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Jan Edward Heckman
Library Liaison to Marine Sciences
Mr. Jan E. Heckman
University of Connecticut, Avery Point
Avery Point Library
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
Jan.Heckman
@uconn.edu
Voice: 860.405.9291
Fax: 860.405.9150
Responsibilities
Jan is responsible for selecting books, journals and electronic resources; providing in-depth research assistance and library instruction; and acting as the advocate within the Library for the following:
Departments, Schools, or Programs
Research Institutes and Associations
- Sea Grant of Connecticut
- National Undersea Research Center
- Long Island Sound Resource Center
- Project Oceanology
Services
Contact Jan to request any of these services, or for help with any other library-related question or concerns.
Library Instruction - request general orientation, course-related instruction, and focused research training. Group and individual training sessions are available by appointment. For group sessions, please contact the liaison at least 2 weeks in advance.
Research Assistance - request help in selecting appropriate resources, performing database searches, or locating relevant materials at other institutions.
Citation Assistance - request help in verifying citations for publications, bibliographies, or Interlibrary Loan orders.
New Materials Requests - suggest titles to be added to the Libraries' collection.
Background
Jan Heckman received a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Hawaii-Hilo, which is also where he decided to become not only a librarian but a marine science librarian. Thus he took all the available marine science coursework available to him there at the time. Jan's Masters in Library Science came from the University of Illinois, and after graduation he worked as an intern at the joint Marine Biological Lab/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Library in Woods Hole, MA. Jan then returned to the University of Hawaii-Hilo for another year of marine science course work, as they had developed a marine sciences undergraduate degree during his absence. Before coming to UConn he was the Reference and Electronic Resources Librarian at the Quinney Library at Utah State University. The library specialized in natural resources information to support the Utah State College of Natural Resources.