SARA B. SLUSS
 sbsluss@csulb.edu
 

Positions Held

Professional Preparation

Professional, Creative and Scholarly Activities

Books and Book Chapters
Sluss, Sara. "Peer Training for Reference." in Academic Libraries and Training (Foundations in Library and Information Science, v. 29), edited by Maryruth Glowkoski. JAI Press, 1994, pp. 139-147.
Refereed Journal Articles
Sluss, Sara. "Interpreting and Applying the Acceptability Clause in Book Publishing Contracts." Book Research Quarterly, vol. 6, no. 2, Summer 1990, pp. 29-36.

___________. "Improving Communication between Classroom Faculty and Librarians." (Bailiwick Bib. Series) Urban Academic Librarian, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 1988, pp. 70-73.

___________. "Evaluating the Reference Librarian." in Personnel Issues in Reference Services, edited by Bill Katz and Ruth Fraley, (The Reference Librarian Series, Number 14, Spring/Summer 1986, pp. 85-96.)

Refereed Web Sites

Sluss, Sara. "Women and Business." WSSLinks, Women's Studies Section, Association of College and Research Libraries, Spring 2000. [http://libraries.mit.edu/humanities/WomensStudies/wscd.html] (This site  was chosen as a selection for the Scout Report for Business & Economics (May 18, 2000), the premier biweekly collection of useful Internet sites for researchers, educators, and students in business and economics.

Book Reviews 

Marketing Information: A Strategic Guide for Business and Finance Libraries. Pre-publication review excerpted at publishers web site, as well as in forward matter in the book. 

Non refereed Articles
Merker, Lance and Sluss, Sara. "OU Campus™ Implementation Case Study: California State University, Long Beach,  2003.

__________. "Through the Glass Ceiling, Darkly: Women and Business on the Web." Business Information Alert, vol. 12, no. 9, October 2000, pp. 1-7.

___________. "The Cruelest Month: April." Business Information Alert,  vol.9, no. 2, February 1997, pp. 6-7.

___________. "Publishers Open Forum", RUSA Update, January/March 1997, p. 7.

___________. "Tax Resources on the Internet." Business Information Alert, (Lead article), vol. 8, no. 5, May 1996, pp. 1, 4-5.

___________. "Testing, Testing, 1, 2, 3..." The U*N*A*B*A*S*H*E*D Librarian. Number 55 (Number 2 of 1985), p. 8.

___________. "No Graceful Exit." Library Journal, June 1, 1984. (Case analysis for the "How Do You Manage?" column.), p. 1099.

Co-compiler of the index for Heritage of the Great Plains, vol. 1-13, vol. 15, no. 1 (Winter, 1982), and vol. 15, no. 2 (Spring, 1982.)

