selected publications academicarticle Xu, Z., Watts, J., Bankston, S., & Sare, L. (2022). Depositing Data: A Usability Study of the Texas Data Repository. Journal of eScience Librarianship. 11(1), Sare, L., Bales, S., & Budzise-Weaver, T. (2021). The quiet agora: Undergraduate perceptions of the academic library. 28(1), 18-36. Bales, S., Hubbard, D. E., vanDuinkerken, W., Sare, L., & Olivarez, J. (2019). The use of departmental journal lists in promotion and tenure decisions at American research universities. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 45(2), 153-161. Olivarez, J. D., Bales, S., Sare, L., & vanDuinkerken, W. (2018). Format Aside: Applying Beall's Criteria to Assess the Predatory Nature of Both OA and Non-OA Library and Information Science Journals. College & Research Libraries. 79(1), 52-67. Sare, L. (2018). Providing Access to Government Information: A Survey of the Federal Depository Library Community. Collaborative Librarianship. 10(3), Simonsen, J., Sare, L., & Bankston, S. (2017). Creating and Assessing an Information Literacy Component in an Undergraduate Specialized Science Class. Science and Technology Libraries. 36(2), 200-218. Potvin, S., & Sare, L. (2016). Public Goods and Public Interests: Scholarly Communication and Government Documents in Research Libraries. 16(2), 417-441. Nesdill, D., Sare, L., Trussell, A., & Von Seggern, M. (2016). Ten Years of TRAIL. 44(2), 14-18. Sare, L., & Bales, S. E. (2014). Professional identity: a grounded theory study of veteran academic librarians. Library Review. 63(8-9), 574-589. Sare, L., Bales, S., & Neville, B. (2012). New Academic Librarians and Their Perceptions of the Profession. 12(2), 179-203. Sare, L. A. (2012). A Comparison of HathiTrust and Google Books using Federal Publications. 2(1), Samuelson, T., Sare, L., & Coker, C. (2012). Unusual Suspects: The Case of Insider Theft in Research Libraries and Special Collections. 73(6), 556-568. Sare, L. (2011). Availability of Legacy Government Documents Online. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. 16(1-2), 55-66. Bales, S., Sare, L., Coker, C., & vanDuinkerken, W. (2011). Journal-ranking lists and the academic librarian. Library Review. 60(2), 142-154. Stephens, J., Sare, L., Kimball, R., Foster, M., & Kitchens, J. (2011). Tenure support mechanisms provided by the Faculty Research Committee at Texas A & M University Libraries: A model for academic libraries. 32(8), 531-539. Kozak, K., & Sare, L. (2009). Researching climate change: Trends in US government publications distributed by the Government Printing Office. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. 59. Sare, L. (2009). A Tale of Two Depositories: Weeding Federal Depository Collections. 37(1), 37-40. Sare, L., vanDuinkerken, W., & Ponsford, B. (2009). Student workers wave goodbye to the government documents default list. 33(4), 105-118. Bales, S., & Sare, L. A. Refining Strategy: A Second Bid at Critical Interpretive Synthesis for Collection Building. Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries. 1, 141-151. Stephens, J., Sare, L., Kimball, R., Foster, M., & Kitchens, J. Tenure support mechanisms provided by the Faculty Research Committee at Texas A&M University Libraries A model for academic libraries. Library Management. 32(8-9), 531-539. chapter Sare, L. A., Olivares, M., & Weimer, K. H. (2014). Integrative Services for Demographic and Geographic Information System (GIS) Data. Peachck, R., & Wurm, J. (Eds.), The New Academic Librarian: Essays on Changing Roles and Responsibilities. Jefferson. institutional repository document Creel, J., Lee, D. J., Mejia, E., Sare, L., Xiao, D., & Halling, D. (2024). Piloting a Holistic Research Dataset Management Initiative at Texas A&M Watts, J., Sare, L., Tajallipour, P., & Jackson, C. (2021). Assessing the Research Practices of Big Data and Data Science Researchers at Texas A&M University: An Ithaka S+R Local Report Boehm, R., Sare, L., & Morganti, D. (2021). Can we talk about failure? Bankston, S., & Sare, L. (2019). Assessment Beyond the Classroom: Providing Job Specific Life-long Learning Skills for Students Sare, L., Bankston, S., Tomberlin, J. K., & Sawyer, S. J. (2019). Improving Forensic Science Information Seeking Sare, L., Bankston, S., & Tomberlin, J. K. (2018). Developing an Information Literacy-Intensive Forensic Science Course Bankston, S., & Sare, L. (2017). Cracking the Case: A Model for Librarian-Faculty Collaboration in Developing an Information Literacy-Intensive Forensic Science Course Melgoza, P., & Sare, L. (2017). Targeting Grad Students: Creating a Web Guide for Thesis Writers in the Construction Industry Fields Sare, L., & Potvin, S. (2015). Common Ground: A History of Public Information in the United States Kozak, K., & Sare, L. (2008). Researching Climate Change: Trends in U.S. Government Publications webpage Sare, L., & Rohrig, T. (2020). TRAIL - digitizing and cataloging technical data for permanent access
co-principal investigator on Evaluating and improving practices employed by U.S. forensic scientists to locate critical literature for use in investigations awarded by United States Department of Justice - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States) 2016 - 2019
education and training M.S. in Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign - (Urbana, Illinois, United States) 2003 M.A., West Texas A&M University - (Canyon, Texas, United States) 1997 B.A., Texas Tech University - (Amarillo, Texas, United States) 1993
awards and honors Depository Library Council Nomination, conferred by United States Government Publishing Office - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States), 2019 GODORT Margaret T. Lane/Virginia F. Saunders Memorial Research Award, conferred by American Library Association - (Chicago, Illinois, United States), 2017 Association of Former Students College-Level Teaching Distinguished Achievement Award, The, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2017