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Valery King

Associate Professor, Government Information and Social Sciences/Humanities Librarian

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Email: valery [dot] king [at] oregonstate [dot] edu
Phone: 1 541-737-7318
Fax: 1 541-737-8224
IM: VLibValery (AIM, MSN), ValeryKing1 (Yahoo)
Primary Duties: Research and reference services, Learning Commons Coordinator, library instruction, collection development, government information services
Subjects: Political Science, Human Development and Family Sciences, Music, Sociology, Psychology, Law, and Government Information
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Brief CV

  • Education

    B.A., General Humanities, University of Oregon (1978)
    M.L.S., University of Oregon (1979)

    Research and Professional Interests

    Reference and virtual reference services
    Government information and intellectual freedom

    Class Pages

Publications and More

  • Selected Publications

    "Cooperative Reference Desk Scheduling and Its Effects on Professional Collegiality." Co-published simultaneously in The Reference Librarian No. 83/84, 2003, pp. 97-118; and Cooperative Reference: Social Interaction in the Workplace (ed: Celia Hales Mabry) : Haworth Press, 2003, pp. 97-118.
    "Music Research and Reference on the Internet." Guest column, Reference and User Services Quarterly, Volume 44, no. 2, Winter 2004 , pp. 111-115.
    "Internet Resources: Music." College & Research Libraries News, Dec. 2005, Vol. 66 Issue 11, p778-781
    "Moving Back to Campus: Creating a Local Virtual Reference Service" with Jane Nichols and Greg Padilla. Internet Reference Services Quarterly Vol. 11(3) 2006. Available online at http://irsq.haworthpress.com.
    "Going Digital with Government Information." OLA Quarterly, vol. 12 no. 1 Spring 2006, Co-editor.

    Selected Presentations

    “Sorting It Out: A Virtual Reference Pre-Planning Model.” (poster presentation) Created with Ruth Vondracek;
    -- Oregon Library Association/Washington Library Association joint meeting, Portland, OR, April 2002.
    -- American Library Association, Digital Reference Pre-Conference, Atlanta, GA, June 14, 2002.
    "The Laptop Experience at OSU's Valley Library" Conference presentation with Jeanne Davidson; Online Northwest, Corvallis, OR, February 28, 2003.
    "The Internet as a Music Reference and Research Tool" Conference presentation; Online Library Association, Corvallis, OR, April 24, 2003
    "Moving Back to Campus: Localizing a Statewide Virtual Reference Service" Conference presentation with Jane Nichols and Greg Padilla; 6th Annual VRD Conference (VRD 2004), Cincinnati, OH, November 8, 2004. http://www.vrd2004.org/proceedings/presentation.cfm?PID=353

Committees

  • Library Committees
    Library Promotion and Tenure Committee
    Messenger Editorial Committee
    Research and Writing Group
    Subject Research Guides Task Force
    Professional Associations and Committees

    National Committees:
    Education Committee, Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), ALA 2005-2007

    Statewide Committees:
    OLA/WLA Joint Conference Committee 2008: Co-registrar
    Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR), OLA, 2004-
    — Secretary, 2005-2006
    — Past Chair, 2005-2006
    — Chair, 2004-2005
    L-net Advisory Board member, 2006-2008

    University Service

    OSU Safety Committee, 2000-2006
    Faculty Senate Bylaws and Nominations Committee, 2007-2009

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