Instructional Projects and Materials prepared for California State University Long Beach Library
Accessibility Basics for Librarians, 26 pgs., September 2004.
AICPA Professional Standards Database, 2 pgs., October 1995.  (database no longer available)
Ancestry of the Population SSTF 2 (Census CD), 3 pgs., June 1996.
Asian and Pacific Islander Population in the U.S. SSTF 5 (Census CD), 2 pgs., August 1995.
AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive, June 2001.
Business Database Finder, 2001 (no longer available)
Business Subject Guide. (co-authored with Gretchen Johnson, currently co-maintained with Susan Jackson).
CenStats, 2 pgs., August 1997.
Census 2000, May 2001.
Census Questions Cheat Sheet, 1 pg. (prepared for distribution to librarians), August 1996.
Characteristics of Adults with Disabilities SSTF 4 (Census CD), 2 pgs., August 1995.
Characteristics of the Black Population of the U.S. SSTF 21 (Census CD), 3 pgs., January 1997.
Cheat Sheet on "Doing Business Abroad...": Resources for U.S. Exporters, 2 pgs. (prepared for distribution to librarians), January 1997. (converted to a web page)
Checkpoint (RIA Web including the WG&L Financial Reporting & Management Library), 1 pg., March 1999, revised June 2001.
COAST Location Maps, Summer 2004.
Company Information (Virtual Reference page, converted to Business Subject guide page)
Computer Manuals (Virtual Reference page)
Computer Select CD-Rom Database (revision), 4 pgs., July 1995.  (database no longer available)
Computer Select Web, 2 pgs., February 1999. (database no longer available)
Condominium Housing SSTF 18 (Census CD), 3 pgs., December 1995.
Congressional Districts STF 1D/3D (Census CD), 3 pgs., September 1995.
Consolidated Federal Funds Reports (Census CD), 2 pgs., October 1995.
Corporate Finance Network (CFN), 3 pgs., October 2000. (database no longer available)
County to County Migration Flow File (Census CD), 3 pgs., August 1995.
Earnings by Occupation and Education SSTF 22A (Census CD), 3 pgs., August 1995.
Education in the U.S. SSTF 6 (Census CD), 3 pgs., June 1996.
E-Journals for Business (listing of over 200 e-journals, prepared as part of  Web Project).
Employment Status, Work Experience and Veteran Status SSTF 12 (Census CD), 3 pgs., June 1996.
Factiva (with Gretchen Johnson), Fall 2003.
FARS (FASB Financial Accounting Research Systems database), 3 pgs., September 1996.  (database no longer available)
Fertility SSTF 16 (Census CD), 3 pgs., October 1995.
Foreign Born Population in the U.S. SSTF 1 (Census CD), 2 pgs., August 1995.
Genealogy Research Guide, November 2004.
Geographical Mobility in the U.S. SSTF 15 (Census CD), 3 pgs., June 1996.
Geographical Presentation of Census Data, 1 pg., December 1995, revised June 1996.
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the U.S., 3 pgs., August 1997.
Housing Characteristics of New Units SSTF 9 (Census CD), 3 pgs., December 1995.
Housing of the Elderly SSTF 8 (Census CD), 3 pgs., December 1995.
Introduction to the Internet: A Glossary, 12 pgs. (prepared for use in Spring 1995 Internet Instruction modules), revised January 1996.
Journey to Work in the U.S. SSTF 20 (Census CD), 3 pgs., June 1996.
Labor and Employment Law Library, 2 pgs. October 2000 (currently maintained by Gretchen Johnson).
Linking to E-Text: A Short Course in Persistent Links (2 separate files prepared, for faculty and for students), July 2004 [http://www.csulb.edu/library/guide/persistent_links.html and http://www.csulb.edu/library/guide/persistent_links_students.html]. 
Metropolitan Housing Characteristics SSTF 7 (Census CD), 7 pgs., August 1995.
Mobile Homes SSTF 10 (Census CD), 3 pgs., January 1996.
Occupation and Industry SSTF 14 (Census CD), 2 pgs., October 1995.
Older Population in the U.S. SSTF 19 (Census CD), 3 pgs., October 1996.
Oxford Reference Online, Summer 2004.
Persons of Hispanic Origin in the U.S. SSTF 3 (Census CD), 2 pgs., August 1995.
Poverty Areas in the U.S. SSTF 17 (Census CD), 2 pgs., August 1995.
RAM (Recent Advances in Manufacturing, May 2001.
 Researching a Company Flowchart (prepared with Susan Jackson), May 2004.
Recommended Resources for Mentoring Business Program Participants, 1 pg., October 1998.
Remote Access to Electronic Resources, 1 pg. (prepared with Laura Galvan-Estrada), September 1996, revised January 1997, 2 pgs.
S & P Advantage, August 2001.  (database no longer available)
Sara's Favorite Business Web Sites (revised August 2001 and incorporated into Business Subject Guide).
Simmons Cheat Sheet, 1 pg. (prepared for distribution to librarians), September 1995.
Special Tabulation on Aging (Census CD), 2 pgs., September 1995.
Statistics (Virtual Reference page)
Subject Guide -- Accounting
Subject Guide -- Information Systems
Subject Guide -- Marketing & Advertising
Subject Guide -- September 11th Information
Subject Guide -- Taxation
Subject Guide -- Tourism and Travel (prepared with Tracey Mayfield)
Summary Tape File STF 1A (Census CD), 3 pgs., revision June 1996.
Summary Tape Files 1990 (Census CDS), 2 pgs., September 1995.
Tax Forms  (Virtual Reference page)
Tax Research on CD-Rom, 4 pgs., February 1996.
TradeStats Express, November 2003.
UNSTATS Common Database, January 2002.
USA Counties 1996 (Census CD), 3 pgs., October 1996.
USA Trade Online, 1 pg., October 2000. (database no longer available)
Welcome to the CSULB On-Ramp to the Information Superhighway. (Excerpted and edited training manual which was originally prepared by Eileen Wakiji and Kelly Janousek for inclusion in the U100 booklet, Fall 1996), 14 pgs.
Zacks, August 2001.
ZipCode Areas STF 3B (Census CD), 3 pgs., September 1995.
ZipCode Business Patterns, 3 pgs. August 1997.

Presentations

"Climbing the Mountain to Success: A Team Approach to Mentoring." (poster session, co-presented with Eileen Bosch, Hema Ramachandran, Susan Luevano, Tiffini Travis, and Eileen Wakiji),  ACRL 14th National Conference, Seattle, WA.  March 12-15, 2009.

