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)
Dillon, John (European Humanities)
Durkin, Thomas (Anthropology, Folklore & Sociology)
Haahr, Julianne (Western European Studies)
Harper, Beth (Government Documents)
Henige, David (Near East)
Hicks, Marilyn (Higher Education & Psychology)
Kindschi, Amy (Grants & Scholarship Research)
Lewis, Anna (Dance)
McClements, Nancy (Reference)
Noguchi, Setsuko
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 & Central Asian Studies)
Weisbard, Phyllis Holman (Gender & Women's Studies)
Xu, Dianna (East Asian Studies)
Directory by Subject Area
African and Near East Studies: Emilie Songolo
Anthropology: Thomas Durkin
Dance: Anna Lewis
East Asian Studies: Dianna Xu
East European, Slavic, and Turkic Studies: Andy Spencer
Economics: Emilie Songolo
English Humanities: Susan Barribeau
European Humanities: John Dillon
Folklore: Thomas Durkin
Francophone Studies: Emilie Songolo
Gender & Women's Studies: Phyllis Holman Weisbard
Global Studies: Emilie Songolo
Government Documents: Beth Harper
Grants & Scholarship Research: Amy Kindschi
Higher Education: Marilyn Hicks
History (General): Lisa Saywell
History of Science: Robin Rider
Japanese Studies: Setsuko Noguchi
Jewish Studies: Jill Rosenshield
Latin American and Iberian Studies: Paloma Celis Carbajal
Music and Dance: Jeanette Casey
Near East: David Henige
Political Science: Emilie Songolo
Psychology: Marilyn Hicks
Reference: Nancy McClements
Sociology: Thomas Durkin
South Asian Studies: Mary Rader
Southeast Asian Studies: Larry Ashmun
Special Collections (Rare Books): Robin Rider
Western European Studies: Julianne Haahr