Research, Teaching and User Services Division
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The Research, Teaching and User Services Program has a primary focus on teaching, learning, and direct and proactive engagement with all levels of library users to promote long-term learning and successful outcomes for their research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. Program members engage library users through teaching and consultations in classrooms, workshops, online, in-person, at service locations, and through connections to a variety of departments and campus organizations. Members support library users through patron-focused services for resource access such as resource identification and selection, library guide creation and management, document delivery, interlibrary loan, reserves, and stacks management. They support academic programs with services such as scholarly communication support, research and writing camps, course-integrated library instruction, and online learning opportunities. The team works with subject librarians and campus faculty as the authority on integrating information, media, and digital literacy frameworks, instructional design, and outcomes-based assessment into pedagogical practices.
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Cheri Smith is the Psychology Librarian and Unit Head for User Services in the Teaching, Research & User (TRU) Services program. As Unit Head she oversees the functions of the Hesburgh Libraries Circulation, Stacks, Interlibrary Loan and Reserves units. Her interests include information literacy, library reference services, and open-access publishing.
M.L.S., Indiana University; B.A., Earlham College.
Tiffany Gillaspy is responsible for music collection development, associated instruction and assistance to users of the music collections, and related professional contributions. She performs and oversees the cataloging of music scores and recordings in cooperation with original and copy catalogers. Tiffany is a member of the Metadata Initiatives Unit of the Metadata Services Program.
Daniel Johnson is subject specialist for English literature and digital humanities. He has graduate degrees in English from Wake Forest University (MA) and Princeton University (PhD), where he specialized in literature of the long eighteenth-century.
As Unit Head for Research Services in the Teaching, Research & User (TRU) Services program, Monica collaborates with faculty and staff to provide information and support related to scholarly communication issues that affect researchers. She is the liaison to the Graduate School and also serves as the library liaison to the French department. She earned her master’s degree in library and information science from Syracuse University.
F. Elizabeth Nicholson is the Department Head for Education and Engagement. Nicholson has more than fifteen years of experience in academic libraries, taking roles that have developed her expertise in several areas, including campus partnerships, library finances, organizational development, strategic planning, and teaching in libraries.
In her current role, Nicholson collaborates with library faculty and key campus partners to develop creative and innovative ways to foster research and information literacy skills across the undergraduate experience. She is also leading a multi-year project to establish an overarching plan for learning and teaching opportunities offered by Hesburgh Libraries.
Since joining Notre Dame and the Hesburgh Libraries in 2021, Nicholson has also served in two interim roles: as the strategic planning implementation project manager, leading the advancement and communication of organization-wide goals, objectives, key results, and sustainers and as the senior director of operations, overseeing a portfolio including facilities; finance and budget; organizational development; project management; strategic planning; and talent.
Nicholson holds a Master's of Library and Information Science from the University of Missouri, an M.A. in French & Francophone Studies from The University of Iowa, and a B.A. in French and International Studies from Illinois Wesleyan University. Her current research interests include strategic planning in academic libraries, person-centered management, organizational culture in academic libraries, and teaching program development.
Michelle is a member of the Circulation Services Unit of Hesburgh Libraries.
With a strong focus on customer service and connecting people to knowledge, Michelle provides research and library service support to the Department of Music and the Sacred Music program located in O'Neill Hall of Music. Michelle interprets complex information and patron requests to connect faculty, staff, and students of the Notre Dame community with appropriate library resources and services in support of their teaching and research endeavors.
Contact Michelle for assistance with library services such as course reserves, interlibrary loan requests, and access to Music Library spaces and specialized technology.
MLIS Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Academic Librarianship Specialization
MPH University of Illinois at Chicago
Community Health Sciences
BA University of Notre Dame
Psychology, Computer Applications
As Interim Co-Director of the Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship, Julie provides support and referrals across service and expertise areas, and collaborates with stakeholders across Hesburgh Libraries and University units to coordinate continual development of Center services, spaces, technologies, and educational opportunities.
If you have any questions about Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship expertise, services, spaces, or programming, please reach out to Julie!
