Belk Library and Information Commons

Library Responsibilities

• Evaluate and select social science resources in all formats to support undergraduate and graduate programs in the following areas: Geography and Planning, Geology, Human Development and Psychological Counseling, Military Science, Philosophy & Religion, Government and Justice Studies, Psychology; Sociology and Social Work
• Communicate with department faculty in my subject areas about curricular and research needs and to provide them with information on library services and collection development
• Perform research consultations and reference service for faculty and students
• Perform library instruction for selected classes
• Deselect materials from existing collection

University Service Interests

• Development & promotion of NCDOCKS, the ASU Institutional Repository for faculty scholarship
• Member of the Global Leadership Award Committee
• Member of the Sustainability Council &  Community Outreach Sub-Committee

Scholarly Interests

• Evolving trends in scholarly communication, including, evolution of journal and other serial literature,  institutional repositories for scholarship and open access to scholarly literature
• Collection development issues in the social sciences
• Critical examination of social science research methods textbooks, including their information literacy & library skills content as well as their relavancy for practioners.  
• International comparative librarianship practice
• See publications archived in NCDOCKS.

Selected Professional Service

• Editorial Board, North Carolina Libraries