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

Bonnie Mitchell
Dean of the Library
(508) 626-4651
Room: 116
 
Kate Burt
Administrative Assistant
(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.

Karen Medin
Access Services Librarian
(508) 626-4027
Room: 114

Lori Wolfe
Access Services Supervisor
(508) 626-4692
Room: 115

Patrick Gerrity
Weekend and Evening Access Services Supervisor

Maureen Reynolds
Weekend and Evening Access Services Supervisor

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
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator
(508) 626-4690
Room: 115

Interlibrary Loan Form

Scholarly Resources and Collections

Shin Freedman
Head, Scholarly Resources and Collections
(508) 626-4666
Room: UM02

Allyson Duval
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
Curriculum Librarian
(508) 626-4657
Room: UM17
Monday-Friday 8:00-4:00

Kimberley Carney
Curriculum Library Assistant
(508) 626-4659
Room: UM18

Maria Lentini
Curriculum Library Assistant
(508) 626-4659
Room: UM18

E-resources and Digital Services

Millie Gonzalez
Emerging Technologies and Digital Services Librarian
(508) 626-4664
Room: UM13

Debbie Hogan
Periodicals Supervisor
(508) 626-4663
Room: UM07

Claudia Osorio
Digital Projects Assistant
(508) 626-5790
Room: LM05

Abelard Newell
Digital Repository Assistant 
(508) 626-5790
Room: LM05

Periodicals

The current issues of the library's  print periodicals and microform copies of some older periodicals are filed here. Back issues of periodicals are bound and located in the Lower Mezzanine (LM). 

Periodicals Location:  Recent periodicals, back issues, microfilm, and microfiche are located on the Upper Mezzanine (UM) at the Henry Whittemore Library.  Bound periodicals are located two floors below in the Lower Reading Room (LRR).  

Debbie Hogan
Periodicals Supervisor
(508) 626-4663
Room: UM07

Periodicals Service Desk
(508) 626-4749

Reference & Research

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.
• Answer any type of question you might have about doing research or about the Library.

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