Sara Morris
University Libraries - University LibrariesRoom 350
Education
Doctor of Philosophy, History, Purdue University
Master of Arts, History, Mississippi State University
Master of Library Science, Indiana University
Bachelor of Arts, History and Economics, both with Distinction , Mary Baldwin College
Selected Publications
Morris, S. E., & Presnell, J. (2019). Collection Development and the Historical Record: Are We Forgetting Monographs as Primary Sources? Collection Management, 44(2-4), 379-388. DOI:10.1080/01462679.2019.1597798
Currie, L. & Sara, M. E. (2017). Maintaining Collections With a Flat Budget. Insights, 301, 47-52. DOI:10.1629/uksg.334 http://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.334/
Presnell, J. & Morris, S. E. (2017). The Historical Newspaper Crisis: Discoverability, Access, Preservation, and the Future of the News Record. In IFLA International News Media Conference. In IFLA International News Media Conference https://www.ifla.org/files/assets/newspapers/2017_Iceland/2017-presnell-en.pdf
Ashmore, B. Morris, S. E., & Cantwell, L. (2016). From Scraps to Reams to Mobile Screens? An Update on Printing Services in Academic Libraries. College and Undergraduate Libraries , 23(1), 28-43. DOI:10.1080/10691316.2014.946168
Morris, S. E. (2016). Sources for the Researcher. In P. Riney-Kehrberg (Ed.), The Routledge History of Rural America (pp. 349-364). New York: Routledge .
Morris, S. E. (2016). To Stream or Not To Stream? New Library World, 117(7/8), 485-498. DOI:10.1108/NLW-03-2016-0021
Morris, S. E., & Currie, L. (2015). From Collection Development to Content Development: Organization and Staffing for the 21st Century. In 2014 Charleston Conference Proceedings In 2014 Charleston Conference Proceedings, (pp. 414-419). DOI:10.5703/1288284315594
Morris, S. E. (2015). Spreading Their Butter Too Thin: Land-Grant Libraries 1900-1940. In A. I. Marcus (Ed.), Science as Service: Establishing and Reformulating American Land-Grant Universities, 1865-1930 (pp. 239-267). University of Alabama Press.
Morris, S. E., & Currie, L. (2014). Remember Me?: Content Development in a User-Centered Services Library. Collection Management, 39(2-3), 96-109. DOI:10.1080/01462679.2014.891493
Morris, S. E. (2011). The Rural Electrification of Northeast Mississippi. Mississippi History Now http://mshistorynow.mdah.state.ms.us/articles/376/the-rural-electrification-of-northeast-mississippi
Morris, S. E. (2010). ‘Down in Tupelo Everybody Seems to be Feeling Grand’: Early Home Electrification Promotion in Northeast Mississippi. In E. Anne Payne, M. H. Swain, & M. Julian Spruill (Eds.), Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives, Volume Two (pp. 192-210). Athens: University of Georgia Press.
Morris, S. E., & Del Bosque, D. (2010). Forgotten Resources: Subject Guides in the Era of Web 2.0. Technical Services Quarterly , 27(2 ), 178-193. DOI:10.1080/07317130903547592
Bejune, M. M., & Morris, S. E. (2010). The Development of the Virtual Notebook: A Wiki-Based Ready Reference Technology. Reference and Users Services Quarterly , 50(1 ), 27-34. DOI:10.5860/rusq.50n1.27
Emde, J. Morris, S. E., & Claassen-Wilson, M. (2009). Testing an Academic Library Website for Usability with Faculty and Graduate Students. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice , 4(4 ), 6-23. DOI:10.18438/B8TK7Q
Grimes, M. & Morris, S. E. (2006). Is Accuracy Everything? A Study of Two Serials Directories. Reference and User Services Quarterly , 46(2 ), 45-49. DOI:10.5860/rusq.46n2.45
Vizzier-Thaxton, Y. Cason, J. A., Cox, N. A., Morris, S. E., & Thaxton, J. P. (2003). The Decline of Academic Poultry Science in the United States of America. World’s Poultry Science Journal , 59, 303-313. DOI:10.1079/WPS20030018
Ashmore, B. & Morris, S. E. (2002). From Scraps to Reams: Printing Services in Academic Libraries. College and Research Libraries , 63(4 ), 342-352. DOI:10.5860/crl.63.4.342
Grimes, M. & Morris, S. E. (2001). A Comparison of Academic Libraries’ Webliographies. Internet Reference Services Quarterly , 5(4 ), 69-77. DOI:10.1300/J136v05n04_11
Morris, S. E., & Grimes, M. (1999). A Great Deal of Time and Effort: An Overview of Creating and Maintaining Internet-Based Subject Guides. Library Computing , 18(3 ), 213-216.
Selected Presentations
Presnell, J. & Morris, S. E. (04/27/2017 - 04/28/2017). The Historical Newspaper Crisis: Discoverability, Access, Preservation, and the Future of the News Record. IFLA International News Media Conference. Reykjavik, Icleand
Morris, S. E. (05/24/2018 - 05/26/2018). Betterton’s Barter Lady: The Aberrant Life of Evelyn Harris. Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting. St. Petersburg, Florida
Morris, S. E. (05/17/2018 - 05/19/2018). Effects of Feminism on Researching Rural Women. Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference. Ohio University, Athens, Ohio