Thanks to the following staff members, who have helped create and operate the new Special Collections room and the Cleveland Digital Library. While we have attempted to acknowledge their contributions in the "Credits" sections of most of our web sites, much will be overlooked and so they deserve a big collective "THANK YOU!" for all their efforts.

The Digital Production Team (2001) - Having a ball.

William Barrow (1994- ) - Our Fearless Leader.

Bill Becker (1974- ), - University Archivist and Proud Pappa of



Thealexa, "Our Littlest Docent," who's many pictures have graced the Press Collection for so long that she should be on the payroll.

NOT YET SHOWN:
Suzanne Adams, Allen Clark, Wylean Darden, Deven Jatkar, Scott Ling, Heather Masser, Jennifer Schiff, and 5 of the library school practicum students and volunteers: Teresa Calderone, Karen Cuiskelley, Christine Liebson, Heather Maltonic and Cheryl Mullins.

STAFF ALUMNI
They've left the nest, but their work lives on

Michael Cikraji (1998-1999) and his girlfriend Anna.
Mike was the Cleveland Press Collection graduate assistant for 1998/1999. Favorate story about Mike? He once spent days carefully indexing an electronic book, only to have his whole computer stolen just after finishing. No backup, of course.

Ilka Gordon (1999-2000)
Ilka prepared the wonderful exhibit "Defying Destruction" for the Scholars & Artists reception in Special Collections as part of her Kent State library school practicum.

Jeanne Figueira Grossetti (1999)
Jeanne was responsible for the wonderful "Cleveland's First Infrastructure" and "Annals of Cleveland" sites.

Jonetha Jackson (1998-2001) & Jonathan Hodges (1998-2001). Two long-term members of our staff, recently graduated to the "real world." Good luck!

Since Jonetha was with us for so long, she deserves her own photo.
(On the left is her son, Alex, and the other lad is her nephew, Deshawn)

Mumtaz Mesania (2000) Imported talent from Brazil. AC/AH.

Shelia Harris, who was the first of the students working on digital library projects (1997-98) and probably the only Clevelander in recent memory to have actually read, while doing her work, all of Whittlesey's Early History of Cleveland (she was not a history major).

(L) Patrick LeClair (1998-99) and wife Linn kneeling before the Dovregubben Troll in North Norway.
(R) U. S. Army Armor Crewman, Fort Irwin, California.
Patrick processed the hundreds of Cleveland Union Terminal Collection blueprints under a grant from the John P. Murphy Foundation.

Bob McDonald (1998-99), in his disguise as Caldron Sports Editor.

Sherry Maruna (1999), our "Stealth Employee," and the Fam

Joe Mellott (1999) on his wedding day last year, with new wife Jennifer.
His KSU practicum project helped us bring order to the new reading room policies.

Jeff Mickol (2000- ) "If it wasn't for those patrons, a fellow could get some sleep."

Maribel Reyes (1999-2000) brought her artistic skills and great work ethic to many of our recent web sites before graduation happened (pictured) and the Real World claimed her.