Law Library Staff

Law Library Directory

Administration
	Kristin Cheney Associate Dean for Library & Educational Technology 206.398.4091 kcheney@seattleu.edu	Administer library and educational technology operations, planning and budget; supervise library and educational technology personnel.
	Aimee Nguyen Administrative Assistant 206.398.4089 nguyenai@seattleu.edu	Performs a variety of administrative support tasks, including office administration, invoicing, event planning, supplies maintenance, and preparation of marketing materials.
	Kara Phillips Collection Development Librarian/Associate Director 206.398.4093 phillips@seattleu.edu	Manage and direct library services in the absence of the Associate Dean for Library and Educational Technology. Oversees library acquisitions, budget and collection development, including selection, acquisition, ordering, receiving, and payment library resources in all formats. Establishes and maintains vendor relations. Negotiates license agreements and purchase contracts.
Public Services
	Charity Braceros Assistant Circulation Supervisor (Evening) 206.398.4095 bracerosc@seattleu.edu	Assists in supervising the Circulation operations of the Law Library including checkout, check-in, and renewals. Manages the micromedia collection. Assists with Summit and Interlibrary Loan borrowing and lending. Coordinates the organization and maintenance of the Library's collections. Responds to inquiries regarding Library policies, services, and the location and use of legal resources. Supervises all Circulation on Sundays and during the weekday (M-Th) evening hours.
	Dana Bublitz Evening Library Monitor 206.398.4230 bublitzd@seattleu.edu	Assists in overseeing the School of Law Library Document Delivery Center (DDC). Provides document delivery and related electronic services. Supervises student assistants.
	Tina Ching Electronic Services Librarian 206.398.4129 chingt@seattleu.edu	Manages law library website and access to online resources. Coordinates library equipment check out. Liaison to Lexis and Westlaw. Provides research assistance to students, faculty, alumni, and other law library patrons. Presents in-class lectures about legal research. Library Liaison to the Access to Justice Institute. Collection development areas include: Criminal Justice, Community Legal Services, Library Science, Poverty Law, Social Justice and Cause Lawyering.
	Kerry Fitz-Gerald Reference Librarian 206.398.4223 fitzgk@seattleu.edu	Provides research assistance to students, faculty, alumni, and other law library patrons. Presents in-class lectures about research and leads library tours. Co-teaches Electronic Legal Research, Asynchronous Legal Research, and Legal Research Methods. Manages the McNaughton recreational reading collection. Library liaison to the Korematsu Center for Law and Equality and the Externship Program. Collection development areas include labor and employment law, intellectual property, and computer and internet law.
	Susan Kezele Circulation/Resource Sharing Manager 206.398.4227 skezele@seattleu.edu	Manages and directs the Circulation operations of the Law Library including checkout, check-in, and renewals. Supervises student assistants. Oversees Summit and Interlibrary Loan borrowing and lending. Assists patrons with inquiries regarding Library policies, services, and the location and use of legal resources.
	Kelly Kunsch Reference Librarian 206.398.4090 kunsch@seattleu.edu	Provides research assistance to students, faculty, alumni, and other law library patrons. Presents in-class lectures about research and leads library tours. Co-teaches Legal Research Methods. Library liaison to the Seattle University Law Review, the Seattle Journal for Social Justice, the Academic Resource Center, the Berle Center on Corporations, Law, and Society, and the Center for Indian Law and Policy. Collection development areas include business and commercial law, constitutional law, civil and appellate procedure, legal writing/research, Indian law, and torts. He is also the law school representative to the Washington Council on Public Legal Education.
	Bob Menanteaux Reference Librarian 206.398.4160 arobertm@seattleu.edu	Provides research assistance to students, faculty, alumni, and other law library patrons, with an emphasis on foreign and international law. Presents in-class lectures about research and leads library tours. Teaches International and Foreign Law Research. Library liaison to the Center for Global Justice. Manages the government depository collection. Collection development areas include international, foreign, and comparative law, admiralty, and trade regulation.
	Barbara Swatt Engstrom Reference Librarian 206.398.4318 engstromb@seattleu.edu	Provides research assistance to students, faculty, alumni, and other law library patrons. Presents in-class lectures about research and leads library tours. Co-teaches Electronic Legal Research, Asynchronous Legal Research, and Legal Research Methods. Library liaison to the Seattle Journal of Environmental Law. Coordinates the annual Bridge the Legal Research Gap program. Collection development areas include real estate and property law, environmental law, natural resources law, land use law, tax, and estate planning.
	Stephanie Wilson Head of Reference Services 206.398.4222 wilsons3@seattleu.edu	Manages the Reference Department by maintaining reference desk schedules, organizing library tours, and developing service policies. Assigns librarians to independent studies. Assists the Associate Dean for Library and Educational Technology in assigning library liaisons to faculty and programs. Provides research assistance to students, faculty, alumni, and other law library patrons. Presents in-class lectures about legal research. Co-teaches Legal Research Methods. Manages archival collections. Collection development areas include health law, family law, and women and the law.
	Michael Zubitis Assistant Circulation Supervisor (Day) 206.398.4228 mzubitis@seattleu.edu	Assists in supervising the Circulation operations of the Law Library including checkout, check-in, and renewals. Manages overdues. Collects fines and fees. Assists with Summit and Interlibrary Loan borrowing and lending. Coordinates the organization and maintenance of the Library's collections. Responds to inquiries regarding Library policies, services, and the location and use of legal resources. Supervises all Circulation on Saturdays.
Technical Services
	Pam Coury Acquisitions Specialist 206.398.4188 couryp@seattleu.edu	Orders and receives law materials, maintains effective communication and resolves problems with library vendors, prepares invoices and posts financial transactions, prepares and maintains order records and compiles financial reports.
	Jane Grossman Acquisitions/Serials Specialist 206.398.4189 grossman@seattleu.edu	Reviews and prepares serials invoices for payment. Receives, processes, routes, and claims law serials and continuations in the library’s catalog. Maintains effective communication with library vendors regarding serial subscriptions and serials invoices.
	Kent Milunovich Systems/Technical Services Librarian 206.398.4094 milunovichk@seattleu.edu	Creates original cataloging. Serves as system administrator and database manager of the library's online catalog. Supervises cataloging, serials check in, binding, and material processing of new library materials.
	Nancy Minton Cataloger 206.398.4187 nminton@seattleu.edu	Catalogs new law titles. Answers/resolves complex bibliographic questions and problems. Performs/supervises catalog database maintenance, collection withdrawals, and relocations.
	Donna Turner Preservation/Bindery Specialist 206.398.4190 dturner@seattleu.edu	Responsible for law serials and continuations processing, collection maintenance. Manages library processing, conservation and repair, including bindery services. Supervises student workers.