Name:
Alex McAllister
Email address:
Phone number:
(828) 262-8472
Fax number:
(828) 262-2773
Office address:
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 226
Job title:
Humanities Librarian
Rank:
Assistant Professor
Team:
Collection Management Services
Liaison Areas
- Art
- Dance
- English
- History
Education
- Ed.D., Educational Leadership, Appalachian State University (in progress)
- MLIS, Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina at Columbia
- MM, Music History, University of South Carolina at Columbia
- BA, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Library Guides
Library Responsibilities
- Evaluate and select humanities resources in all formats to support undergraduate and graduate programs in the following areas: Art, English, History, Theater and Dance; and Cultural, Gender, and Global Studies
- 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
- Member of the ASU Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
- Member of the ASU Humanities Council
- Chair of the Belk Library Diversity Committee
Scholarly Interests
- Humanities research methods and methodologies
- Collection development issues in the humanities
- Iconology of the lute in Seventeenth-Century Dutch genre paintings
Selected Professional Service
- NC Live Collection Development Working Group (appointed member)