southalabama.edu

Department: Cataloging
Research Interests: Cataloging and e-resources processing, technical services in academic libraries, library services for international students, collection development for multicultural populations
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 152 |  (251) 460-7026, ext. 2836  | jiahe@southalabama.edu

Muriel Nero | Assistant University Librarian for Collections
Senior Librarian

Department: Cataloging
Research Interests: Changing roles of cataloging librarians, Cataloging rules & standards (RDA), quality control & workflow in cataloging
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 158  |  (251) 461-1754  | mnero@southalabama.edu

Angela Doucet Rand | Marx Library Director
Senior Librarian

Department: Public Services
Research Interests: Learning and cognition, online learning, information seeking
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 249  |  (251) 461-1979  | arand@southalabama.edu

Sonja Sheffield | STEM Librarian
Assistant Librarian

Department: Reference and Instruction
Research Interests:  Evolving role of librarians in academia, removing barriers for neurodiverse community members, collaboration best practices in STEM, administrative support for library research, academic library impact
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)


LB 247 |  (251) 460-8178  | sonjasheffield@southalabama.edu

Elizabeth Rugan Shepard | Instruction Coordinator Librarian
Associate Librarian

Department: Reference and Instruction
Research Interests: Pedagogy, blended learning, information literacy program development and assessment, curriculum development, information-seeking behaviors of humanities researchers
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 246  |  (251) 461-1575  | erugan@southalabama.edu

Vicki L. Tate | Head of Government Documents and Serials
Senior Librarian

Department: Government Documents, Serials, and Microforms
Research Interests: Public access to government information, unreported/Fugitive government documents
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 222  |  (251) 460-7024  | vtate@southalabama.edu

Paula L. Webb | Outreach and Communications Librarian
Associate Librarian

Department: University Libraries Systems and Collections
Research Interests: Library science, government information, local history
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 148  |  (251) 461-1933  | pwebb@southalabama.edu

Ellen K. Wilson | Assistant University Librarian for Systems
Associate Librarian

Department: University Libraries Systems and Collections
Research Interests: Profession of librarianship, systems to support research productivity in librarianship, bibliometrics
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

LB 420  |  (251) 460-6045  | ewilson@southalabama.edu