Language
Staff
African languages 
ArabicA. Houissa** (N), N. Kurbanova
ArmenianY. Kurbanova (sparingly), N. Kurbanova (N), M. Ataian (N)
Baltic (Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian)Y. Kurbanova, N. Kurbanova
BurmeseY. Bui , S. Myint** (N) 
Celtic (Scots, Welsh, Irish)A. Carson
ChineseY. Jin **(N), G. Lin(N), M. Lyons (N), S. Chang
Dutch/Flemish A.Carson,  M. Nichols
FinnishL. Mobley*
FrenchA. Houissa**,  A.Carson, B. Kelly, S. Kim, Y. Kurbanova, G. Lin, L. Maybury, P. Martinez, L. Mobley*,  M. Nichols, P. Stansbury, L. Wright
Georgian Y. Kurbanova (sparingly)
GermanA. Houissa,  A.Carson,  M. Nichols, L. Wright*
GreekA. Carson,  P. Martinez*
Hebrew Y. Zucker** (N)
Hindi B. Bledsoe, T. Tsokyi** (N)
Hungarian 
IndonesianB. Arnold, B. Abel
ItalianA. Carson, A. Houissa,
JapaneseK. McKee, Y.L. Chun**, G. Lin,  M. Uchiyama** (N)
KhmerA. McCarty
KoreanS. Kim** (N), Y. L. Chun** (N)
LaoA. McCarty
LatinA. Carson, N. Kurbanova (some)
MalayB. Abel
PersianA. Houissa
PortugueseA. Carson, S. Lockwood, A. White
Romanian 
Slavic/Turkic (e.g., Russian, Polish, Serbo-Croatian, Czech, Ukranian, Belarusian, Azerbaijani)Y. Kurbanova** (N), M. Ataian (N), N. Kurbanova (N),  H. Shipman (Russian), N. Pikulik** (N)
South Asian vernacular (Bengali, Hindi, Nepali, Sanskrit, Sinhalese, Tamil, Urdu) B. Bledsoe (some Indic languages)
SpanishP. Arroyo, A. Carson, G. Lin, S. Lockwood,  H. Shipman, A. White
 TaiwaneseG. Lin** 
ThaiA. McCarty** (N)
TibetanT. Tsokyi** (N)
TurkishA. Houissa, N. Kurbanova, Y. Kurbanova
VietnameseY. Bui** (N), J. Frantz (N)
YiddishY. Zucker (sparingly)tt

 

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**Staff who are available to help communicate with library patrons and visitors whose English is not strong–for instance, to help interpret for both parties during a reference consultation or during outreach activities.

(N) denotes native speaker

Bold type in staff column indicates person with primary responsibility for cataloging materials in that language

 

  

 

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