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Staff Directory

For general library assistance or inquiries, please email library@salem.edu.
A staff member will reply within 24 business hours.

Elizabeth Novicki (she/her/hers)
Director, Salem Academy & College Libraries
elizabeth.novicki@salem.edu
(336) 917-5417

See Elizabeth for: budget, donations, policies, and copyright.

Keri O'Hern. (they/them/theirs)
Student Success & Instruction Librarian
keri.ohern@salem.edu
(336) 917-5436

See Keri for: Research aids, instructional design, and liaison departments.

Schedule a personal research appointment with Keri

Cait Whitehead (she/her/hers)
Collection Strategist & Discovery Librarian
cait.whitehead@salem.edu
(336) 917-5420

See Cait for: Liaison departments, resource access.

Schedule a personal research appointment with Cait

Clarice Sigsworth
Library Services Coordinator
clarice.sigsworth@salem.edu
(336) 917-5419

See Clarice for: Circulation service, interlibrary loan, course reserves, library printing/scanning, and library building facilities.

Dr. Donna Rothrock
Archivist
donna.rothrock@salem.edu
(336) 917-5476

See Donna for: Archives.

Wade Overly
Evening Library Specialist
wade.overly@salem.edu
(336) 917-2649

See Wade for: Library assistance during evening hours.

Sarah Nakis
Evening Library Specialist
sarah.nakis@salem.edu
(336) 917-2649

See Sarah for: Library assistance during evening hours.

 

For general library assistance or inquiries, please email library@salem.edu.
A staff member will reply within 24 business hours.

Academic Department Liaisons

Programs Librarian Liaison
Academic Support & Disability Services Elizabeth Novicki
Art, Art History, and Design Keri O'Hern
Biology Cait Whitehead
Biochemistry Cait Whitehead
Business Administration Keri O'Hern & Cait Whitehead
Center for Teaching Excellence & Innovation Elizabeth Novicki
Center for Women in Entrepreneurship & Business Keri O'Hern & Cait Whitehead
Chemistry Cait Whitehead
Communication and Media Studies     Keri O'Hern
Educational Leadership, MEd Elizabeth Novicki
English and Writing Studies Keri O'Hern
Environmental Studies Cait Whitehead
Exercise Science and Wellness     Cait Whitehead
Health Administration (MHA) Keri O'Hern & Cait Whitehead
Health Advocacy and Humanitarian Systems     Keri O'Hern
Health Communication     Keri O'Hern
Health Humanities     Keri O'Hern
Health Sciences Cait Whitehead
History     Keri O'Hern
Honors Elizabeth Novicki
Integrative Studies Elizabeth Novicki
Leadership Elizabeth Novicki
Music Keri O'Hern
Mathematics, Computer Sciences, & Physics     Cait Whitehead
Modern Languages     Keri O'Hern
Nonprofit Management and Community Leadership     Keri O'Hern
Nutrition Cait Whitehead
Political Science     Keri O'Hern
Psychological Science     Cait Whitehead
Public Health Cait Whitehead
QUEST Center Elizabeth Novicki
Race & Ethnicity Studies Keri O'Hern
Religious Studies     Keri O'Hern
Salem Impact / First Year Students     Keri O'Hern
School Counseling, MEd Elizabeth Novicki
Sociology and Criminal Studies     Keri O'Hern
Teacher Education Elizabeth Novicki
Teaching, Schools, & Society Elizabeth Novicki
Visual & Performing Arts Keri O'Hern
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Keri O'Hern
Women in Science & Mathematics Cait Whitehead
Writing Center Keri O'Hern