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—Vartan Gregorian President, NY Public Library

 

Meet the Staff

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Library Home  *  About Us

 

Follow the top links for each department to take a short tour of the building.

 Email addresses are <First Initial Last Name @ BerwynLibrary.org>

No spaces, periods, dashes or underscores.  Questions?  <AskUs @ BerwynLibrary.org>

Administration

Tammy Clausen Tammy Clausen, MLIS

Library Director 
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3032

Tammy is a Voters Registrar.
Tammy is a Notary Public.

  Carie Jancik

Administration Clerk 
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3031

  Barbara Lloyd  

Administration Clerk
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3030

  Barbara Ziemba  

Administration Supervisor 
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3029

Barbara is a Notary Public.

 

Audio Visual *

  Tammy Sheedy

Head of Audio Visual
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3016


Borgia

Audio Visual Assistant

  Erik
Audio Visual Assistant 
  Janet

Audio Visual Clerk

Janet is a Notary Public.

 

Lizbetth

Audio Visual Assistant

  Maria

Audio Visual Assistant

Maria is a Test Proctor.


Nora
Audio Visual Assistant

 

Circulation *

  Crystal Vela, MLIS

Circulation Supervisor
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3004

  Susan Bogusch

Inter-Library Loan
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3019

  Jose
Circulation Assistant
  LaVerne
Circulation Assistant
  Pam
Circulation Assistant
  Maria
Circulation Assistant
  Adriana
Circulation Assistant

 

Information Technology


Benjamin Smogolski

IT
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3057

 

Maintenance

  Tony Montiel Maintenace Supervisor
  Sally
Maintenance Assistant

 

Outreach *

Josephine Josephine Tucci, MAT

Head of Outreach Services
Early Childhood Literacy Specialist
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3020

Josephine is a Notary Public.

Josephine hosts Family Game Night and the Knitting and Crochet Guild of Berwyn (KCGB), and runs the Library's Read Me a Story: Preschool Storytimes program.

Jasmine Jasmine Brown

Outreach Services Librarian

School Liaison
708-795-8000, ext. 3009

Jasmine leads Homework Help.
See what Jasmine is blogging.

Esther Esther Chase

Outreach Services Assistant

Adult Literacy & ESL Specialist
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3044

Esther coordinates the GED Study Group, the Citizenship Test Study Group, and all of the Adult ESL Groups. She also coordinates Adult Volunteers & Community Service and Homebound Services.

Briana Perlot Briana Perlot, MLIS

Virtual Services Librarian
Web Maintenance & Marketing
Social Networking
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3059

Briana is a Voters Registrar.
Briana is a Notary Public.
See what Briana is reading.

 

Readers Advisory *

Kathy Sexton Kathy Sexton, MLIS

Head of Readers Advisory
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3056

Kathy is a Voters Registrar.
Kathy leads the Wednesday Night Owls.
See what Kathy is reading.
See what Kathy is blogging.

 Connie Connie

Readers Advisory Assistant

Betty Chrastka Betty

Readers Advisory Assistant

Betty is a Voters Registrar.
See what Betty is reading.

Sharon Lorenzi Sharon

Readers Advisory Assistant

Sharon is a Voters Registrar.
Sharon places your Holds Without Hassle holds.
See what Sharon is reading.

Becky Spratford Becky Spratford, MLIS

Readers Advisory Librarian
Friends of the BPL Library Liaison
(708) 795-8000, voicemail ext. 3096

Becky is a Voters Registrar.
Becky leads the Monday Afternoon Group.
See what Becky is reading.
See what Becky is blogging.

John Wirtz John

Readers Advisory Assistant

See what John is reading.

 

Reference *

  Mary Frank, MLIS

Head of Reference
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3042


Verna Austen, MFA

Reference Librarian
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3040

Verna is a Voters Registrar.
Verna leads the adult Writers Group.
See what Verna is reading.
See what Verna is blogging.

  Debbie, MLIS

Reference Librarian

  Deborah

Reference Librarian

  Michael

Reference Librarian


Diane Jepsen

Periodicals Clerk
(708) 795-8000, ext. 3017

Diane hosts the Senior Social Club.

  Kristen

Reference Assistant

Kristen is a Voters Registrar.

 

Processing

  Martha
Processing Librarian
  Shaynie

Processing Librarian

See what Shaynie is reading.

  Bobbie

Processing Librarian

See what Bobbie is reading.

 

 Youth Services *

Kathi Kathi Behrendt

Head of Youth Services
708-795-8000 voicemail ext 3008

Kathi is a Voters Registrar.
Kathi is a Notary Public.

Brigida Brigida

Youth Services Assistant

708-795-8000 voicemail ext 3094

See what Brigida is reading.

  Marissa Garcia

Youth Services Assistant
708-795-8000, ext 3088

Marissa leads the Young Writers Group and the Teen Writers Group.
See what Marissa is blogging.

Angelica Angelica Soto

Youth Services Assistant
708-795-8000, voicemail ext 3099

Angelica leads the Junior Book Club.

  Jackie Warkentien, MLIS

Youth Services Librarian
708-795-8000 ext. 3012

Jackie leads the Adult and Child Book Club.
See what Jackie is reading.
See what Jackie is blogging.

 

Pages

  Caitlin
  Erik
 
Kate
 
Luz
   Neil
  Raymond
  Ron
  Suzette

  

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LOCATION
2701 S Harlem Ave.
Berwyn, IL 60402

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TELEPHONE
708-795-8000

Department Directory

MAIN FAX
708-795-8101


HOURS
Mon-Thur:  9am-9pm
Fri-Sat:  9am-5pm
Sun:  1pm-5pm

SUMMER HOURS
Closed on Sunday

Summer Schedule &
Library Closings

Looking for a place to warm up?

The Berwyn Library is one of five designated warming centers within the City.

And we have so many events going on, and quiet places to read, or computers to use, it's a good place for anyone, one person or even the whole family, to spend a couple of hours out of the cold.

 
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