The Libraries

The University Libraries include the William Robertson Coe Library, housing general reference, humanities, social science, psychology, medicine, and education materials, as well as government publications and maps; the Library Annex, located in the basement of the Biological Science Building; the Brinkerhoff Earth Resources Information Center, located in the S.H. Knight Geology Building; the Learning Resource Center, located in the Education Building; the Rocky Mountain Herbarium Research Collection, located in the Aven Nelson Building; the Grace Raymond Hebard Collection located in the American Heritage Center; and the National Park Service Research Center collection in Jackson, Wyoming. The UW/Casper College Center is served by the Casper College Goodstein Foundation Library.

The libraries’ cataloged collections total over 1.4 million volumes and nearly 12,000 periodical and serial titles with about 20,000 new volumes added annually. In addition, the libraries provide extensive microforms collections and a library of over 167,000 maps, and serve as a depository for United States government publications.

Through participation in the Wyoming Libraries Database (WYLD), Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (“Alliance”), the Bibliographical Center for Research in Denver, the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, on-line information retrieval systems, and the interlibrary loan network, access is provided to other library resources from throughout the nation and the world.

The College of Law maintains a separate Law Library.

SANDRA M. BARSTOW, B.A. Kalamazoo College 1973; M.L.S. Western Michigan University 1977; M.B.A. Rollins College 1983; Librarian, University Libraries 2004, 1994, 1988.

STEPHEN C. BOSS, B.M. Simpson College 1983; B.A. 1984; M.L.S. University of Denver 1985; M.A. 1986; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2002.

KAIJSA CALKINS, B.A. University of Washington, Bothell 2001; M.L.S. University of Washington, Seattle 2004; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2006.

MARY M. FARRELL, B.A. University of Missouri, Kansas City 1984; M.L.S. University of Arizona 1988; M.P.A. Arizona State University 1992; Dean of Libraries, University Libraries 2002.

JENNY GARCIA, B.A. Regis University, 1989; M.L.S. Emporia State University 1992; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2003.

GENA M. GEORGE, B.A. University of North Texas 1993; M.L.S. University of North Texas 1997; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2005.

CHERYL GOLDENSTEIN, B.A. Bethany College 1982; M.L.S. University of Texas at Austin 1997; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2002.

MARTHA J. HANSCOM, B.A. Kalamazoo College 1970; M.L.S. Western Michigan University 1972; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1990, 1978.

MARY ANN HARLOW, B.S. University of Wyoming 1989; M.L.S. University of Arizona 1990; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1997, 1991.

TAMSEN L. HERT, B.A. Colorado State University 1975; M.L.S. Emporia State University 1984; M.A. 1988; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1991, 1986.

JAMIE KEARLEY, B.A. University of Illinois 1972; M.S. 1976; M.L.I.S. Louisiana State University 1991; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 2004, 1995.

DAVID KRUGER, B.S. South Dakota State University 1991; B.S.Ed. Minot State University 1994; M.A. Kansas State University 1996; M.L.S. University of Missouri 1998; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 2004, 1998.

JANIS H. LEATH, B.A. University of Wyoming 1977; M.L.S. University of Wisconsin-Madison 1979; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1995, 1989.

JENNIFER MAYER, B.A. University of Wyoming 1991; M.L.I.S. University of Oklahoma 1996; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 2005, 1999.

DEBORAH McCARTHY, B.A. Lycoming College 1983; M.L.S. Texas Women’s University 1989; M.B.A. New Mexico State University 2003; Assistant Librarian 2004.

TAMI MORSE McGILL, B.A. University of California, Davis 1981; M.A. University of California, San Diego 1987; M.L.S. San Jose State University 2001; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2006.

MICHAEL L. NELSON, B.A. Kalamazoo College 1973; M.Lib. University of Washington 1978; M.A. Montana State University 1980; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1991, 1984.

LORI J. PHILLIPS, B.A. University of Wyoming 1989; M.L.S. University of Arizona 1991; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1999, 1992.

LAWRENCE SCHMIDT, B.S. Montana State University 1987; M.S. 1995; M.L.S. Emporia State University 2002; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2002.

ROBERT A. STALEY, B.A. Gettysburg College 1969; M.A. University of Manitoba 1974; M.L.S. University of Pittsburgh 1974; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2002.

LORI J. TERRILL, B.A. University of Wyoming 1993; M.L.S. Emporia State University 1995; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 2006, 2000.

BRYAN P. TRONSTAD, B.S. Montana State University 2000; M.L.S. University of Alabama 2003; Assistant Librarian, University Libraries 2004.

WILLIAM O. VAN ARSDALE, III, B.A. Southwestern College-Kansas 1968; M.A. University of Denver 1973; Associate Professor, University Libraries 1987, 1981.

LAURN W. WILHELM, B.A. Utah State University 1970; M.Ed. 1971; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 1986, 1975.

SARA R. WILLIAMS, B.A. Nebraska Wesleyan University 1976; M.A. Boston College 1980; M.S.L.I.S. Simmons College 1981; Associate Librarian, University Libraries 2006.

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