Associate Professor Andrée J. Rathemacher (M.L.I.S. University of Rhode Island, M.B.A. University of Rhode
Island) joined the faculty of the University of Rhode Island Libraries in 1995.
From
1995 to 2003, she served as Reference/Bibliographer, Business in the Library’s
Department of Public Services. In this role, she assisted library users at the Reference
Desk, provided specialized reference assistance in business and related areas, developed
guides to using library materials and databases, and taught sections of LIB 120
Introduction to Information Literacy and LIB 140 Special Topics in Information Literacy.
She was also actively involved in developing and promoting the Library’s information
literacy program.In
2003, Andrée joined the Department of Technical Services as the Serials Librarian. As
Head of the Serials Unit, she oversees the Library’s subscriptions to print and
electronic journals, reference databases, and other materials of a serial nature. The
University Library spends about $2 million a year on subscriptions to approximately 2,000
print periodicals, 4,000 online periodicals, and 65 online databases, many of which
contain full text. With access to a total of almost 16,000 periodical titles online, the
researcher is faced with a rich but confusing array of online information. To make
identifying and connecting to online periodical information easier, the Serials Unit has
implemented Serials Solutions’ e-journal Access and Management Suite and Article
Linker. With an ever growing number of the Library’s periodical subscriptions
converted to online-only format, the researcher is now able to search, read, and print
articles directly from his computer at any time of day or night from anywhere in the
world.
Andrée serves as subject selector and the
Library’s liaison to the College of Business Administration, the Schmidt Labor
Research Center, the Department of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, and the
Department of Economics. In addition, she acts as the Library’s Webmaster. |
