Melissa Becher Business Title Associate Director of Research, Teaching, and Learning and Art History Librarian University Library Faculty
- Additional Positions at AU
- Associate Director, Research, Teaching, and Learning
- Collection Manager, Art
- Degrees
- Master of Science, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Favorite Spot on Campus
- Patio outside the SIS Founder's Room
- Book Currently Reading
- The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
- Bio
- I have built a career on supporting research with technology and improving users' experiences with technology platforms. I administer AU Library's research guide platform, our FAQ, and our chat service. and I play a role in maintaining the Library website. I conduct user testing for the library and have done so for other offices on campus. I recently added Omeka S to the list of platforms I support.
- See Also
- AskAULibrary
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
Bailey, Edgar and Melissa Becher. Academic Librarian Faculty Status: CLIPP #47. Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries, 2022.
Becher, Melissa. "Understanding the Experience of Full-Time Nontenure Track Library Faculty: Numbers, Treatment, and Job Satisfaction." Journal of Academic Librarianship 45, no. 3 (2019): 213-219. Published onlinei at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2019.02.015.
Becher, Melissa, "Factors Impacting Library Visibility on Academic Institution Home Pages," Journal of Academic Librarianship 41, no. 5 (2015): 621-628. Published online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2015.06.019
Becher, Melissa, "Instruction Coordinators and Higher Education Accreditation: a Study of Awareness and Assessment Documentation Use." Journal of Academic Librarianship 39, no. 6 (2013): 573-581. Published online at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2013.04.003
Becher, Melissa and Kari Schmidt, "Taking Discovery Systems for a Test Drive," Journal of Web Librarianship 5, no. 3 (2011): 199-219. Published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19322909.2011.583134
Becher, Melissa and Janice Flug, "Using Student Focus Groups to Inform Library Planning and Marketing," College and Undergraduate Libraries 12, no. 1/2 (2006): 1-18. Published online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J106v12n01_01