Staff Directory

Departments

JCB Library FAX

(401) 863-3477

Administration Office

(401) 863-2725

Associates Office

(401) 863-1553

Reference Office

(401) 863-1263

Map Room

(401) 863-1557

Front Desk / Reading Room

(401) 863-3923

Cataloguing

(401) 863-2726

Imaging Department (401) 863-3457


Research Fellows

(401) 863-3923

For a list of Research Fellows, please click here.

Please note that the John Carter Brown Library is not part of the
Brown University Library System. If you wish to reach any
of the Brown University libraries, please use the numbers below.

John Hay Library, Brown University

(401) 863-2146

Rockefeller, Brown University

(401) 863-2167

Sciences Library, Brown University

(401) 863-3333






John Carter Brown Library Staff

Valerie Andrews
Fellowship Coordinator
(401) 863-2725, Valerie_Andrews@Brown.edu

Adelina A. Axelrod
Copy Cataloguing Coordinator
MLS, Simmons College 1995
Portuguese language
(401) 863-2726, Adelina_Axelrod@Brown.edu

Susan Danforth
George S. Parker Curator of Maps and Prints
MLS, University of Rhode Island 1973
Cartography, 19th-C book collectors
Assistant Librarian for Library Operations
(401) 863-1557, Susan_Danforth@Brown.edu

Lynne A. Harrell
Reference/Acquisitions Assistant
(401) 863-3923, Lynne_Harrell@Brown.edu

Xephyr Inkpen
Internet Archive, Scanner
(401) 863-3230, Xephyr@Archive.org

Dennis C. Landis
Curator of European Books
PhD, University of Connecticut 1975
German/Dutch/Russian/Latin languages
(401) 863-1556, Dennis_Landis@Brown.edu

Leah S. Milan
Administrative Assistant              
(401) 863-2725, Leah_Milan@Brown.edu

John Minichiello
Imaging Specialist
(401) 863-5445, John_Minichiello@Brown.edu

Susan Newbury
Head of Cataloguing and Metadata Services
MSLS, Simmons College 1977
Spanish, French, Russian languages
(401) 863-1550, Susan_Newbury@Brown.edu

Margot M. Nishimura
Deputy Director and Librarian
PhD, New York University 1999

History of Art
(401) 863-1416, Margot_Nishimura@Brown.edu

Kimberly Nusco
Reference and Manuscript Librarian
MLS, University of Rhode Island 2003
American History
(401) 863-1263, Kimberly_Nusco@Brown.edu

Maureen O'Donnell
Manager of Administration and External Relations
(401) 863-2725, (401) 863-1553
Maureen_ODonnell@Brown.edu

Allison Rich
Rare Materials Cataloguer
MLS, Simmons College 1998
French and Latin languages
(401) 863-2726, Allison_Rich@Brown.edu

Leslie Tobias Olsen
Manager of Computing and Digital Imaging
MLIS, University of Rhode Island 2000
Early American History
(401) 863-3457, Leslie_Tobias-Olsen@Brown.edu

Abby Saunders
Coordinator, Charles H. Watts II History and Culture of the Book Program
(401) 863-3914, Abby_Saunders@Brown.edu

Elaine Tucci
Financial Manager
(401) 863-1262, Elaine_Tucci@Brown.edu

Ken Ward
Maury A. Bromsen Curator of Latin American Books
PhD, University of Texas at Austin 2013
History of the book, colonial Latin American
history, paleography
(401) 863-7707, Kenneth_Ward@Brown.edu

Jennifer Wilson
Office Assistant
(401) 863-5009, Jennifer_Wilson@Brown.edu

Former Directors

Edward L. Widmer, 2006-2012
Assistant to the President, Brown University
PhD, Harvard University 1993
American civilization
(401) 863-1552,

 Norman Fiering, 1983-2006
Director and Librarian Emeritus
PhD, Columbia University 1969
Early American intellectual, colonial America
(401) 521-0009, Norman_Fiering@Brown.edu

Thomas R. Adams, 1957-1983
Lawrence C. Wroth, 1923–1957
Worthington C. Ford, 1917–1922 (acting)
Champlin Burrage, 1916
George Parker Winship, 1895–1915