Allan Scherlen

Library Responsibilities

• Evaluate and select social science resources in all formats to support undergraduate and graduate programs in the following areas:  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

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  
• International comparative librarianship practice
• See publications archived in NCDOCKS.

Selected Professional Service

• Editorial Board, Collection Development, Sept 2017-
• Editorial Board, North CarolinaLibraries, March 2008-