Subject Librarian / Specialist


Interim Department Head, Branch Libraries
Interim Department Head
(574) 631-9099 | bpietras@nd.edu | L012 Mendoza College of Business

As the Entrepreneurial Spirit Endowed Business Librarian and head of the Thomas Mahaffey, Jr. Business Library, Pete provides comprehensive business reference, consultation, and information services to the University of Notre Dame community, in particular to the faculty, staff, and students of the...

As the Entrepreneurial Spirit Endowed Business Librarian and head of the Thomas Mahaffey, Jr. Business Library, Pete provides comprehensive business reference, consultation, and information services to the University of Notre Dame community, in particular to the faculty, staff, and students of the Mendoza College of Business. She designs, teaches, and assesses instructional classes and serves as liaison to multiple programs, departments, and centers within Mendoza and within the University. Pete identifies, selects and acquires materials and databases in support of business information needs at the University. Before rejoining the Notre Dame family in 2009, she served as a Business Librarian at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and as Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University's West Campus Library. Pete was one of two staff members at the Mahaffey Business Library (née Business Information Center) when it first opened in 1995.