Welcome to:
Acquisitions and Collections Services
Not Pictured: Mark Allender, Sara Peden, and Lei Zhang
Service to the Libraries
Committees and Advisory Groups
Our department participates in 34 different groups!
gallaghere@ufl.edu (352) 294-0449 PRONOUNS: she/her
Erin Gallagher
Chair of Acquisitions & Collections Services
Contact with questions about:
-Department vision and operations
-License agreements and vendor/publisher partnerships
-Collection management and strategy
-Open Access initiatives
jrheckathorn@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2521 PRONOUNS: he/his
Jason R. Heckathorn
Collections Support Unit Manager
Contact with questions about:
– Unit operations
– Collection strategies
– Acquisitions methodologies
– Use-driven plans
– Streaming video
raimarg@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2698
Raimonda Margjoni
Accounting & Serials Unit Manager
Contact with questions about:
– Unit operations
– Materials budgets:
– Allocations, and expenditures
– Reports & Statistics
– Fund transfers
– Alma/PeopleSoft reconciliation
– Payment inquiries
– Cost shared purchases with UF colleges & departments
– Print & P+O Continuations (subscriptions and standing orders):
– Order records & payments
– Orders & cancellations
– Reports
– Exchange Program
sheri.edwards@ufl.edu (352) 273-2533 PRONOUNS: she/her
Sheri Edwards
Electronic Resources Librarian & Unit Manager
Contact with questions about:
-unit operations
-acquisition of e-journals
-reviewing and negotiating license agreements
-e-resources access and discovery
-e-journal usage statistics
Olive O’Meara
E-Resources Specialist
Contact information and role description forthcoming.
hickeyd@ufl.edu (352) 273-2697 PRONOUNS: she/her
Devon Hickey
E-Resources Specialist
Contact with questions about electronic subscriptions in the following areas:
-Health Sciences Center Libraries (HSCL)
-Marston Science Library
dkiker@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2683 PRONOUNS: he/him
Doug Kiker
E-Resources Specialist
Contact with questions about electronic subscriptions in the following areas:
-Virtual Business
-Special & Area Studies Collections (SASC, Library East)
-MultiDisciplinary (shared across all libraries)
gerlang@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2723 PRONOUNS: he/him
Gerald Langford
E-Resources Metadata Specialist
Contact with questions about:
– E-Resources metadata
– UF dissertations, theses, master’s projects metadata
– Metadata reports
– Metadata batch changes
– Original cataloging of e-books and streaming videos
Ann-Marie Gomez
E-Resources Student Assistant
Assists Unit staff in various tasks, including:
-Maintaining links and holdings statements for e-resources in Primo
-Working with statistics and spreadsheets
-Updating and maintaining list of library databases
-Exploring new systems and assisting with optimizing the user experience
Paige Vandiver
E-Resources Student Assistant
Assists Unit staff in various tasks, including:
-Maintaining links and holdings statements for e-resources in Primo
-Working with statistics and spreadsheets
-Updating and maintaining list of library databases
-Exploring new systems and assisting with optimizing the user experience
enrgumb@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2521
Eric Gumbayan
Collections Support Specialist
Contact with questions about purchases for:
– E-Resources metadata
– Physical material metadata
– CSU Project coordinator
– Metadata reports
– International & Domestic Approval Plans
angela.gaines@ufl.edu (352) 294-1361 PRONOUNS: SHE/HER
Angela Gaines
Metadata Specialist
Contact with questions about purchases for:
– E-Resources metadata
– Physical material metadata
– CSU Project coordinator
– Metadata reports
– Supervising Student Employee
april.helena@ufl.edu (352) 294-1034 PRONOUNS: SHE/HER
April Helena
Collections Support Liaison
Contact with questions about purchases for:
Departmental Libraries:
– Architecture and Fine Arts Library
– Education Library
– Performing Arts
Special and Area Studies Collections (SASC):
– African Studies
– Baldwin Collection
– Coffey Book Arts
– Judaica Library
– Latin American and Caribbean Collection
– Map and Imagery Library
– PK Yonge Library of Florida History
– Pop Culture Collections
– Rare Books
sldpeden@ufl.edu (352) 273-2524 pronouns: she/her
Sara Peden
Collections Support Liaison
Contact with questions about purchases for:
– Humanities (Library West)
– Social Sciences (Library West)
– Virtual Business (Library West)
johnjack@ufl.edu (352) 294-2718 PRONOUNS: he/him
John Jack
Collections Support Liaison
Contact with questions about:
– International & Domestic Approval Plans
– Health Science Center Library
– Marston Science Library
Jean Kranwinkel
Collections Support Student Assistant
– Invoice entry
– Unpacking and sorting new books
– Metadata projects
– Any other projects needing assistance
Maia Lontok
Collections Support Student Assistant
– Invoice entry
– Unpacking and sorting new books
– Metadata projects
– Any other projects needing assistance
markall@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2690
Mark Allender
Library Assistant 3
Contact with questions about:
– Print and print & online serials and standing orders management, invoices, and problem solving
– New orders and cancellations
– Title changes
– Serial reports
– Subscription renewals
– Acquisitions mail room (receiving & routing of materials)
-Exchange Program
vernbed@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2684
Verna Bedford
Fiscal Assistant 2
Contact with questions about:
– Invoice review and processing for payment
– Daily processing of vouchers in PeopleSoft
– Invoice payment transactions using the Alma/PeopleSoft interface
– Expense refunds
– Reconciling A&S Unit records
– Financial record-keeping procedures
– Paid invoice files
– Payment inquiries
– Reconciling print serials invoices to subscription agents’ accounts
leizhang1@ufl.edu (352) 273-0173
Lei Zhang
Fiscal Assistant 2
Contact with questions about:
– Pcard transactions in Alma, UF GO, and PeopleSoft
– Invoice review and processing for payment
-Alma/PeopleSoft interface transactions
– Reconciling A&S Unit records
– Cost shared purchases with UF colleges & departments
– Vendor record maintenance
michelleelneil@uflib.ufl.edu (352) 273-2671 PRONOUNS: she/her
Michelle McClure
Accountant 2
Contact with questions about:
– Smathers Libraries materials budget reports
– Fund reconciliation
– Reports and statistics
– Cost shared purchases with UF colleges & departments
– Pcard transactions in Alma, UF GO, and PeopleSoft
– Vendor record maintenance
-Accounting and Serials Unit website
– Special Projects
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