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Library services include coordinating Researcher Services, providing instruction, and supporting digital humanities. I am the liaison to the School of History, Philosophy and Religion, the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, and the Undergrad Research & Writing Studio (URWS).

Jane Nichols

Associate Professor, Interim Resource Acquisitions and Sharing Director

jane.nichols@oregonstate.edu
Phone: (541) 737-7269
Websites: My ORCiD Profile, Library Research Guides
Primary Duties:

Coordinating Researcher Services, providing instruction, and supporting digital humanities. Liaison to the School of History, Philosophy and Religion, and the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department.

Brief CV

Education:

M.L.I.S. (2002) Dominican Unviersity
B.A. History (1989) University of Wisconsin

Research and Professional Interests:

Digital Humanities and supporting faculty and student DH projects 
Faculty and student use of libraries and collections

Works In Progress:

Surveying faculty and graduate student needs for support for Digital Humanities initiatives.

Pubs-presentations

Selected Publications:

Hussong-Christian, Uta, Nichols, Jane, Bridges, Laurie and Weinraub, Evviva. 2013. Academic Library Staff and E-readers: Understanding Adoption, Rejection and Service Development. Journal of Library Innovation. 4 (2).

Buck, Stefanie and Jane Nichols. 2012. Beyond the Search Box:Using Participatory Design to Elicit Librarians’ Preferences for Unified Discovery Search Results Pages. Reference & User Services Quarterly. 51 (3).

Nichols, Jane, Alison Bobal and Susan McEvoy. 2009. Using a Permanent Usability Team to Advance User-Centered Design in Libraries. E-JASL: The Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship. 10 (2). 

Selected Presentations:

Nichols, Jane, Stoddart,  Richard and Terry Reese. Nuanced and Timely: Capturing Collections Feedback at Point of Use. Charleston Conference November 9, 2013. 

Nichols, Jane, and Jennifer Gilley. Connecting Theory to Praxis: Developing a Research Agenda for Your Section. STS Section, ALA National Conference, 2013

Nichols, J., & Weinraub, E. (2012). From Novice to Expert... For the Motivated: an Exploratory Study of University Press Staff Adoption of E-readers. Charleston Conference, 2012. 

Hussong-Christian, Uta and Nichols, Jane, To eRead or not to eRead: is that the question?, Hawaii Library Association 2011, 5-Dec-2011

Nichols, Jane and Wirth, Andrea, Shared advocacy through data – looking beyond the high cost of journals, Charleston Conference 2011, 3-Nov-2011

Hussong-Christian, Uta; Nichols, Jane; Ward, Jennifer L., “But I’m Not a Usability Expert”: testing tips for the resource-sharing professional, Northwest Interlibrary Loan, 8-Aug-2011

Committees

Professional Associations and Committees:

CALYX Press Board, Member and Chair
ALA | ACRL | Digital Services Section, member
ALA | ACRL | WGSS Research Committee, member
ALA | ACRL | Student Learning and Information Literacy Committee