Susan Shepherd

Head, Reference, Instruction & Outreach   Science and Engineering Library, 0175E 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla CA 92093-0175 Phone: (858)534-2480 Fax: (858)534-5583 Email: sushepherd@library.ucsd.edu Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sushepherd

Responsibilities:

• Plan, manage and assess reference, instruction, and outreach services for the Science & Engineering Library.  Coordinate reference staffing and training, and explore new models of reference delivery.  Develop and present new and continuing workshops on library resources for the students, faculty and staff of the Division of Physical Sciences and the Jacobs School of Engineering.
• Liaison Librarian: Bioengineering, Science Education

Ongoing Instruction:

• Faculty CV Clinic
• Patents and Patent Searching
• Jump Start Your Engineering Research

Library Committees:

• Instruction & Outreach Committee (Chair, 2006-2008)
• College Outreach Liaison to Warren College (2006- )
• Reference & Information Services Committee (2008- )
• Librarians Association of the University of California, Research & Professional Development Committee (Co-Chair, 2008-2010)

UCSD Committee:

UCSD Senate-Administration Advisory Group for the WASC Information Literacy Theme

Projects and Interests:

• Information Literacy
• Patents and intellectual property

Professional Organizations:

• American Libraries Association
  • Association of College & Research Libraries
• California Academic & Research Libraries
• Southern California Instruction Librarians
• Chair, Professional Development Committee, Science-Technology Division, Special Libraries Association (2008-2010)
• Patent Information User Group (2008-)