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Melissa Becher

Melissa Becher

Associate Librarian
University Library

  • Additional Positions at AU

    Associate Director, Research, Teaching, and Learning
    Subject Advisor, Art History
  • Melissa Becher is a Reference/Instruction Librarian and Associate Director of Research, Teaching, and Learning at AU Library. She provides research assistance to the AU community and teaches researchers how to use the library. She implements new web-based library services and plays a role in improving user interfaces to the ALADIN system.

  • Degrees

    Master of Science, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Favorite Spot on Campus:

    AU Library Reference Desk

    Book Currently Reading:

    Neverwhere, by Neil Gaiman

  • OFFICE

  • University Library
  • Bender Library - 109

  • CONTACT INFO

  • (202) 885-3263 (Office)
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  • FOR THE MEDIA

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Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships

  • Beta Phi Mu
  • Phi Beta Kappa

Selected Publications

Becher, Melissa and Kari Schmidt, "Taking Discovery Systems for a Test Drive," Journal of Web Librarianship 5 (3): 199-219.

AU Expert

Area of Expertise: library science, Web services, information literacy, assessment

Additional Information: Melissa Becher is associate director of Research, Teaching, and Learning at American University Library.  In addition to assisting students and faculty with their research, she implements Web-based library services.  Becher is the coauthor of "Taking Discovery Systems for a Test Drive," to be published in the Journal of Web Librarianship in late 2011.

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