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
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)
