Valery
King 
Government Information & Reference Librarian
| mailing address: 121 The Valley Library Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-4501 |
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| phone: (541) 737-7318 | |
| FAX: (541) 737-8224 | |
| e-mail:valery.king(at)oregonstate.edu | |
| AIM screenname: ValeryKing | |
Primary Duties and Subject Areas
Collection development, reference and library instruction in:
| Government Information | Political Science |
| Anthropology | Law |
| Music | Military Science |
Other programs:
| 4-H Youth Development |
| Extension Family and Community Development |
| International Degree Program |
Other Duties
| Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Official Representative (OR) |
| L-net, the Statewide Digital Reference Service, representative |
Library Web Guides
| HRAF (Human Relations Area Files) | Music Internet Sites |
| Statistical Resources | Gay & Lesbian Studies |
| Statutory and Regulatory Law | Congressional Information on the Internet |
| Case Law | Congressional Publications at OSU |
| Legal Information on the Internet | Peace Studies |
Library Organization Memberships
| American Library Association (ALA)
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) Government Documents Round Table (GODORT) Reference and User Services Association |
| Oregon Library Association (OLA)
Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR) Reference Round Table (RRT) |
University, Library and Professional Committee Memberships
| National Committees: Education Committee, Government Documents Round Table (GODORT), ALA 2005-2007 |
| State Committees: Documents Interest Group of Oregon (DIGOR): —Secretary, 2005-2006 —Past Chair, 2005-2006 —Chair, 2004-2005 L-net Advisory Board member, 2006-2008 |
| University Committees: OSU Safety Committee, 2000-2006 |
| OSU Libraries Committees, Workgroups and Task Forces: Publications Committee Public Services Workgroup Social Science/Humanities Cluster Group Instruction Workgroup Task Force: Classroom Assessment |
Presentations and Publications
| Co-editor, OLA Quarterly, vol. 12 no. 1 Spring 2006, "Going Digital with Government Information" (link) |
| "Internet Resources: Music." College & Research Libraries News, Dec. 2005, Vol. 66 Issue 11, p778-781 |
| "Music Research and Reference on the Internet." Guest column, Reference and User Services Quarterly, Volume 44, no. 2, Winter 2004 , pp. 111-115. |
| 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 |
| "Browse Topics: Oregon" Federal document pathfinder, Oklahoma State University in partnership with GPO: http://www.library.okstate.edu/govdocs/browsetopics/oregon.html |
| "AgeLine (aka AARP AgeLine)" Review; ANSS Currents: the newsletter of the ACRL Anthropology & Sociology Section, v. 18, no. 2 November 2003; with simultaneous internet publication on ANSSWeb http://www.lib.odu.edu/anss/ageline.html. |
| "The Internet as a Music Reference and Research Tool" Conference presentation; Online Library Association, Corvallis, OR, April 24, 2003 |
| "The Laptop Experience at OSU's Valley Library" Conference presentation with Jeanne Davidson, Physical Sciences Librarian; Online Northwest, Corvallis, OR, February 28, 2003. |
| "Information: A Mouse Click Away" handout for presentation given October 21, 2000 at Aging Family Members Conference, OSU, Corvallis, OR. |
| "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. |
| “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. |
| "How to Design a Project and Write a Grant Proposal for Funding." (poster presentation) With Sharon Rosenkoetter, Assistant Professor in HDFS; Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Conference, Boston, MA. December 2, 2001. |
| Census Mapping Products. Handout for the Documents Interest Group of Oregon/Association of College Research Libraries Preconference "Census 101," Oregon Library Association, April 8, 2000. |