“So Exactly WHERE Is That Book Shelved Now?” (invited poster session), 13th Annual Innovative Users Group Conference, San Francisco, CA.  May 1 - May 4, 2005. 

“Best Practices for Empowering New and Existing Users” (invited speaker), 2005 Omniupdate User Conference, Palm Springs, CA, February 28-March 2, 2005.

“Getting Started with Powerpoint and FTP” for librarians (co-presented with Tiffini Travis), March 11 and March 12, 2004.

 “Library Information for Staff Personnel Services”, January 9, 2004.

“Library Orientation Workshop”, FEMBA Orientation (CSULB Fully Employed MBA Program), September 27, 2003.  

“Digital Copyright”, CSULB Teaching with Technology Institute, Summer 2003.

"Library Information for Graduate Advisors" for the CSULB Graduate Advisors Luncheon, April 30, 2003.

"Information Unclogged" for the CVC 2002: Online Learning and Higher Education Conference, Lake Tahoe, October 14, 2002. (Co-presented with Lance Merker, CEO of OmniUpdate).

"Information Unclogged" for the Tech and Publishers' Expo 2002 (sponsored by LACCD -CVC2 - District Academic Senate), LA Mission College, Sylmar, May 3, 2002. (Co-presented with Lance Merker, CEO of OmniUpdate).

"How the Library Can Support Faculty Research" for the CSULB College of Business Research Colloquium, November 15, 2001.

“Looking into the Future in American Academic Libraries” for a panel on “The State of American Librarianship”, International Relations Roundtable, IRRT Continuing Education Committee Pre-Conference, American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, June 15, 2001.

"Falling on Our Faces Before the Golden Computer: The Future of Technology in Libraries", CSULB Faculty Supper Club, April 4, 2001.

"Marketing 101: Publicizing Your Online Catalog", Innovative User's Group program at American Library Association Midwinter Conference, Washington, DC, January 12, 2001 (invited to reprise our presentation from April/May 2000).

"Marketing 101: Publicizing Your WebPAC/WebCAT/WebOPAC/Online Catalog" panel organizer and participant,  Innovative User's Group Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA, April 29 and May 2, 2000 (program presented twice).

"Serving Our Users with Disabilities" panel participant at METRO's "Libraries and Americans with Disabilities", New York City, June 8, 1994.

"The Challenges of Incorporating New Technologies into Reference and Instructional Services", LACUNY Institute 1994 (the annual institute of the Library Association for City University of New York), New York City, May 20, 1994.

"Hiring the Best Reference Librarian" panel participant, METRO Reference Librarians Discussion Group "Ref Rap" program, New York City, May 10, 1994.

"Exploiting the University OPAC" panel participant, IASSIST Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, May 6, 1994.

"Basic and Added Services. Basic VS. Added Services" panel participant, METRO Reference Librarians Discussion Group "Ref Rap" program, New York City, November 16, 1993.

"Fast and Effective Research: Mining the Wealth of Libraries", 20th Annual Writer's Conference of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City, May 4, 1991.

"What Reference Librarians Need to Know about MARC.", LACUNY Cataloging Roundtable meeting, City University Graduate Center, New York City, May 8, 1990.

"Fast and Effective Research", 19th Annual Writers' Conference of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City, May 5, 1990.

Selected Committee Assignments and Services

Library Service
Member (elected), Associate Dean Search Committee, 2007-2009.
Chair (elected), Social Sciences Librarian Search Committee, 2007-2008.
Replacement (elected), Library BPPC, Spring 2008.
Chair (appointed), Library ADA Compliancy Team, 2004.
Member (elected), Post Tenure Review Committee, 2003-2004.
Member (appointed), Library Eref Web Usability Team, Summer-Fall 2003.
Chair (appointed), Library U100/Tutorial Committee, May 2002-Spring 2003.
Member (elected), Arts Librarian Search Committee, Fall 2001-Spring 2002.
Member (appointed), Coordinator of Technical Services Search Committee, Fall 2001.
Sabbatical Replacement, Geography Librarian, Fall 2001.
Chair (elected), Library Faculty Council, July 2001-June 2003.
Member (appointed), Reference Review Task Force, Spring 2001-Fall 2001.
Member and Chair (appointed), Technology Task Force, Spring 2001.
Member (elected), Associate Dean DuBois' Administrator Review Committee, Spring 2001.
Member and Chair (elected), Social Sciences Librarian Search Committee, Fall 2000-Spring 2001.
Temporary Assignment as Management Librarian, Fall 2000.
Volunteer Internet Trainer, Spring 1996-1999.
Chair and Content Manager, Web Group, Spring 1997- .
Member and Chair (elected), Post Tenure Review Committee, Spring 2000.
Member (elected), Professional Leave Committee, Fall 2000-Spring 2002.
Member (elected), Dean Kochan's Administrator Review Committee, Spring 2000.
Member (elected), Retention, Promotion, and Tenure Committee, Fall 1999-Spring 2001, Fall 2001-Spring 2003. Chair, Fall 2000-Spring 2001.
Member (elected), FMI Committee, Fall 2000.
Member (elected), FMI/SSI Committee, Fall 1999.
Member (elected), Committee on Committees, Fall 1996-Spring 2000. Chair, Committee on Committee, Fall 1998-Spring 2000.
Member (elected), Information Access and Instruction Committee, Fall 1996-Spring 2002.
Member (appointed), III Implementation Team, Spring 1997-Fall 1998.
University Service

