Columbia University Libraries Recognizes Staff Service Milestones

Columbia University Libraries honors staff who have reached milestones in their years of service to the organization. The Libraries thanks you for your commitment to the Columbia community and your continued hard work. We are deeply grateful.

Staff members were also recognized at a picnic at Faculty House, open to all Libraries staff, on Wednesday, July 19.

From left: Candice Kail, Head of Web Services (15 years); Sarah Witte, Research Collections and Services Librarian: Women and Gender Studies; Ann Thornton, Vice Provost and University Librarian; Caro Bratnober, Public Services Librarian at the Burke Library; Will Vanti, Science and Engineering Librarian; Morgan Adams, Mellon Conservator for Special Collections; Jim Crocamo, Head of Access and User Experience, SESSL (20 years); Amanda Bielskas, Director of the Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries (15 years)

10 Years of Service

Nisa Bakkalbasi, Associate Director of Assessment and Analytics

Roberto Ferrari, Curator of Art Properties

Matthew Haugen, Rare Books Cataloger, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Brian Luna Lucero, Digital Projects Librarian

Peter Magierski, Middle East and Islamic Studies Librarian

Ivan Mustac, Senior Systems Engineer

Margaret Smithglass, Head of Exhibitions and Digital Asset Management, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

15 Years of Service

Ben Armintor, Head of Development Infrastructure and Applications

Amanda Bielskas, Director of the Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries

Eva Cunningham, Associate Director of Digital Project Management

Candice Kail, Head of Web Services

Susan Marcin, Assistant Director of Collection Strategies

Tatyana Pesin Virovets, Bibliographic Assistant, Collection Acquisition and Description

Zak Rouse, Head of Access Services and Collection Management, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library

20 Years of Service

Abed Aladien, Library Assistant, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library

Wilson Alejo, Bibliographic Assistant, Collections Strategies

Chris Antkowiak, Associate Application Systems Developer

Olga Chernomaz, Bibliographic Assistant, Collection Acquisition and Description

Jim Crocamo, Head of Access Services, Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries

Andre Dos Santos, Bibliographic Assistant, Collection Acquisition and Description

Polyxeni Georgiadi, Bibliographic Assistant, Collection Acquisition and Description

Tri Melati, East Asian Technical Services Supervisor

Hideyuki Morimoto, Japanese Cataloger

Karen Rawles, Library Assistant, Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries

Hee-Sook Shin, Korean Studies Librarian

Dina Sokolova, Digital Preservation Librarian

Melanie Wacker, Head of Digital Resources Metadata

25 Years of Service

Joel Fine, Director of Finance and Payroll

Pamela Graham, Director of Humanities and Global Studies

Alexis Hagadorn, Head of Conservation

Valery Kazakov, Bibliographic Assistant, Collections Strategies

Enrique Ortiz, Technical Assistant, Preservation and Digital Conversion

Jean Pierre Peguy, Head of Lehman and Journalism Libraries Operations

30 Years of Service

Nick Patterson, Music Librarian

35 Years of Service

Renzo D’Anselmi, Bibliographic Assistant, Collection Acquisition and Description

Jane Sahner, Manager of the University Librarian’s Office

40 Years of Service

Russell Merritt, Cataloger, Cataloging and Metadata Services

Elizabeth McComish, Bibliographic Assistant, Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries

Al Vazquez, Library Assistant, Science, Engineering, and Social Sciences Libraries