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Liaison Program About the Program | Meet Your Liaison
Liaison Biographies Barbara Barone [Back to Top] Barbara Barone, M.L.S., M.F.A., is a reference librarian (part time) in Butler Library. She is the liaison for the Design and Fine Arts departments. Marc Bayer [Back to Top] Marc Dewey Bayer is the current Systems Librarian at the E.H. Butler Library . Previously Marc served as Systems Librarian at D'Youville College in Buffalo from 2005 to 2007 where he managed D'Youville's application and database servers and electronic resources, and maintained that college's library website. Previous experience in the private sector included marketing and IT, multimedia creation, account and customer service, and digital publishing. Donna Davidoff [Back to Top] Donna Davidoff has been a reference librarian at E. H. Butler Library since 1987, a time when patrons had to consult the card catalog to locate books and actually leave the building to buy a cup of coffee. She has taught bibliographic instruction sessions at all levels to classes in many disciplines. She taught Library 100, Butler Library's one-credit introductory research class, for almost ten years and helped to develop the current online version. She also developed and taught Library 300. Donna is the liaison for the Art Education, Communication, and Exceptional Education departments. Marianne Foley [Back to Top] Marianne Foley was the Systems Librarian in Butler Library for over five years where she oversaw the library's myriad computer systems and software applications. In her current position as ANGEL Administrator, Marianne advises and assists in the creation of policies and procedures, monitors and tests systems updates, and acts as liaison between Banner and ANGEL. Marianne holds Masters Degrees in Library Science, Statistics, and Electrical Engineering. She was an adjunct instructor in the Buffalo State Mathematics Department from 1995 through 1998. Much of her work as a statistician involved analyzing the efficacy of new pharmacological substances in the FDA evaluation process. As an electrical engineer, she designed radar systems for military jets, including the F14 and F15. Marianne is the liaison to the Mathematics Department. Lisa Forrest [Back to Top] Lisa A. Forrest is a Senior Assistant Librarian for SUNY College at Buffalo and the founding member of the school's Rooftop Poetry Club. She is the recipient of the 2008 Excellence in Library Service Award from the Western New York Library Resources Council. Lisa's scholarly writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including American Libraries, A Leadership Primer for New Librarians (Chandos Publishing), Thinking Outside the Book (McFarland Press), Urban Library Journal, and Writing and Publishing: The Librarians Handbook (ALA Editions). A 2007 and 2008 Pushcart Prize nominee, Lisa's creative writing has been featured in ArtVoice, Buffalo News, eco-poetics, foursquare, Lake Affect, Not Just Air Literary eJournal, WordWrights, and Yellow Edenwald Field. Lisa's first collection of poems, To the Eaves (2008), is available from BlazeVox Books. Lisa is the liaison for the following departments: Music and Speech-Language Pathology. Ken Fujiuchi [Back to Top] Ken Fujiuchi was appointed to E. H. Butler Library as an Instructional Technology Librarian in the summer of 2005. Ken is a graduate of the University at Buffalo with a Bachelors of Arts in English, and a Masters in Library & Information Science. Prior to becoming a librarian at Butler Library, he was the Lab & Instructional Facilities Coordinator for the School of Informatics Technology Complex, where he provided technical support for the School of Informatics. He also taught as an adjunct faculty for the Department of Library & Information Studies, teaching courses and workshops on Information Technology and Information Retrieval. Research interests include: information storage & retrieval, information literacy, and human-computer interaction. Ken is the liaison for the following departments: Computer Information Systems, Creative Studies, and Economics and Finance. He is co-liaison for Educational Foundations, Elementary Education and Reading, and Chemistry. Thomas Gray [Back to Top] Thomas Gray (M.L.S., SUNY Buffalo 1994) has been a part-time reference librarian at Butler Library since 1995. He teaches course-related library instruction sessions and also conducts research appointments for students and faculty throughout the semester. For the last 10 years he has taught library instruction to the high school students enrolled in the Math Science Upward Bound Program over the summer. Tom is active in the local Vietnam Veterans community and has been a literacy volunteer in the past. He also enjoys backpacking and hiking along the Appalachian Trail. Tom is the liaison for the Dietetics and Nutrition Department. Musa Abdul Hakim [Back to Top] Musa Abdul Hakim is an Africana studies specialist, activist and researcher, who is a product of the black studies revolution of the 1960's. He has degrees from Buffalo State College (B.Sc.Ed) and University at Buffalo (M.L.S.), where he did doctoral studies. He also did masters level history studies at Uthman Dan Fodio University in Nigeria, where he taught and did archival and field research for eight years. He is currently the Media Resources Librarian at E. H. Butler Library. He has lived and travelled widely in Africa over the past 20 years. His African residences also include the Sene-Gambia region, where he studied with oral historian/professional Bardic families known as jelis (so-called "griots"), and with Sherifian families (known as marabous). This African repatriationist and explorer has conducted reconaissance journeys to Mali, where he travelled up the river Niger to research the ancient commercial and educational centers of Segu, Jenne and Mopti. He recently journeyed back to Mali to survey the ancient libraries of