Spotlight on... The Administrative Office

The Himmelfarb Library's administrative staff includes J. Marie Porter, Executive Assistant, and Jamila Shrestha, Library Specialist. Each of these ladies spends their day ensuring that the library facility offers a comfortable environment for faculty, staff and students and that staff and student concerns about the building are addressed as quickly as possible. Sometimes these responsibilities include interpreting library policies for our users. For our student workers, Marie and Jamila dispense paychecks on a biweekly basis.

J. Marie Porter keeps the library staff organized and our paperwork flowing to the correct departments. She reports and monitors the completion of facilities and housekeeping issues. Marie is the furniture police, too. Our chairs and tables seem to migrate to other areas of Ross Hall. So, periodically, Marie "rescues" the furniture and returns it to Himmelfarb. Always welcoming and cheerful, Marie is the first contact a new library staff member works with when they arrive. For special occasions, Marie is our willing and able party planner.

Ever wonder how all those library orientation and class handouts get copied and collated? Very likely Jamila Shrestha is involved. Jamila assists all the library staff. More importantly, Jamila works in Interlibrary Loans processing faculty and student requests. She is our special projects support person, often handling the arrangements for any special event held here in Himmelfarb. Jamila also assists Marie in reporting and following up on facilities and housekeeping issues.

Stop by and say hello to these two library VIPs!