Cannon Memorial Library Contacts

A Bit About Us

Dr. Doris Van Kampen-Breit, Professor, University Librarian.
Doris Van Kampen-Breit is a tenured, full professor with 25 years of service at Saint Leo University. She has held a variety of roles in the library and across the University, starting in 2000 as Systems Librarian. She is a leader across the institution and an advocate for the pivotal role of libraries at the state and national levels.  She has served as a legislative advocate for ACRL, and on the ICUF Steering Committee, and 11 years on the University Senate; most recently, she served on the University AI Policy Committee. She is directly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the library, including managing and negotiating vendor contracts, overseeing the budget, creating accreditation reports about the library, submitting IPEDS reports, supporting and mentoring library faculty for tenure and promotion, and evaluating employees. She was instrumental in the full transition of the library’s services during COVID, keeping the library building open, one of only two academic libraries in Florida to do so. 
Her research interests include supporting students by relationship building and instruction to reduce academic anxiety, cognitive overload, and creating a sense of connectedness, especially to the library. She understands the importance of supporting students where they are with just-in-time instruction and leveraging technology resources, such as AI. Doris holds an Ed.D in C&I from the University of Central Florida, an MBA from Saint Leo University, and an  MLIS and BA from the University of South Florida.  She is a confident public speaker and facilitator. She has written many articles on a variety of topics, as well as three book chapters, one book, and two scales; the Multidisciplinary Library Anxiety Scale (MLAS), focused on graduate students, (which has been translated into several languages, including Chinese), and is also the author of the Undergraduate Multidisciplinary Library Anxiety Scale (UMLAS). Her most recent publication is the book Managing Crisis in Academic Libraries: Past, Present and Future (ALA Press, 2023). 

Jay Kim, Library Staff Coordinator

Jay Kim serves as the Library Staff Coordinator at Saint Leo University Cannon Memorial Library. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Library and Information Science from Hansung University in Seoul, South Korea.  Since joining Saint Leo University in 2021, JeeYeon has led the hiring, scheduling, and supervision of student workers and graduate assistants, helping to ensure consistent and high-quality service aligned with the university’s core values of excellence, community, and responsible stewardship. She is committed to streamlining workflows and improving service efficiency. She developed Excel-based tracking tools to enhance the management of student schedules and workflows, regularly contributes to campus communication by designing visually engaging signage, and successfully assumed extra responsibilities to maintain smooth library operations. Before joining Saint Leo University, she held positions in both educational and corporate environments, bringing a strong foundation in service and workflow management to her current work.

Dr. Christine E. Woods, Online Reference and Instruction Librarian and Assistant Professor for the Saint Leo University Cannon Memorial Library, completed a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction in Instructional Design and Technology from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. She earned a Master of Library and Information Science degree from the Catholic University of America and a Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Before joining the Saint Leo University family, she taught PK-12 as a school librarian at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in York County and the City of Hampton. She taught an undergraduate course in information literacy and served as a supervisor for pre-service teacher-librarians in the MLIS program at Old Dominion University in Norfolk as an adjunct faculty member. She is currently an Online and Reference Instruction Librarian at the university, having previously served as the Regional Librarian for the Virginia region. She is interested in information literacy instruction, design, and assessment. She is involved in many professional associations as a member, committee member, and leader, including the American Library Association, the Virginia Library Association, the ALA Library and Instruction Round Table, the Association of College and Research Librarians, and the Virginia ACRL. She regularly presents at state and regional conferences and publishes in national, state, and regional library science journals, thereby contributing to the knowledge of the library profession.  

Amy Harris, Associate Professor, Instruction & Assessment Librarian at the Cannon Memorial Library since 2019, holds an MLS from Indiana University and a B.A. from Otterbein College. She previously served as the Dean of Library Services at Southeastern University. With 30 years of experience in higher education, she specializes in information literacy, critical thinking with Artificial Intelligence, and active learning. She teaches library instruction year-round and the semester-long Honors 499 Capstone Course. Mrs. Harris has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including "Envisioning the Framework: A Graphic Guide to Information Literacy," published by the Association of Research and College Libraries. Her most recent publication is "An AI-enhanced Scoping Review: Supervision for Peer Support Specialists Treating Opioid Use Disorders" in the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions (2025).