PSU Library Faculty -- Sarah Beasley

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Sarah Beasley, MLS, MAIS

Education/Social Science Librarian

BA,(1984) English/Secondary Education - Goshen College
MLS, (1989) Academic Librarianship - Univeristy of Michigan, Ann Arbor
MAIS,(1996) American Literature, Composition, Mass Media - Oregon State University

503-725-3688
beasleys@pdx.edu

Areas of Responsibility in the Library

Reference, Instruction, and Information Resources Management in Education and Womens Studies;
Information Resources Management Coordinator

Research Interests

Information access and emerging publishing environments
Allocation and budgeting for information resources
Role and function of academic libraries in digital and increasingly commercial environment

Current Projects

Collection Containment
Dynamically-generated subject resource guides
Collection and information resources management assessment

Recent Publications / Presentations

Presenter, "Collection Containment Plan: Portland State University", Charleston Conference, November 2008
Editor, "Keep Keeping Up; Renewing OurselvesÃƒï¿½Ã‚¢ Presidential theme issue, OLA Quarterly, vol. 14 no. 2, Summer 2008.
Panel on e-journals, with subscription agents and Alliance librarians. Program organinzer. Orbis Cascade Alliance Joint Collection Development & Management and Electronic Resources Committees meeting. October 6, 2006, PortlandOregon.
Northwest Interlibrary Loan & Resource Sharing Conference. Ãƒï¿½Ã‚¢Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½The Changing Face of ILL: Implications of Summit and Patron-Initiated RequestingÃƒï¿½Ã‚¢Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½ September 16, 2005, Portland, OR
(R)evolution:Scholarly Communications at the X-roads. ACRL Oregon chapter conference.October 2004.Conference chair for biennial meeting of regional academic librarian professional association.Primary responsibility for programming and speaker recruitment.
ORBIS/PORTALSEjournal Workshop. Ãƒï¿½Ã‚¢Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½CanÃƒï¿½Ã‚¢Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½t I Just Get This Online Somewhere?Ãƒï¿½Ã‚¢Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½Ãƒ¯Ã‚¿Ã‚½ May 9,2002, ReedCollege, Portland, OR

Oregon Library Association Annual Conference. "Ebooks: From Selection to Circulation, or How To (or Whether To) Get Started with Electronic Books, and What to Do With Them Once You Get Them." Program coordinator and moderator. March 27, 2001. Seaside, OR
"Collaboration Through Instructional Teams in a First-Year Experience" in Case Studies in Collaboration: Lessons from Five Exemplary Programs. Chicago : ACRL, 2000.
OLA Annual conference, "New Learners, New Libraries: Impact of Oregon Educational Reform on School, Public and Academic Libraries", program moderator. April 6, 2000

Current University Involvement

Graduate Council 2009-

Current Professional Involvement

ACRL Education and Behavior Science Section Higher Education Committee (2008-2010)
ACRL Education and Behavior Sciences Section ERIC User Group (2005-2009)
ACRL Oregon Chapter past president (2004-2005)
ORBIS/Cascade Collection Development and Management Steering Committee (2004-2006)
ORBIS/Cascade Alliance Collection Development and Management Committee (2004-present)
Oregon Library Association, President 2007-2008