Timbuktu. Musa is an associate librarian in the reference department at Butler Library, where he participates in teaching and collection development in addition to reference services. Musa is the liaison to the following departments: History and Social Studies Education, Philosophy and Humanities, and Student Personnel Administration. Mark McBride [Back to Top] Mark is the coordinator of the Library Liaison Program and the new Information Commons Librarian. He received his B.A. from Media Study and his M.L.S from the Department of Library and Information Studies at SUNY Buffalo in 2004 and 2006, respectively. His research and pedagogical interests are in information and media literacy, teaching the visual culture and implementing emerging technologies in the classroom. Mark is liaison to Anthropology, Art Conservation and Criminal Justice. Marianne Muha [Back to Top] Marianne Muha, Automation Cataloger, received her M.L.S. from State University New York at Buffalo in 1987 and her Bachelor's in Elementary Education from Buffalo State College in 1985. She has worked in a variety of libraries, including law, health sciences, and special collections. Marianne is the library liaison to the Theater Department, along with Mark McBride. Charles Newman [Back to Top] "Chuck" Newman earned his undergraduate degree in history from the University of Cincinnati. He holds the Master of Arts in teaching (MAT) in history from Miami University (Ohio) and the A.M.L.S. degree from the School of Information at the University of Michigan. Chuck's Ph.D. degree is from the Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education at the University of Michigan. He has attended post-graduate programs at Harvard, Cornell, and Carnegie Mellon Universities and has done research at Yale University. Chuck's academic and research interests are in organizational and innovative change at colleges and universities. He has also done considerable research on leadership and academic libraries. His most recent research interest has been in the history of sport, where he has been examining Walter Camp and the rise of intercollegiate football within the context of the rise of universities, 1880-1920. Some examples of Chuck's publications include Leadership and the Politics of Innovative Change: Antioch College Under Arthur E. Morgan (1982); one chapter in Academic Libraries: Their Rationale and Role in American Higher Education, by Person and McCabe, eds. (1995); and three chapters in Leadership and Academic Librarians, by Mech and McCabe, eds. (1998). At Buffalo State, Chuck teaches four sections of Library 100 each semester. He also works in the Information Commons and participates in collection development for the library. He received a Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Librarianship in 1999. Chuck is the liaison for the departments of Business and Health & Wellness. Al Riess [Back to Top] Al Riess is a reference and electronic database librarian. In over twenty-five years at Buffalo State, he has taught bibliographic instruction sessions at all levels to classes in many disciplines, as well as LIB 100 and LIB 300. He enjoys learning how all of our electronic databases work, and figuring out the best ways to search them. Al works with the library's Associate Director for Technical Services in electronic resource acquisition and evaluation. Al is the liaison for the following departments: Biology, Chemistry (with Ken Fujiuchi), English, and Geography & Planning. Amy DiBartolo Rockwell [Back to Top] Amy DiBartolo Rockwell received her M.L.S. in 1985 and a M.S. in Rehabilitation Counseling in 1995 and has been a librarian at Buffalo State College since 1986. As a reference librarian she has taught Library 100 for several semesters and teaches in the course-related library instruction program as well, and is the library's assessment librarian. When not at work, Amy enjoys spending time with her two children and restoring her 150+ year old Victorian home. Amy is the liaison for the following departments: Psychology, Social Work, and Hospitality & Tourism. Wanda Slawinska [Back to Top] Wanda’s areas of study include Polish literature, Russian language and literature, and history. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Russian and Slavic Languages and Literatures as well as an MSLS. For the past several years Wanda has been the special collections librarian and curator of the Fronczak Room, a Polish American archive for Greater Buffalo. She has served as a board member of the Polish Arts Club; the Polish Cultural Foundation; the Niagara Falls Polish Cultural and Historical Association; the Western New York Archivists; and as a board member of the Permanent Chair of Polish Culture at Canisius College. Wanda is also a translator and a court interpreter. In her free time, Wanda enjoys travel and music. Wanda Slawinska is the liaison to the Modern and Classical Languages Department and, with Musa Abdul Hakim, is liaison to the History and Social Studies Education Department. Barbara Vaughan [Back to Top] Barbara Vaughan (M.L.S., SUNY Buffalo, 1977) has been a catalog librarian at Butler Library since 1982. She catalogs audiovisual materials (videocassettes, DVDs, etc.), electronic resources (CDs, CD-ROMs, etc.), microfilm and books, including theses. She is Coordinator of the regional Audiovisual/Electronic Resources Catalogers Interest Group and a column editor for the OLAC (Online Audiovisual Catalogers) Newsletter. As Chair of the library's Exhibits Committee, Barbara is very active in both booking and mounting exhibits in the library. She is chair of the Library Council and Vice-Chair of the Library Faculty. She is Coordinator of the Butler Library Disaster Response Team and has completed training for the BSC CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). Holding a B.A. in Sociology, Barbara is the liaison for the Sociology Department. |
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