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 mchu@csusm.edu
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Melanie Chu
Outreach Librarian, MLIS

Responsibilities

Teach students how to research. Coordinate outreach initiatives, including the Context: Library Series, to reach targeted populations on campus and in the community. Develop the library's collection in anthropology, border regional studies, ethnic studies, and geography. Participate in library and university governance. Contribute to professional literature, associations, and conferences.

Subject areas

Publications

Peer-reviewed publications

Chu, M., and Meulemans, Y.N. (2008). The problems and potential of Myspace and Facebook usage in academic libraries. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 13(1), 69-85.

Chu, M. (2007). Universidad del Bío-Bío and California State University San Marcos: A Comparative Case Study of Academic Libraries. New Library World, 108(7/8), 370-377.

Non-refereed publications

Chu, M. (2005). Two Sides of the Same Coin: Reaching Non-traditional Students [Interview]. The Community College Enterprise: A Journal of Research and Practice, 11(2), 7-20.

Chu, M. (2005, Sept-Oct). Outreach Initiatives to Nontraditional Students at Cal State San Marcos. Versed, Bulletin for the Office of Diversity, American Library Association.

Research Interests/Works in Progress

  • Cross-cultural analysis of international academic libraries.
  • Age discrimination in academic librarianship.

Memberships

  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
  • California Academic and Research Libraries (CARL) and
    Diversity in Academic Libraries (DIAL)
  • American Library Association (ALA)
     
 
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