Staff Directory
| Sara Lowman | Vice Provost & University Librarian | lowman@rice.edu | (713) 348-2457 |
| Janet Thompson | Business Manager | tompson@rice.edu | (713) 348-6119 |
| Karen Hyde | Assistant to Vice Provost/University Librarian | khyde@rice.edu | (713) 348-2591 |
| Joe Hatfield | Facility Manager - Library / Project Manager | hatfiel@rice.edu | (713) 348-2597 |
| Lisa Spiro | Executive Director, Digital Scholarship Services | lspiro@rice.edu | (713) 348-2480 |
| Sid Byrd | Systems Developer | sidb@rice.edu | (713) 348-3603 |
| Ying Jin | Application Programmer | ying.jin@rice.edu | (713) 348-8082 |
| Shannon Kipphut-Smith | Scholarly Communications Liaison | sk60@rice.edu | (713) 348-3989 |
| Monica Rivero | Digital Curation Coordinator | mpr1@rice.edu | (713) 348-8086 |
| Kelley Vernon | Visual Resources Curator | kvernon@rice.edu | (713) 348-3324 |
| Mary Lowery | Executive Director, Friends of Fondren Library | mary.lowery@rice.edu | (713) 348-5157 |
| Jana Starr | Staff Assistant | jstarr@rice.edu | (713) 348-5908 |
| Kerry Keck | Assistant University Librarian for Research Services & Access Services | keckker@rice.edu | (713) 348-2926 |
| Melinda Flannery | Assistant University Librarian for Technical Services | reagor@rice.edu | (713) 348-3773 |
| Debra Cosby | Staff Assistant | cosby@rice.edu | (713) 348-5219 |
| Lee Pecht | University Archivist, Director of Special Collections | pecht@rice.edu | (713) 348-2120 |
| Amanda Focke | Assistant Head, Special Collections | afocke@rice.edu | (713) 348-2124 |
| Dara Flinn | Archivist & Special Collections Librarian | dflinn@rice.edu | (713) 348-2542 |
| Norie Guthrie | Archivist & Special Collections Librarian | slg4@rice.edu | (713) 348-2563 |
| Rebecca Russell | Archivist & Special Collections Librarian | russellr@rice.edu | (713) 348-5133 |
| Melissa Kean | University Historian | kean@rice.edu | (713) 348-2586 |
| Jane Zhao | Director, Digital Media Commons | janezhao@rice.edu | (713) 348-3696 |
| Mario Norton | DMC Supervisor | men3@rice.edu | (713) 348-3635 |
| Jonathan Rivera | Digital Media Support Specialist | jar15@rice.edu | (713) 348-3635 |
| Katherine (Kathy) Hart Weimer | Head, Kelley Center for Government Information, Data and Geospatial Services | khw2@rice.edu | (713) 348-6212 |
| Siu Min Yu | Government Information Librarian | siuy@rice.edu | (713) 348-4356 |
| Ann Bazile | Microforms Coordinator | bazile@rice.edu | (713) 348-2587 |
| Kevin Markowski | Government Documents and Data Specialist | kgm3@rice.edu | (713) 348-5483 |
| Kim Ricker | Head of GIS/Data Center | kricker@rice.edu | (713) 348-5691 |
| Jean Aroom | GIS Support Specialist | jean.aroom@rice.edu | (713) 348-2595 |
| Denis Galvin | Director of Library Technology | dgalvin@rice.edu | (713) 348-3634 |
| Jeff Koffler | Web/Graphic Designer | jmkoffler@rice.edu | (713) 348-4414 |
| Arnold Chee | Support Specialist III | arnold@rice.edu | (713) 348-5835 |
| Mang Sun | Systems Librarian | mang.sun@rice.edu | (713) 348-2670 |
| Hanjun Lee | Web Applications Developer | hl39@rice.edu | (713) 348-3893 |
| Devan Shepard | Support Specialist I | wsd2@rice.edu | (713) 348-2769 |
| Debra Kolah | Head of User Experience | dkolah@rice.edu | (713) 348-2350 |
| Amanda Thomas | User Experience/Public Services Librarian | alt5@rice.edu | (713) 348-3771 |
| Susan Garrison | Access Services Manager | susan.garrison@rice.edu | (713) 348-2573 |
| Veronica Huitrado | Access Services Supervisor (Circulation, Course Reserves) | huitrado@rice.edu | (713) 348-2566 |
| Cheryl Cormier | Access Services Associate | ccormier@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| Nyssa Juneau | Access Services Associate | nyssa.juneau@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| Alexis Latner | Access Services Associate | latner@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| Heidi Vieira | Access Services Associate | heidi.j.vieira@rice.edu | (713) 348-8895 |
| Sonia Oulahna | Access Services Associate | soulahna@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| Michael Chiles | Access Services Associate | mchiles@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| DaVian Smith | Access Services Associate | davian.smith@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| Andrew Vieira | Access Services Assistant | andrew.vieira@rice.edu | 713-348-3737 |
