Emily Castle (Director of Library and Information Services/Director, Digital Library of the Commons) (efcastle@indiana.edu)
Emily manages the Workshop Research Library, which includes collection development, supervising library hourly staff, and providing one-on-one reference and bibliographical service and instruction to visitors, affiliates, and graduate students. She also manages the Digital Library of the Commons, including the DLC Assistants working to populate it.
Ray Eliason (Computing Systems Manager) (reliason@indiana.edu)
Ray provides in-house training, consulting, and support for staff, faculty, visiting scholars, and graduate students for all IT-related concerns. He is responsible for system and network maintenance and administration and for the acquisition, installation, and maintenance of computing hardware and software. He keeps the Workshop informed of changes within the university and elsewhere related to IT.
Gayle Higgins (Account and Financial Support Specialist) (ghiggins@indiana.edu)
Gayle administers Workshop accounts, prepares edocs for appointments, assists with graduate student funding, financial transactions, grant proposal preparation, reviews payroll vouchers, maintains personnel files, prepares Emergency Action Plan, maintains Workshop Affiliated Faculty files, works with Fiscal Officer on budget issues and Workshop budgets.
Darla Kuh (Events Scheduler) (dkuh@indiana.edu)
Darla coordinates and schedules Workshop events, including the colloquium series, the WOW conference, and meetings, and manages the short- and long-term visitor programs. She also oversees outreach efforts of the Workshop, provides administrative assistance to the directors, and helps update the colloquium and seminar sections of the website.
Patty Lezotte (Administrative Assistant/Publications Director) (zielinsk@indiana.edu)
Patty supervises and coordinates the Workshop publications program, including production flow scheduling, editing and proofreading, designing and typesetting, archiving and maintaining master files, and distribution. She also monitors and updates portions of the website and designs the Workshop newsletter Polycentric Circles.
David Price (Office and Facilities Coordinator) (daaprice@indiana.edu)
David assists all visitors with room assignments, management of keys, giving tours of the buildings, explaining Workshop rules and procedures, answering all questions as needed. He also instructs and assists visitors in photocopying and printing usage and supplies software support; orders supplies for the office, printers, copiers, etc.; and prepares offices for all Workshop visitors. As building supervisor, he sets policy guidelines for security and building issues, and manages, monitors, and evaluates the maintenance and service needs for all Workshop buildings, including the initiation and follow-up of all building maintenance work requests working directly with the Physical Plant, Building Services, and the janitorial crew leader. As information coordinator he is responsible for the Federal mail, Fed Ex, publications mailing, and assigns and manages Workshop mailboxes. Other duties include scheduling Working Group meetings, sessions for first-aid and CPR training, fire extinguisher training, and Critical Management Training for members of the Emergency Control Committee.
Nicole Todd (Executive Assistant to Professor Elinor Ostrom) (stodd@indiana.edu)
Nicole serves as the primary point of contact and representative for Professor Elinor Ostrom. She evaluates requests for meetings, interviews, and invitations; screens calls and correspondence; prepares confidential documents; schedules appointments; manages the calendar; and makes travel arrangements for Professor Ostrom. She researches and prepares background materials and agendas for requests and organizes and facilitates Professor Ostrom’s participation in events locally, nationally, and internationally. She determines and oversees logistical needs for interviews, meetings, and large lectures; coordinates with multiple entities to meet diverse, remote audience needs; and organizes, edits, and manages multiple communications, mailings, and presentations for Professor Ostrom. She also provides administrative support for IFRI training and the Y673 seminar.
