Janis Desmarais
Collections Strategist
Location
Homer Babbidge Library
As the Collections Strategist, Janis collaborates across the UConn community and with external organizations to develop, maintain, and assess the strategies that the UConn Library uses for collection development and management.
She previously served as the Collections Librarian at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts and has had prior roles at various New England institutions including the College of the Holy Cross, Rhode Island School of Design, and Worcester Art Museum Library.
Janis has an MLIS from Simmons College, an MA in Art History from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a BA in Art History from Tufts University.