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Staff Directory

Gina Kendig Bolger
Scholarly Communication Librarian

  • 616.526.6310
  • gina.bolger@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 330
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Responsibilities

  • Research and instruction, collection development
  • Copyright awareness and scholarly communication practices
  • Calvin Digital Commons (institutional repository)
  • Liaison to History, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work

Jessica Dickson
Acquisitions Specialist

Responsibilities

  • Acquisitions

Sam Ha
Theological Librarian & Curator of Meeter Center

  • 616.526.7041
  • sam.ha@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 422
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Responsibilities

  • Research and instruction, collection development for theological collections for Hekman Library
  • Curate H. Henry Meeter Center collection of 16th-century materials, support research, and maintain the annual Calvin Bibliography

Laurie Haan
Archives Assistant

Responsibilities

  • Heritage Hall Archive

Brian Holda
Library Technology Manager

Responsibilities

  • Digital Resources, Library Catalog, Library Website & Apps, KnightCite
  • Hekman Library's technology environment

Carla Moyer Hotz
Head of Access Services

Responsibilities

  • Circulation and Reserves
  • Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing
  • Stack Management

Samantha Jewett
Interlibrary Loan Coordinator

Responsibilities

  • Circulation
  • Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing
  • Reserve Collection

Alyssa Johansen
Archives Assistant

Responsibilities

  • Heritage Hall Archive

William Katerberg
Curator of Heritage Hall, Director of the Mellema Program in Western American Studies, Professor of History

Responsibilities

  • Heritage Hall Archive
  • Editor of Origins: Historical Magazine of the Heritage Hall Archives

Sarah McClure Kolk
Head of Research and Instruction Dept., Instruction Librarian

  • 616.526.6014
  • smk23@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 328
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Responsibilities

  • Research and instruction, collection development
  • Liaison to Communication, English, Philosophy, Visual and Performing Arts (Art, Music), Gender Studies

Jeff Lash
Theological Librarian and Assistant Dean for Seminary Matters

  • 616.526.6121
  • jeff.lash@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 423
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Responsibilities

  • Oversee research and instruction, collection development, and staff for theological collections for Hekman Library
  • Liaison to Religion and the Seminary

Francene Lewis
Head of Collection Management Dept., Cataloging Librarian

  • 616.526.6308
  • flewis@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 326
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Responsibilities

  • Head of the Collection Management Department
  • Liaison to Asian Studies, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Kinesiology

David Malone
Dean of the Library

  • 616.526.6072
  • david.malone@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 325A
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Responsibilities

  • Management and oversight of the library and its programs
  • Liaison to Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics/Astronomy

Amanda Matthysse
Student Learning Librarian

  • 616.526.8455
  • amanda.matthysse@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 329
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Responsibilities

  • Research and instruction, collection development
  • Library outreach
  • Liaison to Biology, Chemistry, GEO, Nursing/Medicine, Public Health, and Speech Pathology

Rachel Rayburn
Metadata and Cataloging Specialist

Responsibilities

  • Cataloging
  • Periodicals

Emily Russner
Serials and Metadata Specialist

Responsibilities

  • Serials
  • Metadata

Katherine Swart Van Hof
Collection Development Librarian

  • 616.526.6311
  • katherine.vanhof@calvin.edu
  • Hekman Library 327
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Responsibilities

  • Collection Development
  • Instruction
  • Reference
  • Liaison to Business, Classics, Economics, Education, Mathematics & Statistics, and Political Science

Jen Vos
Assistant Archivist and Digitization Specialist

Responsibilities

  • Heritage Hall collections
  • Digital Archiving