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About Sherry Buchanan (she/her)

Sherry Buchanan, MFA, MSLIS, supports the University's mission to lead the way to an equitable and sustainable future, overseeing journals and events hosted by PDXScholar, the campus repository at Portland State University Library, managing the Featured Collections, and working with creators and readers to lift up the humanities, co-create the scholarly record, and stay curious.  She has twenty years of experience within universities, having worked in the classroom, digital initiatives, library technologies, circulation, course reserves, interlibrary loan, reference, and statewide chat.  Sherry's research interests include climate justice, equity, discovery, accessibility, usability, open access, content strategy, universal design, and student-centered data-driven collaborative decision-making and co-creation. Email: sherryb@pdx.edu

Positions

July 2012 - Present Digital Collections Technician, Portland State University Portland State University Library
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July 2012 - April 2018 Content and Usability Strategist, Portland State University Portland State University Library
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October 2003 - July 2012 Interlibrary Loan Coordinator, Portland State University Portland State University Library
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October 2007 - June 2008 Reference Librarian, Portland State University Portland State University Library
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August 2001 - May 2003 Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Library Assistant, Willamette University ‐ Mark O. Hatfield Library
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September 1999 - August 2001 ILL Borrowing Specialist and Workflow Coordinator / Circulation and Interlibrary Loan Assistant, Oregon State University ‐ The Valley Library
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Grants

2004 - 2005 Student Research Strategy Survey
Center for Academic Excellence, Portland State University
Grant I-STRT: Classroom and Technology; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Resource Team Grant
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Honors and Awards

  • Oregon Libraries Network (L-Net) Notable Transcript Award for Outstanding Service in Virtual Reference - Winter Quarter 2008
  • Helen Benning Regnier Scholarship 2005/2006
  • American Library Association Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship 2005

Education

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2006 MSLIS, Syracuse University ‐ Library and Information Science
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2000 MFA, Oregon State University ‐ Creative Writing; Minor: Literature and Culture
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1996 BA, University of Oregon ‐ English
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Contact Information

Sherry Buchanan

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Selected Presentations (5)

Selected Articles (6)

Tools: Publishing, Usability, Accessibility, Graphic Design (11)

Reports (12)