LIBRARY

College of Applied and Natural Sciences — vacant

• Agricutural Sciences
• School of Biological Sciences
• School of Forestry
• Health Information Management
• School of Human Ecology
• Division of Nursing

College of Business — Mrs. Sue McFadden

• School of Accountancy
• Economics and Finance
• Management and Information
• Marketing and Analysis

Mrs. Sue McFadden
Assistant Professor
College of Business Liaison Librarian

Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2273
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: sumac@latech.edu

Education
B.A. English, Louisiana Tech University
M.S. Library Science, University of Mississippi

Job Responsibilities

• Liaison to the College of Business in the following areas:
• Collection development
• Evaluating Business Web sites
• Arranging trials of electronic databases
• Serve as reference and research consultant at Prescott Library’s information desk

College of Education and Human Sciences — Mrs. Lynell S. Buckley

• Curriculum, Instruction, and Leadership
• Health and Exercise Sciences
• Psychology and Behavioral Sciences

Mrs. Lynell S. Buckley
Associate Professor
Education Liaison Librarian

Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2269
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: nell@latech.edu

Education
B.A., English Education
M.A., English Education
M.L.S., University of Mississippi

Professional Associations
Louisiana Library Association
Association of College & Research Libraries

Job Responsibilities

• Coordinate Reference Department activities
• Develop and manage collections in Education and Psychology
• Provide Library Instruction for Education and Psychology
• Serve as Reference and Research consultant at Library Information Desk

Areas of Interest and Research

• Library Instruction
• Plain English Writing
• Improving Reference methods

College of Engineering and Science — vacant

• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science
• Electrical Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Physics

College of Liberal Arts — Mr. Boris Teske

• General Studies
• Professional Aviation
• School of Communication
• School of Design
• School of History and Social Sciences
• School of Literature and Language
• School of Performing Arts

Mr. Boris Teske
Assistant Professor
College of Liberal Arts Liaison Librarian

Contact Information
Phone: 318.257.2992
Fax: 318.257.2579
Email: teskeb@latech.edu

Education

• 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

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, assess and manage research collections for Liberal Arts
• Provide research consultation and support research education
• Provide information and library instruction services

Areas of Interest and Research

• “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

Professional Associations
Association of College & Research Libraries