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Robert L. Volz, Custodian of the Chapin Library
Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. B.A., Marquette University, 1961; M.A.L.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1963. At the Chapin Library since July 1977; previously on special collections staff at Northwestern University, Bowdoin College, and the University of Rochester. Author of Hawthorne and Longfellow, Governor Bowdoin and His Family, Maine Sesquicentennial, American Maps before 1800, A Chicago Symphony Orchestra Compact Discography, and Gunnar A. Kaldewey: Artist Books for a Global World; co-editor of Book Decoration in America, 1890-1910; etc.

Wayne G. Hammond, Assistant Librarian
Born in Cleveland, Ohio. B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College, 1975; A.M.L.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1976. At the Chapin Library since August 1976. Author of The Graphic Art of C.B. Falls, J.R.R. Tolkien: A Descriptive Bibliography, and Arthur Ransome: A Bibliography; co-author of J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator, The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, and The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide; co-editor of Book Decoration in America, 1890-1910, and of works by J.R.R. Tolkien: Roverandom, Farmer Giles of Ham, The Lord of the Rings; etc. A personal web page is available here.

Elaine Yanow, Administrative Assistant
At the Chapin Library since November 2003; previously employed in the slide library of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.

Nancy P. Birkrem, Move Preparation Supervisor
Born in Dover, Massachusetts. B.A., Wellesley College, 1981; M.L.S., Vanderbilt University, 1983. At the Chapin Library since May 2004, originally Head Project Cataloger. Previously with Library, Information and Technology Services at Mount Holyoke College. Co-author of report on Library Assessment and National Library Conference in the Republic of Georgia; editor of A Hand List to the Dante Collection of Mount Holyoke College Library.

Ted Gilley, Move Preparation Assistant
Born in Martinsville, Virginia. B.A., San Diego State University, 1975. At the Chapin Library since May 2004, originally Assistant Project Cataloger. Previously Assistant Bibliographic Editor, Bibliography of the History of Art, 1986-2000. Author of short stories in Northwest Review, Prairie Schooner, Potlatch, and The Other Side, 1992-2003, and poetry in October Mountain, After Art/After Nature, Electrum, Seattle M.E.N., Pebble Lake Review, Free Verse, and National Review.

The Chapin Library also employs a limited number of undergraduates on a part-time basis. Students working in the Chapin Library may click here to read employment guidelines.

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