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Public Services
Assessment
Scheduling of library research instruction
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Professional Interests
Presentations
- Presented at “What is the Future of Face-to-Face Reference?” for the MARS Chair’s Program at ALA Annual 2008 in Anaheim.
- Presented G.I.F.T.S. sessions on “Finding Your Synonym: A Springboard to Constructing a Search” at Crossing Borders, Expanding Frontiers LOEX-of-the-West Conference (June 2010)
- Co-presented with Susan Mikkelsen “Inside the iPod, Outside the Classroom: Teaching in a New Space” at Crossing Borders, Expanding Frontiers, LOEX-of-the-West Conference (June 2010)
- Presented Pecha Kucha session “Rolling Out Roving Reference” for Inventing the Future, Reference Renaissance 2010 Conference (Aug. 2010)
Education/Degrees
Master of Library &
Information Studies (MLIS)
School of
Library & Information Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
B.C. (2005)
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.)
University of
British Columbia (UBC) at Selkirk College, Castlegar, B.C. (1997)
*Secondary school focus
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
University of
British Columbia (UBC) at Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C. (1996)
*Concentrations in English and history
Publications
- Authored “Rolling Out Roving Reference” for Reference Renaissance 2010 conference proceedings (to be published Dec. 2011)
- Co-authored with Susan Mikkelsen “Inside the iPod, Outside the Classroom” for RSR: Reference Services Review 39.1 February 2011 (LOEX-of-the-West issue)
- Co-wrote with Arnold Arcolio (OCLC) “WorldCat Local at the University of California: Usability Testing: Round Two, Fall 2009, Findings and Recommendations” (Apr. 2010)
- “American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL)”. (Review) The Charleston Advisor 11.3 (January 2010). 23-26.
- “Going Mobile to Teach and Reach Library Users.” (Guest Forum) Informed Librarian Online (February 2010). n.p.
- "Desk Bound No More: Reference Services at a New Research University Library". Reference Librarian, 50(4), 346-355. doi:10.1080/02763870903143591. (2009)
- "Scheduling Smorgasbord: Google Calendar and Key Contenders" Journal of Library Administration 46.3 (2008). 99-118.
- “American Periodical Series (APS) Online”. (Review) The Charleston Advisor. 9.3 (January 2008). 10-14.
- “MyiLibrary”. (Review) The Charleston Advisor. 8.3 (January 2007). 28-31.
Contact Sara
Sara Davidson
Kolligian Library
University of California, Merced
5200 North Lake Road
Merced, CA 95343
209-205-8237
sdavidson2@ucmerced.edu
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