Organization at a Glance
People
Office of the Dean of University Libraries
- Libraries Cabinet
- Assistant to the Dean of University Libraries and Director, Libraries Facilities and Events, Linda Ambre
- Director for Information Technology Services & Digital Strategies, John Borwick
- Director of Global Engagement for the University of Washington Libraries, Zhijia Shen
- Executive Director for NNLM Region 5, Kathryn Vela
- Interim Director for Special Collections, Lisa Oberg
- Senior Director for HEALWA & Community Partnerships, Tania Bardyn
- Director of University of Washington Press, Nicole Mitchell
Portfolios and Organizational Charts
Advancement
Sheryl Stiefel, Assistant Dean
Libraries Advancement supports Libraries initiatives through private and foundation support, including donor events, outreach and stewardship.
Collections and Strategic Partnerships
Denise Pan, Senior Associate Dean
Collections and Strategic Partnerships focuses on building and sharing sustainable collections by maximizing internal and external capacity and stewarding finite resources.
- Budget Analysis and Strategy
- Financial and Administrative Services
- Collections and Content staff identify, acquire, catalog, and prepare resources for library users.
Distinctive Collections
Associate Dean, Julie Tanaka
Distinctive Collections encompasses Special Collections as well as International Studies.
- International Studies
- Near East
- Slavic and Eastern Europe
- Southeast Asia
- Special Collections
- Book Arts
- History of Medicine
- Labor Archives of Washington
- Pacific Northwest Collection (Architectural Drawings, Photographs and Moving Images, Graphics)
- University Archives
- Washington State Jewish Archives
Information Technology Services and Digital Strategies
John Borwick, Director
Organizational Development and Inclusion
Kimanthi Warren, Assistant Dean
Research and Learning Services
Lauren Pressley, Senior Associate Dean
Research and Learning Services provides collections, space, as well as reference and circulation services to support research and publishing by the academic community.
- Access Services
- Circulation Services / Branch Operations Services
- Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery Services
- Assessment, Data Visualization, and Planning
- Communications
- Facilities and Events
- Health Sciences
- Learning Services
- Curriculum Support
- Instructional Design and Outreach Services
- Odegaard Undergraduate Library
- Student Success
- Research Services
- Branch Libraries: Art, Built Environments, Drama, Engineering, Foster Business, Friday Harbor, Mathematics Research, Music
- Government Publications, Maps, Microforms and Newspapers
- Online Reference Services
- Research Commons
- Subject Librarian Liaison Teams
- Scholarly Communication and Publishing
- Tateuchi East Asia Library
UW Bothell and Cascadia Library
Richard S. Lewis, Associate Dean
The UW Bothell / Cascadia Campus Library serves the University of Washington and Cascadia College combined campus.
UW Tacoma Library
Annie Downey, Associate Dean
The UW Tacoma Library serves the University of Washington Tacoma Campus.
HEALWA and Community Partnerships
Tania Bardyn, Senior Director
HEALWA assures affordable, anytime, online access to current, authoritative clinical information and educational resources to eligible health care practitioners in Washington State.
NNLM Region 5
Simon Neame, Interim Primary Investigator
The UW Libraries serves as the Regional Medical Library for Region 5 of the Network of the National Library of Medicine, providing programs, services, and dedicated support for NNLM Members in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, and U.S. Territories and Freely Associated States in the Pacific.
University Press
Nicole Mitchell, Director
The University of Washington Press finds, develops, selects, and publishes scholarship of high quality and enduring value.