| Hughy Davis | Access Services Assistant | hugh.j.davis@rice.edu | (713) 348-4021 |
| Maria Arizmendez | Access Services Assistant | maria.f.arizmendez@rice.edu | (713) 348-2441 |
| Norma Perez | Access Services Supervisor (Front Desk, Shelving) | nperez@rice.edu | (713) 348-2441 |
| Jing Villamayor | Access Services Assistant | jingriem@rice.edu | (713) 348-2441 |
| Mauricio Prado | Access Services Assistant | mprado@rice.edu | (713) 348-2441 |
| Gerardo Garcia | Access Services Assistant | gerardo.a.garcia@rice.edu | (713) 348-3773 |
| Angela Brown | Access Services Supervisor (ILL) | aabrown@rice.edu | (713) 348-8835 |
| Francine Arizmendez | Senior Access Services Associate | fariz@rice.edu | (713) 348-8836 |
| DeAndrea Smither | Senior Access Services Associate | smither@rice.edu | (713) 348-8893 |
| Hector Flores | Access Services Assistant | hector.e.flores@rice.edu | (713) 348-2284 |
| Sandi Edwards | Head of Reference | edwards@rice.edu | (713) 348-2504 |
| Mary Brower | Music Librarian | mdumont@rice.edu | (713) 348-2593 |
| Jet Prendeville | Art/Architecture Librarian | jetp@rice.edu | (713) 348-2259 |
| Bob Sabin | Science/Engineering Librarian | sabin@rice.edu | (713) 348-4324 |
| Anna Shparberg | Humanities Librarian | shparberg@rice.edu | (713) 348-3809 |
| Joe Goetz | Information Literacy Librarian | jgoetz@rice.edu | 713-348-3892 |
| Jun Qian | Collections Assessment & Engineering LIbrarian | junq@rice.edu | 713-348-3802 |
| Peggy Shaw | Director, Business Information Resources | pshaw@rice.edu | (713) 348-2801 |
| Bill Coxsey | Senior Library Associate | billpc@rice.edu | (713) 348-6062 |
| Bobbie Foval | Library Associate II | foval@rice.edu | (713) 348-6062 |
| Elise McCutchen | Senior Library Associate | emccutch@rice.edu | (713) 348-6062 |
| James Springer | Library Service Center Manager | jamess@rice.edu | (713) 348-3880 |
| Rosalba Benavides | Library Service Center Shelver/Driver | rosalba@rice.edu | (713) 348-3880 |
| Nancy Infante | Library Service Center Shelver/Driver | infante@rice.edu | (713) 348-3880 |
| Duc Pham | Library Service Center Shelver/Driver | dpv@rice.edu | (713) 348-3880 |
| Chinh Doan | Library Service Center shelver/driver | cd27@rice.edu | (713) 348-2441 |
| Janice Lindquist | Head of Acquisitions | jlindq@rice.edu | (713) 348-4023 |
| David Bynog | Assistant Head of Acquisitions | dbynog@rice.edu | (713) 348-4811 |
| Scott Vieira | Electronic Resources Librarian | svieira@rice.edu | (713) 348-2621 |
| Kiem Le | Electronic Resources Assistant | kiemle@rice.edu | (713) 348-8781 |
| Beverly Mims | Approvals Coordinator | bmims@rice.edu | (713) 348-3645 |
| Michael Vessels | Library Receiving Coordinator | mvessels@rice.edu | (713) 348-8780 |
| Kim Williams | Library Receiving Clerk | kimw@rice.edu | (713) 348-8781 |
| Cathy Wilson | Mail Clerk | cathyw@rice.edu | (713) 348-2274 |
| Juany Zamora | Library Receiving Clerk | juany@rice.edu | (713) 348-8781 |
| Mira Greene | Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services | mgreene@rice.edu | (713) 348-2568 |
| Scott Carlson | Metadata Coordinator | scarlson@rice.edu | (713) 348-3727 |
| Keith Chapman | Music Catalog Librarian | kochpman@rice.edu | (713) 348-3727 |
| Linda Keating | Original Monograph/Special Formats Cataloger | keating@rice.edu | (713) 348-3727 |
| Alice Rhoades | Serials Catalog Librarian | alicer@rice.edu | (713) 348-3727 |
| Thumy Webb | Temporary WEST Project Assistant | thumy.webb@rice.edu | (713) 348-2604 |
| Jeanette Sewell | Database & Metadata Management Coordinator | jeanette.sewell@rice.edu | (713) 348-8713 |
| Hweifen Weng | Chinese Catalog Librarian | hweng@rice.edu | (713) 348-2604 |
| Robert Estep | Metadata/Copy Cataloging Unit Team Lead | estep@rice.edu | (713) 348-3749 |
| Joanna Bell | Senior Metadata Assistant | jb103@rice.edu | (713) 348-2604 |
| Marco Flores | Copy Cataloger | mflores@rice.edu | (713) 348-2571 |
| Kathy Knox | Senior Metadata Assistant | kknox@rice.edu | (713) 348-2571 |
| Cheryl Laucher | Metadata Assistant | claucher@rice.edu | (713) 348-2571 |
| Sara Trejo | Copy Cataloger | strejo@rice.edu | (713) 348-2571 |
| TBD | Temporary Senior Metadata Assistant | tbd@rice.edu | TBD |
| Andrew Damico | Preservation Librarian | adamico@rice.edu | (713) 348-2602 |
| Sonia Shankle | Preservation Assistant | srs@rice.edu | (713) 348-2602 |