The librarians at Prescott Memorial Library are here to support the students and faculty of Louisiana Tech University with their academic needs.
While all of our librarians can provide research assistance, librarians that focus in a specific subject area may be able to provide help better tailored to your needs. Check below to find a librarian that can assist you.
Jeffrey Stepp
Head of Library Technical Services
Cataloger & Electronic Resources Librarian
Assistant Professor
Phone: 318.257.2279
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: jstepp@latech.edu (preferred)
B.A. Modern Languages, Concentration in Spanish, Minor in English, Louisiana Tech
University
M.S. Library & Information Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Kelly Kingrey-Edwards
Head of Library Research Services
Education & Human Sciences Librarian
Assistant Professor
Phone: 318.257.2361
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: kingrey-edwards@latech.edu
B.A. Liberal Arts, Concentration in Humanities and Social Thought, Louisiana Scholars
College at Northwestern State University
MLIS, University of Texas
Ph.D. Library Science, Texas Woman's University
Mr. Michael Waller
Government Documents Librarian/
Applied & Natural Sciences Librarian
Assistant Professor
Phone: 318.257.4989
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: mwaller@latech.edu
B.A. General Studies, Concentration in English, Sociology, and Psychology, Louisiana
State University
MLIS, Louisiana State University
Mr. Boris Teske
Liberal Arts Librarian
Assistant Professor
Phone: 318.257.2992
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: teskeb@latech.edu
B.A. English; History, with Honors in English, Whitman College
M.A. History, University of North Carolina
M.S. Library Science, University of North Carolina
“Organzine Unrealized: The Red Mulberry, Colonial Louisiana’s Silk Hopes and French Sericulture,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Lafayette LA, March 2019
“The Royal Physician Botanists, Medicinal Plants, and Pharmacy in French Colonial Louisiana,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Shreveport LA, March 2017
“Live Oaking in French Colonial Louisiana: Naval Timber for 74-Cannon Ships of the Line,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Baton Rouge LA, March 2016
“Judge Henry Bry, Promoter of Sericulture in Antebellum Louisiana,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Hammond LA, March 2014; published in North Louisiana History 54 nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2023) 37-60
“Libraries and Student Persistence at Southern Colleges and Universities,” co-authored with Dexter Cahoy and Michael DiCarlo, Reference Services Review 41 no. 2 (Spring 2013): 266-279
“The ‘Colonial Machine’: The Royal Physician Botanist Louis Prat’s Experiments in Ginning Louisiana Cotton,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Alexandria LA, March 2013
“Enlightenment Science in French Colonial Louisiana: The Royal Physician Botanist Jean Prat and the Wax Myrtle,” paper presented to the Louisiana Historical Association, Lafayette LA, March 2011; and invited presentation to the 18th Annual Williams Research Center Symposium, “Seeking the Unknown: Perspectives on Louisiana’s Natural History.” The Historical New Orleans Collection, New Orleans LA, February 2013
“Information and Communication Technology Literacy among First-Year Honors and Non-Honors Students: An Assessment,” co-authored with Brian Etheridge, Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council 11 no. 1 (Spring 2010): 83-109
