A dedicated team of professionals,the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library staff is ready and eager to help you with your information needs.

Elisabeth Tully came to the Oliver Wendell Holmes Library via a circuitous path that included receiving a BA in religion from Duke University and an MPH from UNC in Health Administration. After a stint in the Peace Corps, she spent fifteen years as a hospital administrator and hospital and health insurance reimbursement consultant. Along the way she raised four children.
"I realized as a parent how much of my time was spent teaching, and that I liked it much better than I liked designing hospital reimbursement systems. So I returned to school for a MLS and teaching credential."

Since she arrived at Andover in 2001, Tully believes that she has died and gone to heaven. " I live in an environment of extraordinary intellectual energy, work with incredible colleagues, and get to know all of the amazing students who are part of the PA community. The OWHL is an excellent facility with a venerable history, a dedicated and talented staff, and a rich array of resources in all media. We take our mission as a teaching library very seriously, and work hard to make sure that all of our students graduate with the skills necessary for success as lifelong learners in the information age."

Tully serves as faculty advisor to the Philomathean Society, the oldest secondary school debate program in the country. She is academic advisor to nine day students,serves on the Community Service Advisory Board, and teaches Life Issues. She is the Library Liaison to the English, Classics, and Philosophy and Religion Departments.

Jeffery Marzluft
Associate Director

Jeffrey grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area but has always had an affinity for the east coast. He earned his undergraduate degree from Colgate University and a graduate degree in Theology from Boston University. While living in Boston he learned to love three things: libraries, New England, and his wife – Siobhan.

Although he planned on living and settling in the East, the death of his father necessitated that he return to the Bay Area. While living there, he earned his graduate degree in Library Science from San Jose State University. Upon graduation, he was offered a position as the Public Services Librarian on the beautiful island of Maui in Hawaii. “My time in Hawaii was some of the greatest I have ever experienced. I learned more about my values, my priorities, and myself than at any other time in my life. But I knew I wanted to return to New England to raise my family.”

After a short time at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, Jeffrey comes to Phillips Academy with his wife and young son, Ezekiel. Jeffrey knows firsthand the importance research and libraries can play in academic life and is passionate about sharing that with Phillips Academy students. “Being a librarian, I am able to merge my love of teaching and people with a passion for learning and information. As a librarian, my favorite moments are those when students learn to think beyond the surface and truly understand the incredible universe of information.”

Jeffrey enjoys spending his spare time with his family, preferably exploring the outdoors. Both he and his wife are avid hikers and look forward to sharing their love and awe for nature with their young son. “One of the great things about New England is the combination of a rich intellectual tradition with an appreciation for the outdoors. At Phillips, I get to experience both!”

Susan arrived on campus many years ago with her husband, a new member of the faculty, after spending five years in Germany. When her children reached school age, she began working part time at the library and eventually moved into a full time position coordinating the Text Exchange, managing the Interlibrary Loan service, overseeing the electronic resouces collection, and coordinating the OWHL Web team. She enjoys contributing to the PA community and the short commute to work.

Stephanie Aude was born in Mobile, Alabama. She lives nearby with her husband, her two young sons and a very stubborn English Bulldog named Louie.  She is very interested in gardening, camping and hiking.

Steph's favorite recent read is The Omnivore's Dilemma, a facinating book that explores the complex and fossil-fuel guzzling production methods behind most of America's meals, including, surprisingly, organic foods. 

Her past library jobs include: young adult librarian at Memorial Hall Library in Andover, Education Librarian at Boston College, corporate librarian State Street Consultants and the Assistant Director of the Boston Library Consortium. She has also been a nanny, sold fur coats and mowed lawns. She was an English major and she recently left a fiction writing group that she was in for six years. She hopes to return to them at some point soon!

Stephanie is the Library Liaison to the Brace Center for Gender Studies.

Sara grew up in Middletown, CT but has been living in the Boston area for the last 6 years. "I recently graduated from Simmons College with a Masters in Library Science. As a student, I worked as a Library Assistant at the Harvard Chemistry and Chemical Biology Library and as a Technical Reference Assistant at the Simmons GSLIS Technology Lab. I enjoy working with students and helping them find materials. My favorite reference book is the Encyclopedia of Food and Culture and my favorite database is the Biography Resource Center.

I enjoy music and was a DJ for four years in college. If you’re looking for music suggestions, please ask! I also enjoy figure skating and hope to use the rink here at PA. I am currently learning to play squash and hope to do some bike riding when the weather warms up."

Sara is the Library Liaison to the History Department. She maintains the Library Facebook Account.

"In addition to the day-to-day operational management of Access Services. Celeste oversees The Class of '99 Film Collection, which was a gift from the Class of '99. I worked with the students who compiled a "constitution" stating the rules and regulations for borrowing privileges. This gift has been extremely successful. The collection has more than tripled in a few short years and it is always a pleasure to see the delight on student faces when thay find a movie that they have been"dying" to see.."

