Library department
A page within Murphy Library
About
As faculty in a student-centered teaching library, Library Department members strive to ensure that UWL students graduate as information literate citizens with the ability to recognize when information is needed, and with the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively and ethically. We set Murphy Library’s curriculum for teaching, which encompasses all aspects of librarianship. We are responsible for managing information by selecting, organizing, providing access to, and preserving physical and online information resources, and we take responsibility for assisting and educating others in the effective utilization of such resources. We contribute to the growth and progress of the discipline of library and information science through scholarship, and we serve our colleagues, peers, and community through professional service activities.
Department Chair
- Associate Professor
- 269 Murphy Library
- tholford@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8944
Specialty areas:
Children's Literature
Information Literacy
Integrated Librarianship
Local History & Historical Primary Sources
- Assistant Professor
- 120 Murphy Library
- sbakken@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8738
- Associate Professor
- 124 Murphy Library
- mcurrent@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8739
Specialty areas:
Special and Reference Collections Librarian:
Government information/documents, reference collection, maps, Special Collections
- Assistant Professor
- 155 Murphy Library
- lgodden@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8511
Specialty areas:
Special Collections/Area Research Center (SC/ARC) archives
- Associate Professor
- 118B Murphy Library
- dmindel@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8945
Specialty areas:
Digital Conversion (Digitization) of Cultural Heritage materials, Digital Preservation, Color Management, Digital Content Management, Digital Photography, Digital Image Manipulation
- Assistant Professor
- Murphy Library
- mmohan@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8395
Specialty areas:
Electronic Resources, Acquisitions, Budgeting, Classification, Cataloging, Music, Technology, Research, Reference
- Assistant Professor
- 123 Murphy Library
- kmorgan@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Information Literacy Course Integration Librarian
- Assistant Professor
- 113 Murphy Library
- molson3@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8638
Specialty areas:
Cataloging & Discovery, Theses & Dissertations, Critical Visual Literacy, Zines & Alternative Information Sources
- Assistant Professor
- 128 Murphy Library
- spfitzinger@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8943
Specialty areas:
Technology & Reference Services Librarian
Information Literacy, Reference, Technology, Circulation, Research, Music
Library Department Faculty/Staff Emeriti
Paul B. Beck (1998 – 2021)
William T. Doering (1994 – 2020)
Stefan A. Smith (1997 – 2018)
Karen S. Lange (1979 – 2016)
Anita K. Evans (1987 – 2012)
Cristine L. Prucha (1984 – 2011)
Randall W. Hoelzen (1988 – 2010)
Charles H. Marx (1980 – 2005)
Sandra L. Sechrest (1976 – 2003)
Edwin L. Hill (1968 – 1998)
Dale C. Gresseth (1965 – 1990)
Orin W. Thompson (1967 – 1988)
Eugene Millich (1957 – 1987)
Herbert L. Searcy (1964 – 1981)
Roy N. Van Note (1964 – 1981)
Faculty Emeriti Librarians
(recognized prior to the establishment of the Library Department)
Catherine F. Crail (1937 – 1966)
Martha Olea Skaar (1919 – 1964)
Florence S. Wing (1909 – 1950)
