Fleet Library at RISD

Fleet Library at RISD is a place for inquiry and inspiration, occupying the first and second floors of 15 Westminster Street. With over 100,000 books and periodicals, institutional archives, special collections, artists' books, material samples and picture collection, there is much to explore on site. Fleet Library also provides the RISD community with access to a wide range of digital resources, along with professional expertise to help navigate both online and physical resources for classroom instruction, individual research support and creative work.

Staff

Ali Beaudette
Lead Reader Services Assistant
401 709-4815
abeaudet@risd.edu

Emily Begin
Digital Production/Cataloging Specialist
401 709-5936
ebegin@risd.edu

Anne Butler
VMRC Assistant
401 709-5934
abutler@risd.edu

Marc Calhoun
Catalog Librarian
401 709-5941
mcalhoun@risd.edu

Claudia Covert (on sabbatical AY24-25)
Special Collections Librarian, Curator of Collections
401 709-5927
ccovert@risd.edu

Emily Coxe
Assistant Director, Access Services
401 709-5908
ecoxe@risd.edu

Donna DeForbes
Senior Library Assistant, Acquisitions
401 709-5945
ddeforbe@risd.edu

Angela DiVeglia
Instruction and Outreach Librarian, Special Collections
401 454-6172
adivegli@risd.edu

Douglas Doe (on sabbatical Fall 24)
Digital Archivist
401 709-5922
ddoe@risd.edu

Amy Doyle
Administrative Coordinator, Libraries
401 709-5912
adoyle@risd.edu

Frankie Fortino
Library Assistant, Circulation & Reserves
401 709-5901
ffortino@risd.edu

Robert Garzillo
Technical Services Librarian
401 709-5944
rgarzill@risd.edu

Janelle Ickes
Senior Library Assistant, Circulation & Reserves
jickes@risd.edu

Emma Metcalfe Hurst
Librarian/Archivist, Special Collections and RISD Archives (term appointment), AY 24-25
401 709-5948
ehurst@risd.edu

Sasha Krieger
Arthur Loeb Design Science Teaching Collection & Archive Fellow
401 709-5959
skrieger@risd.edu

Aliza Leventhal
Director, Fleet Library
401 709-5911
aleventh@risd.edu

Andrew Martinez (on leave)
Archivist
401 709-5920
amartine@risd.edu

Stephen McCaughey
Senior Library Assistant, Circulation & Serials
401 709-5906
smccaugh@risd.edu

Tessa Mediano
Librarian/Archivist, Research & Instruction and RISD Archives (term appointment), AY24-25
401 454-6563
tmediano@risd.edu

Margot McIlwain Nishimura
Dean of Libraries
401 709-5909
mnishimu@risd.edu

Mark Pompelia
Visual + Material Resource Librarian
401 709-5935
mpompeli@risd.edu

Peter Soares
ITS Support Specialist
401 277-4811
psoares@risd.edu

Mark Sweeney
Lead Library Assistant, Stacks Management & Resource Sharing
401 709-5904
msweeney@risd.edu

Alecia Underhill
Picture Collection Supervisor
401 709-5939
aunderhi@risd.edu

Amy VanderWeele
Research & Instruction Librarian (term appointment AY24-25)
401 709-5905
avanderw@risd.edu