Allan Scherlen

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

  • Member of the Sustainability Council,, Feb 2012-
  • Member of the Global Engagement Council, 2017-
  • Member of the Conflict of Interest and Commitment Council, 2014- 

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 Carolina Libraries, March 2008-
Title: Social Sciences Librarian, Professor

Email address: Email me

Phone: (828) 262-2285

Fax: (828) 262-3001

Office address
224 Belk Library and Information Commons