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Allan Scherlen

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Belk Library & Information Commons
218 College Street
PO Box 32026
Boone, NC 28608

Phone: 828.262.2285
Fax: 828.262.3001

Email: scherlnag@appstate.edu

Allan Scherlen

Social Sciences Librarian

Associate Professor
Collection Management Services

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

Service Interests

  • Development & promotion of the emerging ASU Institutional Repository for faculty scholarship
  • Member of the University Speaker Forum 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

Selected Professional Service

  • Editorial Board, North Carolina Libraries

Curriculum Vitae

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