Catherine Fonseca
Catherine Fonseca joined WVU Libraries as the Cultural & Social Sciences Librarian in July 2022. She earned her MLIS from Indiana University and previously served as the Outreach and Inclusion Librarian at Sonoma State University Library. Shortly after starting her position at WVU Libraries, Fonseca took on two new liaison areas, including History and World Languages & Literature. In the fall of 2022, she collaborated with the Instruction Coordinator of the Department of Communication Studies to embed library instruction across all sections of COMM 104.
Jonah McAllister-Erickson
Jonah McAllister-Erickson joined WVU Libraries as the scholarly communication librarian in June 2022. The Pittsburgh native previously worked in the Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing at the University of Pittsburgh. In his role, McAllister-Erickson is responsible for managing the WVU Libraries’ publishing program, focusing on Open Access publishing and Open Educational Resources (OER). He assists WVU authors with understanding their rights as creators of copyrighted works and users of other people’s works. He also works with the Research Repository @ WVU, assisting with Electronic Thesis and Dissertations (ETD) among other materials shared through the repository. Finally, he assists researchers in understanding best practices in research data management, and the impact of their publications through bibliometrics and altimetric.
Eva Murphy
Eva Murphy joined WVU Libraries as the Electronic Resources Librarian in 2022. She earned her MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and previously held a position as a Library Associate in the Libraries. Murphy's primary focus is coordinating electronic resources management activities, providing technical support for e-resource issues, assisting the KARM Director, and supervising the Electronic Resources Unit. Recently, Murphy worked on the Equity-Oriented Purchasing Alternatives Initiative, where she presented the project at the WVLA Fall 2021 Conference. In September 2022, she presented her poster titled “Shifting the Narrative: Illuminating Resources that Prevent Violence by Supporting Healthy Relationships” at WVU’s Prevention Summit.
Seth Newell
Seth Newell joined WVU Libraries as the new Discovery Services Librarian on April 26. In his role, he manages the current discovery layers while seeking to optimize discovery for the variety of WVU Libraries users. Newell came to WVU from Kanawha County Public Library where he served as the Technical Services and Collections Manager. He has a Bachelor’s in History from Oklahoma Christian University and a Master’s in Library Science from the University of Kentucky.
Ashley Purvis
Ashley Purvis began March 30 at the Health Sciences Library. As the Health Sciences Scholarly Engagement Librarian, she works with the School of Dentistry and several disciplines in the School of Medicine. Previously, she was a quality engineer with the Qualitest Group; the children’s librarian at Huntington City-Township Public Library, Huntington, Ind.; and the digitization project manager at Ball State University Libraries. She earned her master’s in Library and Information Sciences from the University at Albany, State University of New York; a masters in history from Ball State University; and a bachelor’s in history from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Jessi Robinson
Jessi Robinson joined WVU Libraries this summer as the Humanities Librarian. In that role, she will build and maintain liaison relationships with the departments of English, Philosophy and Religious Studies. She will also be a member of the Downtown Library’s Research Services team, providing general research support and teaching information literacy courses and instruction sessions. Previously, Robinson was the Teaching & Learning Librarian for Humanities and Social Sciences at Brock University in Ontario. She earned her master’s of Library and Information Studies from the University of British Columbia, a museum & gallery studies graduate certificate from Georgian College and a bachelor’s of dramatic arts from Brock University.
Terra Rogerson
Terra Rogerson joined WVU Libraries as the Agricultural Sciences Librarian on November 7, 2022. She earned her BA in English from WVU and her MLIS from Florida State University. Rogerson previously worked as an Information Literacy Instructor at Duquesne University. In her first few months at WVU Libraries, Rogerson has resurrected the AgNIC project, which focuses on the digitization of “West Virginia Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Bulletins” for storage in the Research Repository.
Emily Zumbrun
Emily Zumbrun joined WVU Libraries as the Rural Entrepreneurship Librarian at WVU Potomac State College in September 2022. She earned her MLIS from the University of Maryland and previously worked as a Library Services Specialist for Acquisitions, Continuing Resources, and E-Resources Management at Frostburg State University. Zumbrun will focus on the development and delivery of information literacy content for campus constituents with a focus on Business and Sustainable Agricultural Entrepreneurship, providing research assistance to students, faculty, staff, and the community, and community outreach with organizations involved in economic development. During her first year, Zumbrun hosted events like “Grow with Me: Gardening for Kids,” which focused on sustainable food production education.