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Janet Webster

Head Librarian

Phone: (541) 867-0108
IM: guinlibrary [AIM]
Primary Duties: Manage the Marilyn Potts Guin Library, a branch library of OSU; Supervise the library faculty at the OSU Cascades Campus; Develop the collection for Fisheries, Wildlife, and Marine Science for the Valley Library Assist with management of the Hatfield Marine Science Center
Subjects: College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Vet Med
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Marine & Estuarine Studies Oceanography Fisheries & Wildlife Seafood

Brief CV

  • Oregon State University, College of Liberal Arts, Scientific and Technical Communication Program, M.S., September 1994.

    Columbia University, School of Library Service, M.S., September 1986.

    University of Chicago, B.A., March 1975. Geography

    Integration of grey literature into library collections
    Global access to local information
    Librarians in the political arena
    Advocating the role of libraries in the education continuum - early childhood to graduate school

    Trends in use of scientific publications by fisheries managers in Africa : the effect of Open Access

    Technology Resource Fees and Library funding: looking backwards and forward

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Oregon Librarian of the Year , 2003, Oregon Library Association
University Professional Development Award, 2009, OSU President's Commission on the Status of Women

Publications and More

  • Harte, Michael J, Campbell, Holly C., and Webster, Janet G. 2010. Looking for Safe Harbor in a Crowded Sea: Coastal Space Use Conflict and Marine Renewable Energy Development. In: Proceedings of The Coastal Society's 22nd International Conference, "Shifting Shorelines: Adapting to the Future" held June 13-16 2010 in Wilmington, North Carolina. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/17332

    Wirth, Andrea A., Maureen Kelly, Janet Webster. 2010. Assessing Library Scholarship: Experience at a Land Grant University. College and Research Libraries 71: 510-524. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/19329

    Jung, Seikyung, Jonathan L. Herlocker, Janet Webster, Margaret Mellinger, and Jeremy Frumkin. 2008. LibraryFind: System design and usability testing of academic metasearch system. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 59(3): 375-389

    Jung, Seikyung, Jonathan L. Herlocker, and Janet Webster. 2007. Click data as implicit feedback in web search. Information Processing & Management . 43 (3): 791-807. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3884

    Webster, Janet G., Jean Collins and Patricia Merrikin. 2007. Searching down the fisheries information web: An initial reflection. In Eighth International Conference on Grey Literature : Harnessing the Power of Grey , 4-5 December 2006 , edited by D.J. Farace and J. Frantzen. Amsterdam : TextRelease, January 17, 2007. GL-conference series, ISSN 1386-2316 ; No. 8. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3734

    Butler , Barbara , Janet Webster, Steven G. Watkins and James W. Markham. 2006. Resource Sharing within an International Library Network: using technology and professional cooperation to bridge the waters. IFLA Journal . 32 (3): 189-199. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/3842

    Webster, Janet G. & Jean Collins. 2005. Fisheries Information in Developing Countries: Support to the Implementation of the 1995 FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries . FAO Fisheries Circular No. 1006. Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N.: Rome . 127 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/222

    Webster, Janet G., Mike Boock, Anne Christie, Larry Landis, Laurel Kristick & Jeremy Frumkin 2004. Implementation of a new library/university service: Oregon State University 's Institutional Repository. Report for the OSU Libraries Administration. 31 pp. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/24

    Webster, Janet G. and Loretta Rielly. 2004. A library instruction case study: Measuring success from multiple perspectives. Research Strategies 19(1):16-32. http://hdl.handle.net/1957/9

    University Libraries Collection in ScholarsArchive

    36th Conference of International Association of Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers, October 2009, Mar del Plate, Argentina. Co-presenter with Barbara Butler, “Core Journals: Fact or Fiction.”

    Timberline Acquisitions Conference. May 2009, Timberline Lodge, OR. Co-presenter with Barbara Butler, “All the Books on the Sea: Collaborative Collection Development”

    Oregon State University Libraries Faculty Seminar, Corvallis, Oregon, December, 2007. Co-presenter with Jeff Behan.

Committees

  • Library Promotion and Tenure Committee
    ScholarsArchive Working Group

    Oregon Library Association
    Chair, Legislation and Development Committee

    International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
    Member, Strategic Planning Committee

    American Library Association
    member

    HMSC Management Committee
    HMSC Safety Committee
    OSU Libraries Promotion & Tenure Committee, chair 2011/2012

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