Jesse Akman is the Health & Life Sciences Librarian at Elon University’s Belk Library. He liaises with nine programs across Elon College of Arts and Sciences and School of Health Sciences. Jesse is also a part of Belk’s scholarly communications team, supporting open publishing and research impact measurement.
Ellen Cline is the Engineering and Physical Science Librarian at Elon University, where she has worked for three years. In addition to her usual work in research and instruction, she collects a range of works – fiction and non – for Elon University Libraries. Ellen has lost count of the number of book clubs she participates in.
Heidi Garcia is the Assistant to the Dean of the Carol Grotnes Belk Library, Building Manager, and the library’s Program Assistant. She works with the budget, invoices, and building space primarily but also enjoys working with the Outreach department on events and the popular reading collection. She is passionate about representation in literature, spends too much time crocheting, and can usually be found reading on her lunch break.
Jennie Goforth is the Communications Research Librarian at Elon University, where she serves as liaison to the School of Communications. She is passionate about info lit, teaching, data viz, and open access, as well as gardening, pickleball, and reading as much popular fiction as she can find time for.
Jemma Johnson is a library services and outreach professional with a passion for connecting communities to resources through innovative programming, strategic marketing, and engagement initiatives. As a Research Services Specialist at Z. Smith Reynolds Library, she leads public services efforts, curates collections, and enhances library visibility through event planning and social media outreach. An award-winning advocate for inclusive and accessible library services, Jemma is dedicated to fostering meaningful connections between libraries and their patrons.
Denice Lewis started at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library in March 2019. She received her BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and graduated with her MLIS from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) in 2019. In between Electrical Engineering and Library Science, Denice picked up an Associates in Culinary Arts from Le Cordon Bleu Scottsdale. She is a member of the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of College & Research Libraries (ARCL), the North Carolina Library Association (NCLA), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).Denice’s research interests are the digital information literacy skills of incoming freshmen, mentoring for BIPOC early career librarians, as well as the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI), data science, and information literacy.
Laura Milcarzyk is a Circulation Specialist in the Public Services Department at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library at Wake Forest University. With over a decade of experience in both public and academic libraries, she brings a deep commitment to access, service, and student engagement. She holds a Bachelor of Science in English and a Minor in African and African-American Studies, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from Liberty University. Laura’s research focuses on the generational impact of African-American families in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary and Antebellum periods, highlighting their diverse and pivotal contributions to the formation of American society.
Bryan Nicholls has been a librarian with High Point University since 2016. He currently serves as the Evening Librarian, Library Outreach Coordinator, and Research Liaison to the David R. Hayworth School of Arts & Sciences, as well as the Psychology, Sociology & Anthropology and Game Design programs. When Bryan is not working, he enjoys playing video games, attending live theater, and spending time with his wife, Liana, as well as his two cats, Geralt and Yennifer.