Sara Davidson Squibb - AUL for Research & Engagement

Bio

Sara Davidson Squibb joined the UC Merced Library in 2005 but most recently became the Associate University Librarian (AUL) for Research and Engagement (2022). In this role, she is involved in strategic planning, organizational development, communication, and the librarian liaison program. Broadly, she is responsible for the following units: Research & Learning Services, Collections Services, Digital Collections & Scholarship, Geospatial Services, and Data Services.

Her primary goal is to ensure that the UC Merced Library is an organization where her colleagues can thrive in their work and meet the research and learning needs of our students, faculty, and staff.

Based on her education background, Sara's professional interests have revolved around information literacy, instructional design, teaching & learning, and assessment.

Education

Master of Library & Information Studies, (MLIS), University of British Columbia (UBC)

Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), University of British Columbia (UBC) at Selkirk College

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of British Columbia (UBC) at Okanagan University College

Selected Professional Development

Chancellor's Leadership Academy, Inaugural Cohort, University of California Merced, 2022-2023.

Empowering Yourself in a Post-Truth World, 6-week MOOC, a collaboration of Empire State College and The University at Albany with Tom Mackey and Trudi Jacobson, March-April 2019.

University of California’s Women’s Initiative (UCWI) 2019 North Cohort 2 @ UC Berkeley. Offered in collaboration with the UC Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW), UC Systemwide Talent Management, and CORO (Community, Outreach, Recognition and Opportunity) Northern California. Four sessions with CORO facilitators, UC guest speakers, and UCWI alumni, April – June 2019.

“Media Innovation and Design Thinking”, Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute, one-day seminar with instructor Sina Mossayee, Feb. 2018.

“Know Your User: Research Methods Beyond Usability Testing”, 4-week online course offered by Library Juice Academy with instructor Emily Daly (Duke Libraries), Jan. – Feb. 2018.

Leadership Institute for Academic Librarians (LIAL), by Harvard Graduate School of Education, Aug. 2012.

Assessment Immersion (ACRL), training hosted by Association of College & Research Libraries, Nashville, Dec. 2008.

Publications

Squibb, Sara Davidson, Catherine Koehler, and Jerrold Shiroma. "Engaging neglected histories: First-year students, archives, and Wikipedia". College & Research Libraries News 84.3 (March 2023).
Squibb, Sara Davidson, and Anne Zanzucchi. "Apprenticing Researchers: Exploring Upper-Division Students' Information Literacy Competencies". portal: Libraries and the Academy 20.1 January 2020.
Davidson Squibb, Sara. “Be aware: Evaluate your news evaluation: Emphasizing media literacy, one library’s initiative,” C&RL News, Vol 78, No. 10 (2017).
“American Periodicals from the Center for Research Libraries (APCRL)”. (Review) The Charleston Advisor (October 2017). 23-26.
"Women's Wear Daily". (Review) The Charleston Advisor. (September 2017). 52-57.
Squibb, Sara Davidson, and Susan Mikkelsen. "Assessing the Value of Course-Embedded Information Literacy on Student Learning and Achievement." College & Research Libraries 77.2 (2016): 164-183.
“Assessment in Action Program: Four Perspective in its Value to Librarians, Institutions and Students” wrote summary of panel presentation on Assessment in Action involvement (AiA), included in California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) conference
Co-authored with Susan Mikkelsen “Inside the iPod, Outside the Classroom” for RSR: Reference Services Review 39.1 February 2011 (LOEX-of-the-West issue)
"Desk Bound No More: Reference Services at a New Research University Library". Reference Librarian, 50(4), 346-355. doi:10.1080/02763870903143591. (2009)