Maureen Cresci Callahan is director of Archives and Special Collections, where she supports the team’s mission of bearing witness of the wide diversity of human accomplishment and creativity by providing access to archives. She believes that archives are engines for empathy and provide the opportunity for us all to understand the world differently through the careful study of another person’s life and work.
Maureen is very active in the world of archival standards and is currently part of the leadership team for the national best practices group for archival accessioning. She had been co-chair of the Society of American Archivists’ technical subcommittee on Describing Archives: A Content Standard where she led that group’s effort to revise the core principles of archival description. She formerly worked as a curator of the women’s history archives at Smith College and as an archival technologist at Yale University, New York University, and Princeton University. Maureen is a graduate of Bryn Mawr College and the University of Michigan.
Areas of expertise
- Archival technical services
- Archives and library standards
- Metadata management and system integration
- Archival acquisition and appraisal
- 20th century US women’s history
Jane Strudwick manages the Acquisitions & Discovery unit for the UConn Library. A&D acquires all materials, electronic resources and print, and coordinates access, processing, and preservation of library materials. She oversees the collection budget, licensing, negotiations, and serves as the Library’s NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL) Program Council member.
Phara Bayonne is the immediate past President of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association-Connecticut Affiliate (BCALA-CT) and is currently the library director at the Jeremy Richard library, UConn Stamford Campus. She holds a Master of Library Science (M.L.S.) from Pittsburgh University as well as a B.A. in English from Boston University. Before coming to the UConn Libraries, Phara worked as a reference librarian for the Ferguson Library, Stamford’s Public Library for several years.
Areas of Expertise
- Community Service
- Library Learning Commons
- Social Media
- Information Literacy
- Diversity & Inclusion
- Marketing & Outreach
Professional Affiliations
Erika McNeil has worked in a variety of academic libraries, including the University of Connecticut, the Ohio State University, MIT, Boston College, and the Ohio State University’s Health Sciences Library. In her career she has also gained a wide variety of experience in resource sharing, access services, technical services, and personnel management. She currently serves on the EAST Resource Sharing and Special Collections Working Group and the Boston Library Consortium Heads of Resource Sharing Committee. She has held positions in library organizations, including Chair of the Boston Library Consortium’s Resource Sharing Community of Interest Group, in which she continues as an active member and collaborator, and as Co-Chair of the Association of College and Research Libraries New England Chapter’s Leadership Development Committee. She received her B.A. from Wheaton College in Massachusetts, her M.A. in English Literature from Boston College, and her M.L.I.S. from Southern Connecticut University.
Areas of Expertise
- Resource Sharing
- Access Services
- Personnel Management
- Leadership
Scholarly Activity (selection)
- McNeil, E., Huzarewicz, S., and Rodriguez, M. (January 20, 2022). “Licensing and Interlibrary Lending of Whole Ebooks.” Boston Library Consortium. [Webinar].
- McNeil, E., Huzarewicz, S., and Rodriguez, M. (December 10, 2021). “Licensed to Loan: Interlibrary Lending of Whole Ebooks.” AMIGOS Library Services 2021: Facing the Future of Resource Sharing. [Virtual conference presentation].
- McNeil, E., and Kaufman, R. (September 2021). Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility in Library Collections: A UConn Project. Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference. [Virtual presentation].
- McNeil, E., Huzarewicz, S., and Rodriguez, M. (May 2021). Interlibrary Lending of Whole Ebooks. Greater Western Library Alliance (GWLA) Joint Resource Sharing and Collection Development Annual Meeting 2021. [Panel presentation].
- McNeil, E., Williams, G., and McHone-Chase, Sarah. (October 2020). Interlibrary Loan in uncertain times with RapidILL. [ExLibris/RapidILL Panel presentation].
- Huzarewicz, S. & McNeil, E. (May 2019). Interlibrary Loan and Licensing Cooperating to Create a 21st Century Approach to E-Book Lending. [Poster presentation]. ACRL-NEC Annual Conference, Portland, Maine.
- McNeil, E. & Huzarewicz. (July 2019). Sharing Your E-Book Collection. [Poster presentation]. IDS Project Annual Conference, Utica, New York.
- McNeil, E. and Palacios, T. (March 2017). Harness Your Resources. [Poster presentation]. OCLC Resource Sharing Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- McNeil, E. (March 2016). Smart CATs: Cancelling Course-Adopted Texts the Smart Way. [Poster presentation]. International ILLiad Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- McNeil, E. and Huzarewicz, S. (March 2015). Serving Patrons with Disabilities. [Poster presentation]. International ILLiad Conference 2015, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
- McNeil, E., Kennedy, S., and Cowan, S. (May 2012). Library as Platform for User Success: User Driven Collections, Services and Spaces. [Conference presentation]. ACRL-NEC Annual Conference, Worcester, MA.
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Professional Affiliations
As Head of Digital Imaging and Conservation, Michael J. Bennett also manages the University of Connecticut Library’s Digital Still Imaging Lab where archival, special collection, and museum objects are captured. Working at the intersection of digital imaging, digital preservation, and conservation, his research interests include technologies that focus on digital capture, post-processing, and 2D and 3D data formats.
Areas of Expertise
- Digital Imaging Systems
- Still Image Data Processing
- 2D and 3D Data Formats
Recent Works
Professional Affiliations
Jean Cardinale heads up the Communication & Marketing Unit, responsible for managing the public perception, engagement activities, and overall communication strategies for the UConn Library to enable strategic, efficient, and effective messaging. Previously, Jean worked in several positions that focused on event planning, marketing, and communications for non-profits including the Farmington River Watershed Association and Litchfield Performing Arts. She received her B.S. in Public Administration from Nichols College in Dudley, MA and her M.S. in Public Administration from UConn. She is currently working towards a MA in Communication from UConn.
Greg Colati is the Director of the Digital Preservation Repository Program, as well as the head of the Connecticut Digital Archive, a statewide preservation-oriented digital repository service for libraries, archives, museums, and memory institutions. Mr. Colati has more than 20 years of experience in archives and cultural heritage institutions. He is currently an adjunct Professor UConn’s department of Digital Media and Design and has taught courses in archives management/digital repositories at Simmons University GSLIS, the University of Denver and for the Society of American Archivists. Greg’s current research focuses on connecting digital libraries and cultural heritage education, machine learning and handwriting recognition in historical repositories, and preserving non-traditional forms of scholarly expression.
Areas of Expertise
- Digital Libraries and Archives
- Digital Preservation Research in Scholarly Expression
- Research Data Management