For NSU students, faculty, and staff, your SharkCard is your library card! It will allow you to check out materials and access the library's online databases. For more information about your SharkCard, please visit Campus Card Services.
Welcome to the Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center, one of the largest library buildings in the state of Florida.
The Alvin Sherman Library is a unique joint-use facility serving the residents of Broward County as well as NSU students, faculty, and staff members. Thanks to an agreement between the Broward County Board of County Commissioners and NSU, the Alvin Sherman Library offers traditional public library services as well as the full academic resources of one of the nation's major independent universities. This library was opened to the public on December 8, 2001.
Standing five stories high with wireless access throughout the building, cozy reading niches, study rooms, and a café, the library environment is spacious, high tech, yet friendly. You will discover collections of research materials, specialized databases, popular fiction and nonfiction books, magazines and journals, CDs, DVDs, special programs for children, teens, and adults, book discussion groups, author readings, and classes on using research tools and resources. Most importantly, you will find a professional library staff attuned and ready to serve your needs.
Let us be your library guides!
College/Department | Librarian | Title | Get in touch |
College of Computing and Engineering | Xiara Acosta | Reference and Instruction Librarian I |
(954) 262-5468 |
College of Psychology | Charlene Cain | Reference & Instruction Librarian II | (954) 262-4650 |
HCAS/Department of Communication, Media, and the Arts HCAS/Department of Conflict Resolution Studies |
Sarah Cisse | Reference & Instruction Librarian III | (954) 262-4649 |
Farquhar Honors College | Sara J. Cooper | Reference & Instruction Librarian II | (954) 262-4657 |
HCAS/Department of Humanities and Politics Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice (Criminal Justice) |
Lisa Ellis | Reference & Instruction Librarian II | (954) 262-4666 |
HCAS/Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences | Joana Fernandez | Reference Librarian II | (954) 262-3693 |
HCAS/Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences | Lisa Ferrara | Reference Librarian II | (954) 262-4675 |
HCAS/Department of Biological Sciences | Sarena Hicks | Reference/Outreach Librarian III | (954) 262-4596 |
Abraham S. Fischler College of Education & School of Criminal Justice (Education) | Melissa Johnson | Reference / Subject Specialist Librarian III for Social Sciences | (954) 262-4577 |
H. Wayne Huizenga College of Business and Entrepreneurship | Mihaela Micu | Reference & Instruction Librarian II | (954) 262-4639 |
Laura Ramirez | Assistant Director of Academic and Research Services | (954) 262-8423 | |
College of Computing and Engineering | Christopher Schultz | Reference & Instruction Librarian I | (954) 262-4603 |
Jamie Segno | Director of Reference and User Services | (954) 262-5484 |