Meet the Phillips Library Staff

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Meet Our Staff
John W. Law John W. Law, Director
630-844-5438 • jlaw@aurora.edu

Speciality:
Library administration, budgeting, improving services to students

Education:
Associate of Arts in Literature/History, Lincoln Land Community College
Bachelor of Arts in Literature, University of Illinois Springfield
Masters of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professional Experience:
30 years library experience - health science, community college, private higher education
Lauren Lauren Jackson-Beck, Information Services Librarian
630-844-5525 • lbeck@aurora.edu

Specialty:
Research instruction, reference service, cataloging, library preservation 

Collection Development/Department Liaison: Art, Studio & Art History; Education (Undergraduate); Performing Arts, Theatre, Cinema; Biology; Chemistry; Mathematics; Natural Sciences; Physics; Curriculum Collection; Juvenile and Young Adult Collection
 
Education:
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, University of Colorado
Master of Science in Library Science, Columbia University
Advanced Certificate in Preservation Administration, Columbia University

Professional Experience:
Beech Aircraft Corporation, Time Magazine, Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Barrington Area Library
Dr. Nancy J. Mactague Dr. Nancy J. Mactague, Research & Electronic Resources Librarian
630-844-5441 • nmactag@aurora.edu

Specialty: Research instruction and reference service

Collection Development/Department Liaison:
Education (Graduate); Interdisciplinary Studies; Nursing; Physical Education & Athletic Training

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Education, Illinois State University
Master of Arts in Art History, Illinois State University
Master of Science in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Doctor of Education, Nova Southeastern University

Professional Experience:
Academic Librarian 1998-present; Junior High and High School Teacher; Human Resources Administrator for a Fortune 50 Firm

Campus Involvement:
Faculty Adviser to Phi Eta Sigma, National Freshman Honorary Society; member of General Education Committee
Amy Schlumpf Manion Amy Schlumpf Manion, Information Services Librarian
630-844-5442 • amyman@aurora.edu

Specialty: Research instruction, reference service, outreach, and voter registration

Collection Development/Department Liaison:
Communication, Criminal Justice, English, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, St. Norbert College
Master of Arts in English Literature, Hofstra University
Master of Library and Information Science, Dominican University

Professional Experience:
Academic librarian for 8 years, textbook publishing editor for 11 years 

Campus Involvement:
Deputy Registrar for Voting, Library Representative to the Faculty Senate, Spartan Mentor
Kathy Clark
Kathy Clark, Information Services Librarian
630-844-5443 • kclark@aurora.edu

Specialty:
Research instruction and reference service

Collection Development/Department Liaison:
History, Philosophy, Religion, Humanities

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in History, minor in Women's Studies, University of Illinois, Chicago
Master of Arts in History, Northern Illinois University
Master of Library and Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Professional Experience: Algonquin Area Library, McHenry County College
Elizabeth Nicholson Elizabeth Nicholson, Information Services Librarian, Part-Time
630-844-5440 • enichols@aurora.edu

Specialty:
Research instruction and reference service

Collection Development/Department Liaison:
Accounting, Business, Computer Science, Economics, Latino Studies, Spanish

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in French and International Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University
Master of Arts in French, University of Iowa
Master of Arts in Library Science, University of Missouri-Columbia

Professional Experience:
Was an academic library fellow while pursuing master's degree.

Kay Culhane

Kay Culhane, Access Services Manager
630-844-5439 • kculhane@aurora.edu

Specialty:
Circulation, interlibrary loan, reserves, fines and fees

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Professional Experience:
Assistant Coordinator of Assessment Services and Test Examiner at Waubonsee Community College

Andi Seifrid Andi Seifrid, Acquisitions Manager
630-844-5444 • aseifrid@aurora.edu

Education:
Bachelor of Arts, Northern Illinois University

Professional Experience: Employee of Phillips Library since 1974.
Jewel Huggins Jewel Huggins, Library Secretary
630-844-5472 or 630-844-5437• jhuggins@aurora.edu

Campus Involvement:
Phi Eta Sigma honorary member and chapter advisor's assistant

Susan Palmer

Dr. Susan Palmer, Curator, Jenks Collection of Adventual Materials
630-844-5445 • spalmer@aurora.edu

Specialty: Social history, urban women studies, ethnic studies, history of Millerism

Education:
Bachelor of Arts in History, Aurora College
Master Arts in History, Northern Illinois University
Doctor of Philosophy in History, Northern Illinois University

Professional Experience: Professor of history emerita; Advisory Committee for the Records of Congress; Board of Directors of the Aurora Historical Society and past president; Aurora Preservation Commission


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