Name:
Allan Scherlen
Email address:
Phone number:
(828) 262-2285
Fax number:
(828) 262-3001
Office address:
Belk Library and Information Commons, Room 224 - P.O. Box 32026, Boone, NC 20608
Job title:
Social Sciences Librarian
Rank:
Professor
Team:
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
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-