"Never say never" is a phrase Sally has come to appreciate over and over again in her life.

She never thought she'd go to college in the Midwest, but ended up getting her undergraduate degree in Fine Arts and Cultural and Theoretical Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In fact, she liked it so much that she stayed a few more years to get her Masters of Science, Information (a.k.a. library degree).

She also said she would never want to live in New York City. Guess where she moved after graduate school? When she was in New York working as a Project Manager and Information Architect in the interactive industry, she never thought she would move back to the Boston area, where she lived in Andover and went to Concord Academy, through high school. But then, after 9/11 she realized living closer to her family in a smaller city might not be so bad after all, and off she went to live and work in Boston.

She never thought she'd work as a librarian even though she had the degree, however, she finally realized the 'excitement' of the interactive industry, was actually another word for 'overwhelming stress' and so she found herself searching for a new more fulfilling career. And so, she found herself a great library job and has never been happier.

Sally certainly never thought she would want to move back to her home town of Andover after all her big city adventures. However, after spending some time here with her family over the summer, she realized she had yet another 'never' to take care of.As luck would have it, she found the perfect job, where else?  At Phillips Academy in Andover as an Instructional Librarian and liaison to the Art, Music, and Theatre and Dance departments. Now she is busy saying that she would *never* live in a beautiful house in Andover a short walk from her job.

She'll let you know how that goes.

Sharon appreciates the OWHL’s mission as a teaching library and believes that this is the best use of her past library and teaching experience. She received her MLS degree from University of Maryland. Sharon is the library liaison to the World Languages Division of Phillips Academy.

Besides working as an ESL and Chinese Language Teacher in her career, Sharon has many years of librarian experience at various types of libraries, such as an academic librarian for the Northeastern University and Middlesex Community College, Corporate librarian for Tyco Electronics, a global high-tech company with a large engineer’s community where she successfully initiated and managed an automation project by converting the card catalog to a web-based system. She also worked at public libraries in both New York City and Greater Boston area. During graduate school, she did her internship at the Asian Division of the Library of Congress.

Sharon loves travel. She has traveled to many places around the United States as well as many cities in Europe. In the meantime, she always keeps herself busy to experience life, yet seeks the balance by studying and teaching Taichi chuan in her spare time. She loves this exercise and appreciates the philosophy behind Taichi. At her spare time, she also enjoys doing gardening.

Sharon is happy to be able to contribute to the school as both an instructional librarian and a language teacher.

After many years of volunteering in the Andover / North Andover school libraries, Lisa Robinson decided to pursue a career in the library field at the OWHL. She is responsible for Academic Reserves and Acquisitions.

Mrs. Robinson lives in North Andover with her husband and 3 children. When she is not at the library, she is busy skiing, timing a swim meet or at a local soccer field cheering on her children Frankie, Allie and Courtney.

Mrs. Tompkins lives in Andover with her husband and two young daughters. After completing a Master’s degree in Education for Library Media Studies, she made a career change from the finance field to pursue her passion for all things related to words, books, and literature. She finds searching for information to be an adventure, much like a treasure hunt.

Other interests include art, photography, jazz music, old movies, ice-skating, and most recently, bird watching. She received a bird feeder as a gift, and now enjoys trying to identify our feathered friends indigenous to the area. She has been delighted with the collection of owls and other birds in the OWH Library that won’t fly away!

Beth is the Library Liaison to the office of Community and Multi-Cultural Development.

Emma recently moved back to Andover after 5 years of living in Boston and then Lowell.  I grew up here, and moved back after graduating from UMass Boston with a BA in English/Creative Writing - for a job in professional sales.  I had been working in sales for years and just wasn’t satisfied.  Early this year, I decided it was time for a radical change, and in working with a career coach and researching various possibilities, I discovered Library Sciences would be a wonderful outlet for my love of books and helping others. 

I have been a voracious reader my whole life, there really isn’t a type of book I don’t enjoy; however my special love is graphic novels (it was even the subject of my senior thesis!).  I love the collection here at Phillips Academy – in the Freeman Room – if you need a suggestion as to where to start, I can help you out!

I also have a passion for animals.  I work as a volunteer with Greyhound Welfare, a local rescue group (and where I got my dog, Gordon) – I have been a foster home, Volunteer Coordinator, and now I help at events and donate via my small business.  I own and operate an organic dog bakery called Hasty Puppy Bakery.  Gordon is a raw fed dog, meaning he eats no kibble, just raw meats, eggs, and veggies.  I started baking for him because I didn’t want his treats to be full of junk.  Check out our website at www.hastypuppy.com if you want more info on our products or dog nutrition.