University Libraries

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Dean: Frederick Barnhart
Associate Dean: T. J. Lusher
Associate Dean: Jana Brubaker
Associate Dean: Leanne VandeCreek

Faculty

Meredith Ayers, M.S., Northern Illinois University, M.L.S., Kent State University, associate professor
Frederick Barnhart, M.L.I.S., Indiana University, J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, professor
Jana Brubaker, M.L.S., Indiana University, M.A., Northern Illinois University, associate professor
Mary Burns, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, M.L.S., Kent State University, assistant professor
Sarah Cain, M.L.I.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Campaign; M.P.A., Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, assistant professor
Wayne E. Finley, M.L.I.S., University of Illinois; M.B.A., Western Illinois University, Quad Cities, associate professor
Larissa García, M.A., Northern Illinois University, M.A.L.S., Dominican University, assistant professor
Sarah Holmes, M.A., University of Hartsford, M.L.I.S., Kent State University, assistant professor
Karen Hovde, M.A., Western Washington University, M.A., Northern Illinois University, associate professor
Wendell G. Johnson, M. Div. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, M.A., Ph.D., Rice University M.L.S., Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, associate professor
Kathleen M. Ladell, M.A. & M.L.S., Indiana University, assistant professor
T. J. Lusher, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University, M.L.I.S., University of Iowa, M.A., Iowa State University, associate professor
Beth McGowan, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, M.L.I.S., University of Wisconsin, associate professor
Sarah McHone-Chase, M.S.L.I.S., University of Illinois, M.A., Illinois State University, associate professor
James Millhorn, M.A.L.S., University of Iowa, M.A., University of Oklahoma, associate professor
Nestor L. Osorio, M.A. & M.L.S., State University of New York, Geneseo, professor
Junlin Pan, M.A.L.S. & Ph.D., University of Arizona, M.S., Southwest Missouri State University, professor
Hao Phan, M.A., Northern Illinois University, M.L.I.S., University of California, Los Angeles, associate professor
Robert B. Marks Ridinger, M.L.S., University of Pittsburgh, M.A., Case Western Reserve University, professor
Matthew Short, C.A.S.D.L,., University of Illinois, M.L.I.S., University of Illinois, assistant professor
Leanne VandeCreek, M.S.L.S., Catholic University, M.S.W., Fordham University, Tarrytown, associate professor

The Northern Illinois University Libraries system consists of Founders Memorial Library, Faraday Library, and the Music Library. The University Libraries contain over 2 million physical and electronic volumes as well as periodicals, government publications, microforms, maps, recordings, audiovisual materials, electronic databases, and over 26,000 electronic journals.

NIU Libraries are participants in the I-Share System, a network involving 145 academic institutions throughout Illinois. Access is via the World Wide Web and allows users to immediately determine which of the 86 libraries own desired research materials. Materials not owned by NIU can be obtained quickly from other I-Share member libraries.

Founders Memorial Library, the main library, has six levels with 327,000 square feet of space and seating capacity for 1600 students. The first floor houses key library services including the circulation desk, the reference desk, services to students with disabilities, library instruction, document delivery services, the reserves collection, periodicals collection, media collection, and the Scholars’ Den. Microforms, the map collection, and government publications are located on the second floor; the Digital Convergence Lab and the Reading Assistance Center are housed on the third floor; and the Regional History Center/University Archives, Rare Books and Special Collections and the Southeast Asia collection are on the fourth floor. The upper three floors house circulating books.

Faraday Library serves faculty and students in the disciplines of chemistry and physics. Similarly, the Music Library serves the music curriculum. Regular, interim, and holiday hours are posted near the entrance to each library and on the libraries’ web site at www.library.niu.edu.

NIU libraries provide a variety of guides to collections and services. These materials are available online at library.niu.edu/ulib. Instruction in the use of the library is given to classes by librarians as part of the University Libraries library instruction program. Library instruction covers both basic information literacy and, for upper-level classes, in-depth instruction related to materials in particular subject areas. A for-credit library research class, UNIV 105, is also offered at the undergraduate level.

Regional History Center and University Archives

Cindy S. Ditzler, director, M.A., Western Illinois University

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