Administration
Richard A. Danner
- Senior Associate Dean for Information Services
- danner@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7115
Dick manages and administers the Duke Law School Information Services team, which includes the Law Library as well as Computing Services and Educational Technologies.
Melanie J. Dunshee
- Deputy Director
- dunshee@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7119
Melanie is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Library, including developing the collections of print and electronic resources, as well as personnel and facilities matters. Melanie also coordinates initiatives to collect and expose the faculty's scholarship.
Sue Hicks
- Business Manager
- hicks@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7114
Sue is responsible for the Library’s business operations, including payroll and human resources.
Collection Services
Janeen J. Gammage
- Head of Collection Services
- gammage@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7124
Janeen manages and administers all aspects of the Collection Services Department, and provides supervision and coordination of borrower services including circulation, reserves, and collection management.
Francine Clarke
- Library Assistant
- clarke@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7125
Francine is responsible for superseding and updating legal research materials and maintaining the government documents collection. She supervises the circulation desk assistants and provides assistance in locating library materials.
Tina Moore
- Library Assistant Senior
- tmoore@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7127
Tina serves as the weekend desk supervisor, manages and coordinates the collection of serial publications for commercial binding, and maintains the microforms collection. She is also responsible for the faculty office routing service.
David Swearingen
- Library Assistant Senior
- swearing@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7129
David coordinates and manages looseleaf filing and conducts searches for missing library materials. He is the evening desk supervisor and provides assistance in locating library materials.
Reference Services
Lauren M. Collins
- Head of Reference Services
- collins@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7120
Lauren manages and administers all aspects of the Reference Department, including the Reference Desk, interlibrary loan services and faculty services. She also provides reference assistance, teaches in the first-year legal research program, coordinating the Library’s Faculty Research Assistants Program, and develops the Library’s empirical research services.
Jennifer Behrens
- Reference Librarian
- behrens@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7198
Jennifer provides reference assistance, in addition to teaching in the first-year and LL.M. legal research programs, managing the Library’s government documents collection, and coordinating development of the Library website.
Lee Cloninger
- Library Assistant Senior
- cloninger@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7122
Lee is responsible for all aspects of interlibrary loan, including request processing and notification. He also provides general reference assistance at the Reference Desk.
Katherine Topulos
- Foreign & International Law Librarian
- topulos@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7118
Katherine is the Foreign & International Law Librarian, and provides general and specialized reference assistance. She teaches in the first-year and LL.M. legal research programs, and also coordinates the Library’s rare book collection.
Technical Services
Karen Douglas
- Head of Technical Services
- douglas@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7116
Karen manages and administers all aspects of the Technical Services department and works on special department projects. She is also responsible for preservation of the library collections.
Shyama Agrawal
- Acquisitions/Serials Librarian
- agrawal@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7070
Shyama supervises operations of ordering, claiming and receiving all library materials, including electronic resources, and is responsible for monitoring the library budget and compiling statistical reports.
Kathleen Bothwell
- Library Associate
- bothwell@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7067
Kathleen performs tasks related to tracking and updating receipt of serials and supplements, and updates this information in the online catalog. She is the troubleshooter for serial claims and other problems.
Tonya Cates
- Library Assistant Senior
- cates@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7064
Tonya creates orders for library materials and downloads records for the online catalog. She also receives depository government document shipments and checks in treatise supplements.
Sean Chen
- Library Assistant Senior
- chen@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7028
Sean performs a wide variety of cataloging tasks, including foreign language items and original cataloging, and creates reports from the catalog system. He also catalogs electronic serials and adds link resolver records.
Yvonne Dittmar
- Acquisitions/Serials Assistant
- dittmar@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7065
Yvonne is responsible for checking in new journals, claiming issues not received, and preparing items to send to the commercial bindery. She also repairs damaged books.
Doris Hinson
- Cataloging Librarian
- hinson@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7117
Doris supervises cataloging operations and ensures cataloging standards and procedures are followed. Doris is responsible for complex and original cataloging, and maintenance of catalog records.
Paul Norris
- Cataloging Assistant
- norris@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7066
Paul is responsible for basic cataloging, updating records in microfiche, and processing of library materials.
Marsha Perry
- Accounting Specialist
- perry@law.duke.edu
- 919-613-7063
Marsha is responsible for paying invoices, and maintaining and reconciling financial records for library acquisitions funds. She is also responsible for receiving new acquisitions and solving delivery problems.
