Judith Downie
Humanities and Government Documents Librarian

Responsibilities

Information Literacy Instruction, Collection Development and web pages for the Humanities disciplines along with general reference.

Government Documents Coordinator for Federal Depository and California State Depository government publications.

Subject Areas

Dance, Film, History, Humanities, Linguistics, Literature & Writing, Music, Philosophy, Theatre and World Languages

Research

• Use of government documents in instruction by Information Literacy Librarians and Faculty
• Professional education and competencies in government documents librarianship
• Technologies in instruction

Memberships

National Organizations: ALA, ACRL, ACRL/IS, ACRL/ARTS, RUSA, RUSA/History Section, GODORT, GODORT/Education (Chair 05-06, 06-07) Beta Phi Mu (Library Science Honor Society)
California Organizations: CARL, SCIL

Awards & Grants

2008. Tenure and Promotion to Associate Librarian.

2008. NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award for research in the field of documents librarianship.

2007. Distinguished Alumna award from San José State University, School of Library and Information Science. One of 40 recognized in celebration of the school's 40 years of continuous American Library Association accreditation.

2007. Distinguished Alumni Award. Given by CSUSM History Department Faculty for "dedication to CSUSM, the History Department and the community.)

2000. NMRT/3M Professional Development Grant Award to attend ALA Conference.

1998. Palomar Library Association. Member of the Year.

(2007). Instruction design collaborations with government information specialists: Opening the conversation. RSR: Reference Services Review 35 (1), 123-136.

(2004). The current information literacy instruction environment for government documents, Pt. 1. DttP: Documents to the People 32 (2), 36-39.

(2004). Integrating government documents into information literacy instruction, part II. DttP: Documents to the People 32 (4), 17, 20-22.

Recent Presentations

(2007) "Cloning Ourselves: One Librarian's Experience" May 4, LOEX National Conference. San Diego, CA
      Powerpoint     Selective Bibliography    Brainstorm Summary

(2006). "I am a Guerilla Government Information Specialist" April 14. Southern California Government Document Librarians Meeting. California State University San Marcos
       Powerpoint      Selective Bibliography

(2004) "Setting the Stage for Effective Library Instruction with Writing" January 30 with Yvonne Meulemans. Southern California Instruction Librarians' Open House. CSU Fullerton