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 & Liaison to UAB Medicine & Graduate Medical Education
Phone: 205.934.2275
Email: eohagan@uab.edu

Clinical Services
Lindsey Baird
Clinical Reference Librarian & Liaison to UAB Medicine & Graduate Medical Education
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
Becca Billings
Reference Librarian and Systematic Review Coordinator
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: beccarb@uab.edu

Heersink School of Medicine
Jill Deaver
Head of the Lister Hill Library Department of Clinical, Academic, and Research Engagement
Liaison to Heersink School of Medicine 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: asmcguire@uab.edu

School of Dentistry
School of Public Health
Amanda Jenkins
Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Dentistry and the School of Public Health
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

School of Optometry
Christy Hogan
Collection Development Librarian for the Health Sciences and Reference Librarian and Liaison to the School of Optometry
Assistant Professor
Phone: 205.934.2231
Email: chogan@uab.edu