Library Information: 410-293-2420

Circulation Desk: 410-293-6945

Acquisitions Department 
MARGARET DANCHIK, DEPARTMENT HEAD 410-293-6953
(danchik@usna.edu) 
Responsible for ordering and receiving books, periodicals, government documents, and technical reports, Interlibrary Loan Borrowing and Lending, Document Delivery, Binding, and Budget Preparation.

Administration 
DR. RICHARD H. WERKING, ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR INFORMATION AND
LIBRARIAN 410-293-6900
(rwerking@usna.edu) 
Responsible for overall operation of Nimitz Library.

PATTI PATTERSON, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR 410-293-6903
(patters@usna.edu) 
Responsible for general coordination of Acquisitions, Cataloging, Circulation, Collection Development, Special Collections and Archives, Reference, and Systems and for matters involving the building.

Cataloging Department 
LAURA NAUTA, DEPARTMENT HEAD 410-293-6963
(nauta@usna.edu) 
Responsible for cataloging books, periodicals, electronic resources, Trident reports, honors papers, and for maintaining the Library's Periodicals Holdings List.

Circulation Department
KATHY LANG, ACTING DEPARTMENT HEAD 410-293-6943
(lang@usna.edu)
Responsible for checking out library material; maintaining loan records; sending overdue notices; physical processing of new books; and shelving books, periodicals and other library material.

Collection Development
LARRY CLEMENS, HEAD 410-293-6926
(clemens@usna.edu)
Responsible for overseeing the Library's general collections, including electronic resources.

Reference & Instruction Department 
BARBARA KEMP, DEPARTMENT HEAD 410-293-6975
(bkemp@usna.edu) 
Responsible for library instruction, faculty liaison, and reference desk assistance.

Special Collections & Archives Department
DR. JENNIFER BRYAN, DEPARTMENT HEAD AND ARCHIVIST 410-293-6904
(bryan@usna.edu) 
Responsible for Special Collections and Archives operation.

Systems Department
BILL MURRAY, DEPARTMENT HEAD 410-293-6966
(murray@usna.edu) 
Responsible for library systems and automation support.