Liaisons are subject specialists ready to connect you to library services and collections. They support UAB faculty and student research and provide instruction on a wide range of topics.
Clinical Services
Emma O'Hagan
Clinical Services Librarian, Associate Professor
Phone: 205.934.2275
Email: eohagan@uab.edu
Clinical Services
Lindsey Baird
Clinical Reference Librarian, Instructor
Phone: 205.934.2275
Email: ljbaird@uab.edu
Collat School of Business
Kara Van Abel
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the Collat School of Business
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: kvanabel@uab.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
Brooke A. Becker
Media Literacy Librarian, Liaison to Communication and Political Science and Public Administration, and Interim Liaison to Psychology
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: babecker@uab.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
Delores Carlito
Head of the Mervyn H. Sterne Library Department of Research and Learning. Information Literacy Coordinator, Liaison to English, and Interim Liaison to Mathematics
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: dcarlito@uab.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
Dana Hettich
Reference Librarian, Liaison to African American Studies, Anthropology, Criminal Justice, History, Social Work, and Sociology, and Interim Liaison to Biology
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: dhettich@uab.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
Sydney Orason
English Composition and Student Success Librarian and Interim Liaison to Physics
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: sorason@uab.edu
College of Arts & Sciences
Marliese Thomas
Fine Arts Librarian, Liaison to Art and Art History, World Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre, and Interim Liaison to Computer Science
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: marliese@uab.edu
Consumer Health & Community Engagement
Megan Bell
Reference Librarian and Consumer Health and Community Engagement Librarian
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: mmbell@uab.edu
Education & Educational Technology
Summer R. Upton
Reference Librarian and Liaison to School of Education and Human Sciences
Phone: 205.996.6364
Email: srupton@uab.edu
Health Sciences
School of Public Health
Becca Billings
Reference Librarian, Systematic Review Coordinator and Interim Liaison to the School of Public Health
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: beccarb@uab.edu
Heersink School of Medicine
School of Public Health
Jill Deaver
Head of the Lister Hill Library Department of Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement.
Liaison to Heersink School of Medicine and Interim Liaison to the School of Public Health
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: jilld@uab.edu
School of Engineering
Ashley S. McGuire
STEM Librarian, Liaison to the School of Engineering and the Department of Chemistry
Phone: 205.934.6364
Email: amcneill@uab.edu
School of Dentistry
School of Optometry
Amanda Jenkins
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Dentistry and the School of Optometry
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: actaylor@uab.edu
School of Health Professions
Damiana Fortenberry
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School Health Professions
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: fortenbd@uab.edu
School of Nursing
James Gilbreath
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Nursing
Assistant Professor
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: jngilbr@uab.edu