
Meet the Library Faculty and Staff


Meet the librarians
Ginny Blackson

Ginny Blackson
Chase Andrews

Chase Andrews
Maureen Barney

Maureen Barney
Darla Garcia

Darla Garcia
Pat Love

Pat Love
Amanda Fleming

Amanda Fleming
Meet the library staff
Michael Backus
Evening Supervisor, Nicholson Library
503-883-2711 | mbackus@linfield.edu
4 p.m.-12 a.m.: Circulation, EMS support
Kent Cline
Head of Access and Collections Services, Portland Library
971-369-4173 | kcline@linfield.edu
Circulation and cataloging
Karen Lippert
Collections and Access Specialist, Portland Library
971-369-4174 | klippert@linfield.edu
Interlibrary loan and acquisitions
Alyssa Ralston
Archives Coordinator, Nicholson Library
503-883-2296 | aralston@linfield.edu
Archives accessibility and collaboration
Bahram Refaei
Director of Access and Educational Media Services, Nicholson Library
503-883-2520 | brefaei@linfield.edu
Circulation, EMS, gifts
Rich Schmidt
Director of Archives and Resource Sharing, Nicholson Library
503-883-2734 | rschmidt@linfield.edu
Archives, collection gifts, interlibrary loan
Amy Scholer
Administrative Assistant for University Libraries, Nicholson Library
503-883-2519 | ascholer@linfield.edu
Accounting, reporting, internal administrative support
Steve Silver
Cataloging and Collections Specialist, Nicholson Library
503-883-2274 | ssilver@linfield.edu
Acquisitions and cataloging
James Spears
Multimedia Support Specialist, Nicholson Library
503-883-2264 | jspears@linfield.edu
A/V event and classroom support
Karen Updegraff
Library Computer Technician, Nicholson Library
503-883-2301 | kupdegr@linfield.edu
Library and classroom computer maintenance
Ariadne Will
Outreach and Engagement Specialist, Nicholson Library
503-883-2346 | awill@linfield.edu
Communications and events