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Jane Nichols

Collection Development Librarian

The Valley Library

121 The Valley Library
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331-4501
Phone: (541) 737-7269
IM: vlibjane (meebo)
Primary Duties: Collection Development for the Humanities and Social Sciences, English, History History of Science, Newspapers, Philosophy, Religion and Women Studies; Acquisitions (Interim Acquisitions Unit Supervisor); Instruction & Reference questions for Women Studies and Newspapers; Library a la Carte Team
Subjects: Women Studies
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Questions about these History, History of Science, Philosophy, Religion and Women Studies.

Brief CV

  • M.L.I.S. (2002) Dominican Unviersity B.A. History (1989) University of Wisconsin
    Use of eBooks and eReaders; eReading generally Faculty use of libraries and collections
    Investigating eReader adoption by librarian and press staff with three co-researchers. Learning about how ownership influences adoption and a whole lot about e-reading and eBooks in the academic setting.

Publications and More

  • 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). Nichols, Jane and Margaret Mellinger. 2007. Portals for Undergraduate Subject Searching: Are They Worth It? portal: Libraries and the Academy. 7 (4): 481-490. Mellinger, Margaret and Jane Nichols. Conference Proceedings ACRL 13th National Coference. March 29-April 1, 2007. Baltimore, MD. Subject Search Disconnect: 134-140. Sailing into the Future: Charting Our Destiny: Proceedings of the Thirteenth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, March 29-April 1 2007, Baltimore Maryland / edited by Hugh A. Thompson, p. 134-140. Boock, Michael, Jane Nichols and Laurel Kristick. 2006. Continuing the Quest for the Quick Search Holy Grail: Oregon State University Libraries' Federated Search Implementation. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 11 (4): 139 – 153. King, Valery, Jane Nichols and Greg Padilla. 2006. Moving Back to Campus: Creating a Local Virtual Reference Service. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 11 (3) 1-17.
    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 Nichols, Jane; Bobal, Alison, Usability demystified: activities and tools everyone can use, Online Northwest 2008, 22-Feb-2008 Blended Librarian Webcast, 6-Feb-2008 Griggs, Kim; Nichols, Jane; Mellinger, Margaret, Creating Interactive Course Assignment Pages: The OSU Libraries ICAP Project, Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2007 Task Force Meeting, 11-Dec-2007 Mellinger, Margaret; Nichols, Jane, Subject Search Disconnect: Or, How Do Our Users Want to Search for Subject Information? ACRL 13th National Conference, 30-Mar-2007 Nichols, Jane; Mellinger, Margaret, Subject search disconnect : or, how do our users want to search for subject information Oregon Library Association, 2006 Annual Conference, 12-Apr-2006 King, Valery; Nichols, Jane and Padilla, Greg, Moving Back to Campus: Localizing a Statewide Reference Service, 6th Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference. November 2004.

Committees

  • Usability Team
    ALA ACRL WSS Research Committee ALA ACRL WSS Instruction Committee
    President's Commission on the Status of Women (PCOSW)

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