400 Cathedral Street Baltimore, MD 21201 | Phone: 410.396.5430

Specialists and Subject ExpertsSubject Experts 

This list of SLRC consultants identifies staff members with expertise in locating resources for specific subject areas. Information includes subject area, name of staff member, library department, telephone number, and departmental or individual e-mail address. For further information, contact Wesley Wilson, Chief of SLRC, at wwesley@prattlibrary.org.

African American Business
Kwabena Sarfo
African American
(410) 361-9287
ksarfo@prattlibrary.org 

African American History
Vivian Fisher
African American
(410) 361-9287
afm@prattlibrary.org 

Art and Architecture 
Doug Skeen
Maryland
(410) 396-5468
dskeen@prattlibrary.org 

Business; Investing; Small Business Start-up; Marketing Research 
Ray Cruitt
Business, Science & Technology
(410) 396-5316
rcruitt@prattlibrary.org 

Census Data; Small Area Demographics 
Jeff Korman;
Maryland; Regional Information Center
(410) 396-5468; (410) 732-9570
jkorman@prattlibrary.org; pdeverea@prattlibrary.org 

Children's Literature 
Selma Levi
Children's
(410) 396-5402
slevi@prattlibrary.org 

Computer Technology
Kwabena Sarfo
African American
(410) 361-9287
ksarfo@prattlibrary.org 

Culinary Arts
Michele Ringger-Weil
Sights and Sounds
(410) 396-4616
mrweil@prattlibrary.org 

Displays 
Shayna Siegel; Michele Ringger-Weil
Fine Arts & Music; Sights and Sounds
(410) 396-5490; (410) 396-4616
slsiegel@prattlibrary.org; mrweil@prattlibrary.org

Education 
Katie Hutfless
Social Science & History
(410) 396-5321
ssh@prattlibrary.org 

Fiction
Helen Blumberg
Fiction
(410) 396-5484
hblumber@prattlibrary.org

Film 
Tom Warner; Marc Sober
Sights and Sounds; Humanities
(410) 396-4616
tswarner@prattlibrary.org; msober@prattlibrary.org 

Genealogy
Eva Slezak
Social Science and History
(410) 396-5321
eslezak@prattlibrary.org 

History 
Bob Burke
Social Science and History
(410) 396-5321
rburke@prattlibrary.org 

Internet, First Search, Bibliographic Instruction 
Susan Pluhar
Information Services
(410) 396-5472
spluhar@prattlibrary.org 

Job Search and Career Planning 
Andrea Snyder
Job & Career Information Center
(410) 396-5317
asnyder@prattlibrary.org 

Library Metrics
John Damond
Business, Science & Technology
(410) 396-5317
jdamond@prattlibrary.org

Literature 
Ellie Luchinsky
Humanities
(410) 396-5487
eluchin@prattlibrary.org 

Maps 
Michael Donnelly; Don Bonsteel
Maryland; Social Science & History
(410) 396-5468; (410) 396-5321
md@prattlibrary.orgssh@prattlibrary.org 

Maryland Genealogy 
Jeff Korman
Maryland
(410) 396-5468
jkorman@prattlibrary.org 

Maryland History
Jeff Korman
Maryland
(410) 396-5468
jkorman@prattlibrary.org

Maryland Newspaper Project 
Jeff Korman
Maryland
(410) 396-5468
jkorman@prattlibrary.org 

Medical Reference
Kate Niemczyk
Business, Science & Technology
(410) 396-5317
bst@prattlibrary.org 

Music, Music Performance, and Songs
Shayna Siegel; Bill Jones; David Donovan
Fine Arts & Music
(410) 396-5490
slsiegel@prattlibrary.orgwjones@prattlibrary.org; ddonovan@prattlibrary.org

Nonprofit Management and Fundraising
Grants Collection/ Social Science & History
(410) 396-5321
grc@prattlibrary.org 

Philosophy
Michael K. Johnson
Humanities
(410) 396-5487
mjohnson@prattlibrary.org 

Reference and Customer Service Training 
Helen Blumberg; Bob Burke
Fiction; Social Science & History
(410) 396-5484; (410) 396-5321
hblumber@prattlibrary.org; rburke@prattlibrary.org 

Search Engines 
Patrick Joust
Information Services
(410) 396-5440
pjones@prattlibrary.org 

Sports 
Eric Neffke; Kwabena Sarfo
Fine Arts and Music; African American
(410) 396-5490; (410) 361-9287
far@prattlibrary.org; ksarfo@prattlibrary.org 

Teen Specialist
Liz Sundermann
Fiction and Young Adult
(410) 396-5484
lsunderm@prattlibrary.org

Telephone Reference; Reference Services; Bibliographic Instruction 
Sonia Alcantara-Antoine
Information Services
(410) 396-5440
salcanta@prattlibrary.org 

Writing for the Web 
Staff: Caprice Di Liello
Dept: Business, Science & Technology
(410) 396-5317
cdiliell@prattlibrary.org