New Appointments
Fernando Alvarez
Library Assistant (April)
Spanish/Portuguese Technical Services Division—Harvard College Library
Fernando Alvarez joins HCL Technical Services following two-and-a-half years of experience in the Serials Records Department in Widener Library.
Jason Berthiaume
Courier (February)
Harvard Depository—Harvard University Library
Jason Berthiaume joins the HD courier team from Manpower Staffing Services. He has a varied background in machinery operation, telemarketing, and food service.
Steve Bertino
Property Operations Assistant in the Harvard Depository (February)
Harvard Planning and Real Estate
Steve Bertino is Harvard Planning and Real Estate's onsite property and operations assistant at the Harvard Depository. Steve is a master electrician and the former head of maintenance for the Framingham YMCA.
Elliott M. Burke
Staff Assistant (March)
Harvard-Yenching Library—Harvard College Library
Elliott Burke is working in the Harvard-Yenching Librarian's Office, assisting with bar coding, processing invoices, and payroll. He comes to Harvard with a background in journalism, music, and theatre.
Rebecca Dornin
Web Designer—HBS Working Knowledge (February)
Baker Library
Rebecca Dornin joins the Baker Library staff from Boston's Emerson College, where she was the special projects lead in instructional technology. Prior to that, Rebecca was a web developer and web designer at www.experience.com in Boston and at www.mptek.com in Dover, New Hampshire. She received her BA in new media from Emerson College.
Monique Duhaime
Staff Assistant in the Office of the Librarian (April)
Houghton Library—Harvard College Library
Sean Ebanks Sean Ebanks comes to Countway after having served as an internal auditor
for PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ebanks received a BS from Bentley College and
he hopes to pursue a master's degree in accounting information systems and
business administration. Carol Ellerbeck Carol Ellerbeck came to Baker Library from Fact City, Inc., a web-based,
directed-search firm, where she was chief taxonomist in the content group.
Prior to that, Carol was the chief taxonomist in the search, integration,
and navigation group at Lycos, Inc. She has also worked at Inso
Corporation, Grolier, Inc., and the Planning Research Corporation in
McLean, Virginia. She has a master's degree in library and information
technology from Southern Connecticut State University and a bachelor's
degree in English from the University of Connecticut. Janet Engstrand Prior to her new appointment, Janet Engstrand had been working at Baker as
a part-time assistant with faculty document delivery (within the BISC
department). She is in the midst of her library master's program at Simmons
and brings a variety of library and legal research experience. A graduate
of the University of Tulsa College of Law, she has held legal positions in
Oklahoma and Missouri. Astrid Hoffius Astrid Hoffius has been working at Widener since February 2000 as a
temporary stacks renovation assistant. She took up her new duties on March
1, 2001, assisting in the administration and operation of the Stacks
Division. Paula Kaczor Paula Kaczor has a BA in history from Boston College and an MS in library
and information science from Simmons. She is currently pursing an MA in
history at Simmons, which she will receive in May 2001. Kaczor has worked
as an historical research associate for Environmental Data Resources, Inc.,
and as preservation assistant at the State Library of Massachusetts. Parbatie Khemraj Parbatie Khemraj was most recently employed as a cataloging assistant in
Littauer Library and has previously worked as a library assistant on the HD
Push Team. Manda Mahoney Manda Mahoney comes to Baker Library from the Onstott Group in Wellesley,
where she was a research associate. Prior to that, she held positions at
Fleet Bank. Mahoney received her bachelor's degree in education from the
University of Delaware and her master's degree from the Simmons Graduate
School of Library and Information Science. Todd Moody Prior to this new appointment, Todd Moody had been working at Baker
part-time in library technical services, and prior to that, in deferred
maintenance. Todd received his BA in economics from the University of
Maryland, College Park. Sharyn Nolan Sharyn Nolan comes to Harvard from Council Travel where she worked as a
travel consultant. She has participated in the Illinois State University
Archaeology Field School in Roscommon, Ireland, and was a photo archives
intern at the Lincoln House Historical Site of the National Park Service.
