Staff directory
A page within Murphy Library
General Phone & Fax
Voice: 608.785.8505 (admin. office)
FAX: 608.785.8639 (admin. office)
libraryoffice@uwlax.edu
Mailing Address
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
130 Murphy Library
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601-3748
- Assistant Professor
- Murphy Library
- janfinsen@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Student Engagement, Library Outreach & Marketing, Community Engagement, Information Literacy, Web Development, High Impact Practices, Public Speaking.
- Assistant Professor
- L1 Murphy Library
- sbakken@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8738
- Library Assistant III
- L1 Murphy Library
- ebass@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8759
- Associate Professor
- 124 Murphy Library
- mcurrent@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8739
Specialty areas:
Collection Planning and Development Librarian:
General (books, periodicals/newspapers, databases, video), reference, government documents, and maps collections; interlibrary loan
- Library Assistant III
- 105 Murphy Library
- kdinsmore@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8636
Specialty areas:
LSA-Interlibrary Loan
- Assistant Professor
- 156 Murphy Library
- lgodden@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8397
Specialty areas:
Special Collections/Area Research Center (SC/ARC) archives
- Associate Professor
- L2 Murphy Library
- tholford@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8944
Specialty areas:
Education Liaison Librarian (Children's Literature, PK-12 Teacher Training & Information Literacy)
Serve as the primary liaison to the School of Education (SOE) and the main channel of communication between Murphy Library and PK–12 stakeholders. Provide leadership and oversight for the Alice Hagar Curriculum Center (AHCC), including its collections, space, educational services, and programming.
- Administrative Supervisor
- 111 Murphy Library
- shurtubise@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8520
- Murphy Library Director
- 110 Murphy Library
- jjax@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8805
Specialty areas:
Oversight, development, budgeting, and facility management of Murphy Library
- Collection Development & Acquisitions Specialist
- 107 Murphy Library
- lklitzke@uwlax.edu
- Library Assistant III
- 107 Murphy Library
- jmajak@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8694
- Outreach Library Assistant
- 118A Murphy Library
- smcmahon@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8637
Specialty areas:
Marketing, promotion, social media, displays, blog
- 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
- Library Assistant III
- L1 Murphy Library
- dnagy@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8524
- Assistant Professor
- 120 Murphy Library
- molson3@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8638
Specialty areas:
Critical Cataloging, Visual Literacy, Zines
- Library Assistant Digitization
- 118 Murphy Library
- npegarsch@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8399
Specialty areas:
Digital conversion of historical materials; Photography; Process archival materials; Metadata creation; 3D Photogrammetry
- Assistant Professor
- 113 Murphy Library
- kpeter@uwlax.edu
Specialty areas:
Web & Systems Librarian
Information literacy, technology, web design, user experience and user interface, data analysis.
- Assistant Professor
- L1 Murphy Library
- spfitzinger@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8943
Specialty areas:
Technology & Public Services Librarian
Provide leadership, direction, and management for Access Services and Research Services. Manage public and staff technology support, training, and services.
Specialty areas: Information Literacy, Reference, Technology, Circulation, Research, Music
- Special Collections Assistant
- 107 Murphy Library
- ssteingraeber@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8510
- Librarian II - Management and Data Services
- 107 Murphy Library
- tstika@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8807
Custodial staff
- Custodian
- Maintenance Building
- tgrossbach@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8593
- Custodian
- 010 Graff Main Hall
- khelgerson@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8593
- Custodian
- 010 Graff Main Hall
- mhotlen@uwlax.edu
- 608.785.8593