Library Departments

The Henry Whittemore Library offers a wide range of services to its patrons. Below is the contact information of the library's departments.

Administration

Millie Gonzalez
vgonzalez@framingham.edu
Dean of the Library
(508) 626-4652
Room: 116
 
Kate Burt
kburt2@framingham.edu
Administrative Manager
(508) 626-4651
Room: 115

Access Services & Reserves

The Access Services Department checks materials in and out of the library, handles renewals and overdues, takes in payment of library fines, maintains the book stacks, and answers general information questions. The Circulation desk is also where you pick up and drop off Interlibrary Loan materials.

Reserves are items selected by professors for use by their classes.  The majority of reserve materials may only be used in the library.  Most reserve items are kept at the Circulation desk.  Students need an activated library card in order to use reserve materials.

Lori Wolfe
lwolfe1@framingham.edu
Access Services Supervisor
(508) 626-4692
Room: 115

Part-time Circulation Desk Supervisors (Evenings and Weekends):

Patrick Gerrity
pgerrity@framingham.edu

Kate Davis
kdavis17@framingham.edu

ILL- Interlibrary Loan

Interlibrary Loan is responsible for obtaining items not owned by the Whittemore Library for Framingham State University students, faculty and staff. It also fulfills requests for materials in the Whittemore Library's collection made by other institutions.

Alexander Young
ayoung11@framingham.edu
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
(508) 626-4690
Room: 115

Interlibrary Loan Form

Acquisitions

The Acquisitions team is responsible for acquiring resources for the main collection of print and electronic material. We assess and maintain the main collection. We work closely with the e-Resources and Research and Learning teams to conduct ongoing evaluation of the current resources.

Jonathan Golden
jgolden2@framingham.edu
Scholarly Resources Acquisitions and Management Librarian
(508) 626-4666
Room: UM02

Colleen Maxfield
cmaxfield@framingham.edu
Acquisitions and e-Resources Library Assistant
(508) 626-4665
Room: UM03

Curriculum Library

The Ella C. Ritchie Curriculum Library, located on the Upper Mezzanine (UM) of the Henry Whittemore Library, contains a special collection of instructional materials for curriculum planning and unit development in early childhood, primary, elementary, and secondary levels.

Curriculum Library Location: Upper Mezzanine (UM) floor of Whittemore Library

Samantha Westall
swestall@framingham.edu
Curriculum Librarian
(508) 626-4657
Room: UM17
Monday-Friday 8:00-4:00

Kimberley Carney
kcarney@framingham.edu
Curriculum Library Assistant
(508) 626-4659
Room: UM18

e-Resources and Digital Services

This department covers a wide range of responsibilities including: curation and management of the Library’s e-Resources (subscription databases, e-books, online services, digital toolsets) that are maintained and made available for students and faculty. Management of the resources involves operating the "backend" administrative levels of these services. Supporting these resources includes: understanding their intended uses; being able to explain these services to the campus community; and creation of guides and tutorials. The department ensures the availability of these resources and for correcting issues when they occur; and for providing analysis to support the decision to renew or cancel subscriptions. The department also supports emerging technologies and the Digital Repository, public galleries/special collections materials, digitization services, and technical processes like photo editing and other related services.

Abelard Newell
anewell1@framingham.edu
Emerging Technologies and Digital Services Librarian
(508) 626-4948
Room: 117

Colleen Maxfield
cmaxfield@framingham.edu
Acquisitions and e-Resources Library Assistant
(508) 626-4665
Room: UM03

Periodicals

The Periodicals Department in the Library houses the print and microfilm collection of our periodical and magazine resources as well as a charging station and two laptop monitors for patron use. Many of our titles are available online through our databases and we also have multiple titles available online through Flipster. The Periodicals Department is located on the Upper Mezzanine (UM) level of the Library.

Debbie Hogan
dhogan@framingham.edu
Periodicals Supervisor
(508) 626-4663
Room: UM24

Periodicals Service Desk
(508) 626-4749

Research & Learning

Reference librarians are available to help users:

• Use the resources in the library, such as the online catalog, reference collection, periodical indexes and databases, and the Web;
• Choose appropriate resources for a particular research topic; and
• Answer any type of question you might have about doing research or about the Library.

Reference Librarians are available to answer research questions in the Library during regular reference desk hours. We are also available by appointment for individual or small-group consultations.

Sandra Rothenberg
srothenberg@framingham.edu
Coordinator of Library Instruction and Reference Librarian
(508) 626-4083
Room: UM21

Rebecca Dowgiert
rdowgiert@framingham.edu
Scholarly Communications Librarian
(508) 626-4032
Room: UM07

Kathleen Barnard
kbarnard@framingham.edu
Student Engagement Coordinator
(508) 626-4656
Room: UM06

Part-time Reference Librarian (Evenings and Weekends):

Katie Sweeney
ksweeney3@framingham.edu

For questions with your research or to meet with a Reference Librarian, please contact us by:

• In person consultation;
• Via our live Chat Box on our home page;
• Phone:  (508) 626-4654;
• E-mail: reference@framingham.edu; or
• Reference Question Form.

Library Instruction