Operations

Margaret Meserve was appointed Interim Edward H. Arnold Dean of Hesburgh Libraries and University of Notre Dame Press on August 1, 2024. A professor of history, she also serves as vice president and associate provost for academic space and support. Meserve previously served as senior director of academic space in the office of the provost. From 2015–21, she was associate dean for the humanities and faculty affairs in the College of Arts and Letters.

A historian of the Italian Renaissance, Meserve studies the history of book printing, humanist culture, and the papacy in the 15th and 16th centuries. She is the author of the award-winning Papal Bull: Print, Propaganda, and Politics in Renaissance Rome (Johns Hopkins, 2021), which surveys how the popes used the printing press to publish news, propaganda, and disinformation in the early decades after Gutenberg. Her previous book, Empires of Islam in Renaissance Historical Thought (Harvard, 2008), surveyed how Renaissance historians accounted for the rise and fall of Islamic empires, especially that of the Ottoman Turks. She is currently working on a multivolume translation of the Commentaries of Pope Pius II, the only pope ever to write his autobiography while sitting on the papal throne, based on manuscripts in the Vatican Library and Biblioteca Corsiniana in Rome. At Notre Dame, she teaches courses on the Italian Renaissance, the history of Rome, and the history of the book.

Meserve earned her B.A. in Classics at Harvard and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Renaissance history from the Warburg Institute of the University of London. She served for two years as a curator in the Incunabula Section of the British Library in London. She has won fellowships from the NEH, ACLS, and the Newberry Library in Chicago and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.

Reporting to the Interim Sr. Director of Operations, the Facilities Program Director is responsible for the management and coordination of all elements of facility operations for the Hesburgh Libraries, including general physical maintenance of the Hesburgh Library building, representing the Libraries on all major facilities and equipment projects, space use and management within the Hesburgh Library, promoting safety and security for our facilities, and supervision of our facilities staff.

The Facilities Program Director is a critical position for ensuring access to the Hesburgh Library for our many student, faculty and staff stakeholders, as well as other visitors. A nationally recognized building, Hesburgh Library sees over 1 million visitors per year.

Salem is primarily responsible for the procurement activities of the Library, reviewing expense reimbursement activity in the TravelND system and non-computer purchases in BuyND. He also assists the Director and the Senior Accounting Specialist with accounting activities.

TravelND

• Audit all expense reports submitted by faculty and staff.
• Assist some faculty and staff with entering their expenses into TravelND.
• Answer questions about expense reimbursement, including issues with expense reports submission.
• Help assemble and submit expense reports for the senior leaders in the Library Administration office.

Procurement /BuyND

• Purchase all non-computer equipment and furniture for the libraries.
• Purchase many miscellaneous items for faculty and staff.
• Research and locate items for procurement that employees need but cannot easily find on their own.
• Coordinate purchases with many different departments on campus, working closely with the Controller’s Group, especially the Procurement Office.
• Ensure Library purchasing activities follow University guidelines and procedures, as communicated by the Controller’s Procurement Office.

Accounting

• Update the Information Technology Budget Report on a quarterly basis.
• Act as Accounts Payable for most of the Library’s expenses (that are not related to materials acquisitions, resources deliver, or Interlibrary Loan services.
• Answer general questions related to budgets, expenses, and account code (FOAPAL) use.

Request a Project Manager

As a Project Manager, Tracey regularly applies creativity, critical thinking, and technical knowledge to topical and operational problems, proposing possible solutions and managing projects designed to develop and maintain efficient standardized processes, practices, and documentation. Tracey managed large-scale projects on behalf of TRU Services, including the Annex move, the renovated 150 space move, and the closures of Math, Chemistry, and Radiation Laboratory Libraries during the pandemic.

Before stepping into a full-time Project Manager role, Tracey was the Program Coordinator and Interim Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Manager for TRU Services where she worked to develop consistent service policies at all service points, opportunities for cross-training and streamlining Library services, and managed the Interlibrary Loan Borrowing unit.

Available to the Notre Dame community as a bonded Notary Public by appointment only.

Bachelor of Liberal Studies, Purdue University
Certificate in Paralegal Studies, Indiana University

• Hesburgh Libraries recognition for "Outstanding Performance" [July 2011]
• Notre Dame Observer, "Hesburgh Libraries announces partnership with St. Joseph County Library" [Dec. 2015]
• Library Journal "Community/College Connections" [Aug. 2018]
• Hesburgh Libraries’ Tracey Morton receives Presidential Achievement Award [Aug. 2022]

Reporting to the Interim Sr. Director of Operations, Michelle administers the Libraries’ human resources and payroll functions, including recruiting and hiring activities, preparing and managing employee records, and guiding managers and supervisors on University personnel policies and procedures.

Hiring

• Faculty: Support Faculty Search and CAP committees.
• Faculty: Coordinate the reappointment and promotion process.
• Staff: – Work with supervisors to post and recruit for staff positions.
• Staff: Fill temporary and summer employment positions.
• Students: Point of contact for students interested in library employment; refers students to supervisors with open positions in their departments.

Payroll

• Coordinate Ultra Time hourly payroll for the Libraries.
• Work with Payroll Services to resolve questions and concerns regarding hourly, semi-monthly, and bi-weekly payrolls.
• Ensure accurate pay for employees who are on FMLA leave or Worker's Compensation.

Human Resources

• Point of contact for Human Resources-related policy questions or issues.
• Work with Human Resources to ensure accurate documentation and tracking of FMLA issues.
• Work with Risk Management to ensure timely documentation of Worker's Comp related issues.

Lyndsey Sheets plays a key role in talent acquisition and workforce engagement. As the Personnel Associate, she oversees recruitment efforts for faculty and staff, manages candidate and visiting faculty logistics, assists with reappointment and promotion for faculty, and facilitates a seamless onboarding and offboarding process for employees. In addition to recruitment, Lyndsey leads student employment hiring efforts, ensuring a seamless experience for student workers while fostering meaningful engagements throughout their tenure.