Amauri Serrano

Office: 
Belk Library: Room 226
Phone: 
828-262-7409
Fax: 
828-262-
Team: 
Collection Management Services
Title: 
Humanities Collection Librarian
Rank: 
Assistant Professor

Library Responsibilities

  • Evaluate and select resources in all formats to support undergraduate and graduate programs in History, English, Art & Design, Theatre & Dance, Gender Studies, film studies, and crafts.
  • Serve as the subject liaison for the above noted departments and disciplines.
  • Perform library instruction for classes in my subject areas.
  • Provide research consultations and reference services to faculty and students.

Education

  • M.A. in Italian Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007
  • M.S. in Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005
  • B.A. in Italian Language & Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001
  • B.A. in Modern European History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001

Scholarly Interests

  • Collection development issues in the humanities
  • Internationalization of library resources
  • Foreign language collection development
  • Foreign language librarianship
  • Information literacy and literary research
  • Information literacy and historical research

Service Interests

  • American Library Association (ALA)
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) – Western European Studies Section, Literatures in English Section, Arts Section.
  • Modern Language Association (Field Bibliographer)