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J. Robert Van Pelt and John and Ruanne Opie Library

Library Liaisons

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Library Collection Development

The Van Pelt and Opie Library acquires and maintains curricular and research resources supporting the teaching and research need of the Michigan Technological University community. This activity, referred to as collection development, is guided by the library's Collection Development Policy. Working within an allotted budget, the Collections Team engages with library colleagues, consortia, and liaisons from university departments to provide relevant resources in as expedient and flexible manner as possible.

Library Liaison Roles

Library liaisons are faculty who work directly with the library's Collection Team to communicate the the library's initiatives, resources and services to their departmental colleagues and provide invaluable feedback from the departments to the library. Designed to not be a time intensive role, a liaison typically:

  • Is familiar with the various research that is occurring within their department
  • Is familiar with classes being offered within their department
  • Is interested in being an advocate for their department, ensuring relevant material is acquired for the department by the library 
  • Is willing to help field questions about library-related resources when they arise
  • Is willing to meet with the Collections Team annually or as needed to discuss their department's library needs

Liaisons by Department

Department / College Name Email
Air Force ROTC contact the library library@mtu.edu
Army ROTC contact the library library@mtu.edu
Biological Sciences Mike Gretz mrgretz@mtu.edu
Biomedical Engineering Bruce Lee bplee@mtu.edu
Chemical Engineering Yixin Liu yixnliu@mtu.edu
Chemistry contact the library library@mtu.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering contact the library library@mtu.edu
Cognitive & Learning Sciences Kedmon Hungwe khungwe@mtu.edu
College of Business Jun Min jmin@mtu.edu
College of Computing (includes Applied Computing) contact the library library@mtu.edu
College of Forest Resources & Environmental Sciences Stacey Cotey srcotey@mtu.edu
Computer Science Charles Wallace wallace@mtu.edu
Electrical & Computer Engineering Hongyu An hongyua@mtu.edu
Engineering Fundamentals James Bittner jbittner@mtu.edu
Geological & Mining Engineering & Sciences Radwin Askari raskari@mtu.edu
Humanities Andy Fiss afiss@mtu.edu
Kinesiology & Integrative Physiology Kyle Bolen kabolen@mtu.edu
Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Technology Nicholas Hendrickson nvhendri@mtu.edu
Materials Science & Engineering Peter Moran pdmoran@mtu.edu
Mathematical Sciences contact the library library@mtu.edu
Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics Trisha Sain tsain@mtu.edu
Pavlis Honors College Jean Kampe kampej@mtu.edu
Physics Raymond Shaw rashaw@mtu.edu
Social Sciences Mark Rhodes marhodes@mtu.edu
Visual & Performing Arts Michael Christianson mchristi@mtu.edu