What is a Subject Specialist Librarian?
Subject specialist librarians (also called bibliographers) assist with research related to areas in which they have in-depth knowledge and expertise. Some of those areas include specific fields, languages, geographic areas, historical periods, or types of materials.
They also select library materials for the collection in their area and serve as liaisons to academic departments. Some of the many ways subject librarians can help include identifying the best sources for research in a specific area and providing one-on-one research consultations.
Directory of Subject Specialists by Librarian's Last Name
Ashmun, Larry (Southeast Asian Studies)
Barribeau, Susan (English Humanties)
Casey, Jeanette (Music & Dance)
Celis-Carbajal, Paloma (Latin American, Iberian Studies & Romance Languages)
Durkin, Thomas (Anthropology, Folklore & Sociology)
Haahr, Julianne (Western European Studies)
Harper, Beth (Government Documents)
Hicks, Marilyn (Higher Education & Psychology)
Jacks, Ellen (Grants & Scholarship Research)
Kurdylo, Kevin (German Humanities & Philosophy)
Lewis, Anna (Dance)
McClements, Nancy (Reference)
Michelson-Ambelang, Todd (Classics & Scandinavian Humanities)
Rader, Mary (South Asian Studies)
Rider, Robin (History of Science & Special Collections)
Rosenshield, Jill (Jewish Studies)
Saywell, Lisa (History (General))
Songolo, Emilie (African Studies, Economics, Francophone Studies, Global Studies, & Political Science)
Spencer, Andy (Slavic, East European, Middle East & Central Asian Studies)
Weisbard, Phyllis Holman (Gender & Women's Studies)
Xu, Dianna (East Asian Studies)
Yoshimura, Ayako (Japanese Studies)
Directory by Subject Area
African Studies: Emilie Songolo
Anthropology: Thomas Durkin
Classics: Todd Michelson-Ambelang
Dance: Anna Lewis
East Asian Studies: Dianna Xu
East European, Slavic, and Turkic Studies: Andy Spencer
Economics: Emilie Songolo
English Humanities: Susan Barribeau
Folklore: Thomas Durkin
Francophone Studies: Emilie Songolo
Gender & Women's Studies: Phyllis Holman Weisbard
German Humanities: Kevin Kurdylo
Global Studies: Emilie Songolo
Government Documents: Beth Harper
Grants & Scholarship Research: Ellen Jacks
Higher Education: Marilyn Hicks
History (General): Lisa Saywell
History of Science: Robin Rider
Japanese Studies: Ayako Yoshimura
Jewish Studies: Jill Rosenshield
Latin American and Iberian Studies: Paloma Celis Carbajal
Middle East Studies: Andy Spencer
Music and Dance: Jeanette Casey
Philosophy: Kevin Kurdylo
Political Science: Emilie Songolo
Psychology: Marilyn Hicks
Reference: Nancy McClements
Scandinavian Humanities: Todd Michelson-Ambelang
Sociology: Thomas Durkin
South Asian Studies: Mary Rader
Southeast Asian Studies: Larry Ashmun
Special Collections (Rare Books): Robin Rider
Western European Studies: Julianne Haahr