Library Faculty and Staff

Greta provides leadership and direction for the FIT Library and serves as the Collection Development Officer, while contributing to the FIT community in a variety of roles and capacities.

BA, Bard College; MLS from SUNY Albany

Joseph coordinates development of digital products and other local digital content initiatives, including digital humanities collaborations with classroom faculty. 

BA, Columbia College; MLIS, Dominican University

Sara is responsible for cataloging materials across units including gifts, special collections, and current print periodicals so that they are accessible in the library's online catalog.

BA, Skidmore College; MLIS, Pratt Institute

Lana oversees the Periodicals and Electronic Resource Services unit, supervising all aspects of public and technical services for electronic resources, print serials, and fashion and trend forecast collections. 

BA, Washington University; MS, Rutgers, State University of New Jersey; MA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Naomi provides reference services, teaches Library instruction sessions, and oversees the Library's "Ask the Library" online service. Naomi also authors Library research guides and serves as the Web Team Leader for the Library's website.

BA, The City College, City University of New York; MS, Columbia University

Helen is responsible for designing digital learning resources, maintaining and enhancing the library’s presence in FIT’s Learning Management System, and outreach and engagement with blended and online courses.

BA, Earlham College; MLIS, Pratt Institute; Masters in Learning and Emerging Technologies, SUNY Empire State University

Tiffany oversees all aspects of the special collections unit which focuses on introducing rare books, periodicals, oral history recordings and extensive manuscript collections and other primary source materials  into research and scholarship. 

BA, San Jose State University; MA, San Jose State University; MLIS, San Jose State University  

Leslie oversees all aspects of the Acquisitions & Metadata services department including; acquisitions, donations, resource budgeting, and cataloging/metadata services workflow.

BA, University of Georgia; MS, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Maria coordinates and implements assessment of Library services, library-created tools, and outreach. In addition to providing library instruction, Maria designs and develops instruction programs and techniques.

BFA, Carnegie Mellon University; MFA, MLS, Queens College, City University of New York

Miyo focuses on creative approaches to delivering instructional services and student focused outreach, and provides reference service to students, faculty and visitors, as well as library instruction.

BA, Vassar College; MLS, University of Maryland; MA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Carli oversees all aspects of the Research and Instructional Services unit, focusing on developing relationships with classroom faculty to expand information literacy across the campus.

AB, Harvard University; MLIS, Simmons College; EdM, Harvard Graduate School of Education; JD, University of Chicago Law School. 

Hiroko oversees content management for the Library’s digital collections, which includes a wide range of digital assets from across campus as well as unique visual materials from the Library’s resources.

BA, Kanda University of International Studies; MA, The City College, City University of New York; MLS, Queens College, City University of New York

Yiwen is responsible for managing the electronic resource lifecycle, maintaining the access and usability of subscription resources in all formats.

BA, Shanghai University; MA, University of Wisconsin Madison

Tabitha oversees human resources, facility issues, operating budgets and policy compliance for the library.

BS, Fashion Institute of Technology; MLIS, Pratt Institute

Jennifer manages marketing and events for the library and oversees the library's social media channels, director’s webpages, and college interns.

BA University of West Florida; MFA, The New School

James provides research support for patrons and groups, research assistance, and collection maintenance for special collections and the FIT archive. James also coordinates library exhibits and displays.

BA, Indiana University

Karen catalogs books and DVDs for the Library and is the point person for Aleph ILS reporting and database management.

BA, Swain School of Design

Eileen provides Periodicals desk and other public services in the library. She is responsible for tracking the flow of periodicals gift donations and coordinates student work projects.

AS, Fashion Institute of Technology; BA, William Paterson University 

Ghazal provides reference service to the FIT community and is a member of the Library Exhibits and Displays team.

BA, University of Arizona; MLIS, University of Oklahoma 

Maggie provides circulation and access services, as well as Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing services, to the FIT community. She works in Alma analytics to provide statistical data for reporting. 

BM, The Crane School of Music; MS-ILS, SUNY University Buffalo

Daiyan provides circulation and access services, as well as Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing services, to the FIT community. She also provides administrative and operational support in her unit. 

BA, Hamilton College; MLS, Queens College

Paul oversees operations of the Access and Circulation Services unit in the evening. He manages the Reserve Book collection.  

BFA, The Kansas Institute of Art; Certificate, Art Institute of Boston; MFA, Parsons School of Design

Samantha provides research support for visiting patrons and groups, research assistance, and collection maintenance to support the daily operations of special collections and the FIT archive. 

BFA, School of Visual Arts; MSLIS, Pratt Institute

Jane is responsible for ordering, receiving and invoicing library acquisitions.

St. John’s University;  SUNY Empire State

Jennifer oversees the daily operations of the Access Services Unit including, but not limited to, helping students to find materials for their class work and helping patrons settle their accounts.

BA, Stony Brook University; MA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Beth provides research assistance at all library service points, authors research guides, and stewards recent forecast materials for student use. 

AA, Fashion Institute of Technology; BS, Bowling Green State University of Ohio; MA, Fashion Institute of Technology; ABD, Bard Graduate Center

Jashil makes sure that all the systems in the entire library, including staff, faculty, and student systems are operating at their optimum levels.

BS, Stevens Institute of Technology; MS, Stevens Institute of Technology

Matthew assists students with finding resources, supports colleagues and students with research, as well as manages the Materials Resource Lab and Art Resources Lab.

BA, University of Oklahoma; MLS, Queens College

Eliza is the content coordinator for Archive on Demand. She also provides photography services for the library, capturing original content of student work for the institutional repository. 

BFA, Pratt Institute; MSLIS, Pratt Institute 

Keely manages administrative operations for the Library Director’s Office, contributes to the Library’s social media presence, and provides research assistance at all service points. 

BA, University of North Texas, MA, University of North Texas; MLIS, Louisiana State University 

Julie provides expert collection processing and maintenance and support public service, research assistance, and general support of the unit’s mission and daily operations.

BA, Williams College; MSLIS, Long Island University

Lori provides assistance with physical material check out, equipment rentals, course reserves, interlibrary loan, and digitized collections.

BFA, SUNY Buffalo; MFA, Pratt Institute

Carlos assists with daily operations of the unit including working with patrons at the service desk, serial record maintenance, bindery preparation and departmental metadata services.

BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Monica processes materials including new and historical periodicals, look books, and donations and updates titles as necessary.

BFA, Fashion Institute of Technology

Patricia provides circulation and access services for the FIT Community and also works on digitization initiatives such as processing fashion images for FIT's Designer Files digital collection.

BA, State University of New York - Cortland