Sharyn received her BA in American Studies from Knox College. Sandra Parker Provenzano Sandra Parker Provenzano comes to Dumbarton Oaks from the National Library
of Medicine, where she has worked since June 2000 cataloging special
collections. Sandra was a library assistant at Dumbarton Oaks while
completing her MLS at the Catholic University of America. She also interned
in the prints and photographs division of the Library of Congress and at
the Brazilian Embassy Library. She holds a BA in international relations
from The American University and an MA in medieval studies from the
Catholic University of America. Patricia Riley Pat Riley previously served as an information specialist working with the
Technology and Innovation group at Arthur D. Little. She has experience
working in a hospital library; an academic health sciences center library;
and she developed a new corporate library at a consulting firm. She is a
graduate of the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where she received a
BA in English. Riley earned an MLS degree from SUNY Albany in medical
librarianship. Noelle Ryan Before coming to Countway, Noelle Ryan worked as the Head of Access
Services at Healey Library, University of Massachusetts, Boston. She earned
her BA in communication studies from Dublin City University and her MLIS
from University College in Dublin. Carla Tishler Carla Tishler comes to Baker Library from Houghton Mifflin, where she was
director of emerging technologies and where she was responsible for
internet and web development. She is a former managing editor for Inc.
Online and also for McGraw-Hill. Tishler received her BA in English from
Smith College. Patricia Tully Pamela Tully joins HCL from Gettysburg College, where she was head of the
Technical Services Department for three and a half years. Before that, she
was employed by the Ralph M. Paiewonsky Library at the University of the
Virgin Islands. Tully holds a bachelor's degree from Williams College and
completed her MLS at the University of Michigan. Emory Upchurch Emory Upchurch holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Grinnell
College—with a concentration in Russian and Eastern European studies. He
has completed additional course work in public policy, higher education,
and financial administration of nonprofits at Harvard University. Prior to
this position, Upchurch served in a temporary role in access services.
Before working at Widener, he was the database coordinator in the
registrar's office at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Richard Wenger Richard Wenger brings an extensive product development and systems
programming background to the Office for Information Systems. Previously,
he worked for Platinum Technology, Inc., as a release engineer and senior
software developer. Richard holds a BA from Eastern Mennonite College. Paul Worster Paul Worster initially came to Lamont as a participant in the Northeastern
University Coop Program. In addition to a range of duties in support of
circulation and reserves in the library, Worster now has responsibility for
stack maintenance and he contributes to the upkeep of the library's web
page. He studied philosophy and English at Northeastern.
Financial Manager (March)
Countway Library of Medicine
Business Information Taxonomist—HBS Working Knowledge (February)
Baker Library
Document Delivery Assistant-Business Information Services Center (February)
Baker Library
Assistant Head of Stacks (March)
Widener Library—Harvard College Library
Cataloger-Photo Access Project (October)
Schlesinger Library—Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Library Assistant in the HD Transfer Unit of Access Services (March)
Harvard College Library
Content Developer—HBS Working Knowledge (February)
Baker Library
Library Assistant—Library Technical Services (April)
Baker Library
Records Center Services Representative (March)
Harvard University Archives—Harvard University Library
Cataloger (April)
Dumbarton Oaks
Digital Library Coordinator (February)
Countway Library of Medicine
Serials Librarian (January)
Countway Library of Medicine
Managing Editor—HBS Working Knowledge (March)
Baker Library
Head of Technical Services (March)
Hilles and Lamont Libraries—Harvard College Library
Staff Assistant in Access Services (March)
Widener Library—Harvard College Library
Programmer/Analyst (April)
Office for Information Systems—Harvard University Library
Access Services (November)
Lamont Library—Harvard College Library
Last modified on Thursday, April 18, 2002.