Member (appointed), Campus Information Technology Committee (CITC), 2008- .
Member (appointed), Faculty Advisory Committee on Technology (FACT), 2006-2007.
Member (appointed), University Library Committee, 2006-2007.
Member, Global Outsourcing and Public Policy Initiative, Summer 2004-2006.
Member (elected), Graduate Council, Fall 2003-Spring 2005.
Member (appointed), Panel for Professional Responsibility, 2003-2006.
Member (appointed), President's Commission on the Status of Women, Spring 2001-Spring 2003.  Webmaster for Commission, 2001-Spring 2004.  Redesigned Commission web site, Fall 2001.  Nominated for the 2004 Advancement of Women Award, sponsored by the President's Commission.
Member (appointed), PEP sub-committee, Academic Appeals, 2000-2006.
Member (appointed), Administrator Review of Michael Mahoney, Spring 2000.
Member (appointed), Administrator Review of Keith Polakoff, Spring 2003.
Chair (appointed), PEP Internal Review of Health Care Administration Program, Fall 1999-Spring 2000.
Chair (appointed), PEP Admissions and Academic Standards Sub-Committee, Fall 1999-Spring 2000, and Fall 2000.
Member (elected as 1 semester sabbatical replacement), Planning & Educational Policies Council, Fall 2000.
Member (elected), Planning & Educational Policies Council, Fall 1997-Spring 2000.
Member (elected) and Secretary, University Organization and Services Committee, Fall 1996-Spring 1997, Fall 1997-Spring 1999.
Member (appointed), Baseline Committee, January 1997.

Professional Activities

Co-chair, CARL/ABLE (Academic Business Librarians Exchange) South Committee, 1997.
Member, ALA/BRASS Business Reference in Academic Libraries, 1997-98.
Member, ALA/BRASS Business Reference Services Discussion Group, 1996-98.
Member, ALA/BRASS Publications Committee, 1998-99.
Member, CARL/CSUL (CSU Librarians) Program Planning Committee, 1996-97.
Member, ABLE Symposium Planning Committee, 1995.
Recorder, BRASS Publishers Open Forum, ALA Midwinter Conference, 1997.
Recorder, BRASS Discussion, ALA Annual Conference, 1997.
Recorder, BRASS Business Reference in Academic Libraries, ALA Annual Conference, 1998.
Advisor to New Business Development Division, The Gale Group, Fall 1998.

Selected Training/Workshops/Conferences Attended

 “Extreme Googling.2”, InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] online tutorial, January 18 – February 15, 2005.

“What’s New in Database Licensing”, InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] online seminar, December 16, 2004.

“Extreme Googling.1”, InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] [Berkeley, CA] online tutorial, November 30, 2004 - January 4, 2005.

“Unlawful Harassment Awareness for Employees”, CSULB online tutorial completed October 27, 2004. (D-25)

“Convincing Your Boss That It’s Not All Free on the Web”, Factiva sponsored Webinar (online workshop), November 9, 2004.

“Accessibility Basics for Librarians”, Office for Information Technology Policy, American Library Association online tutorial, March 13 - June 18, 2004.

"Getting Started with XML", InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] workshop, Cerritos Public Library, May 13, 2003.

"Census 2000", InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] workshop, Cerritos Public Library, May 1, 2003.

"Creating a New Reference Librarianship", institute sponsored by OCLC and the Lied Library, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, May 20-22, 2002.

CSU Academic Technology Planning Conference, San Jose, April 12-13, 2002.

"CSULB Faculty Forum 'Leadership in the Academy' ", Cal State Long Beach, October 26, 2001.

"Web Accessibility: Making the Right a Reality", regional summit sponsored by CSU Center for Distributed Learning and the CSU Community of Academic Technology Staff, Cal State Long Beach, September 21, 2001.

"Stanford University-California State Library Annual Institute on 21st Century Librarianship", Stanford University, August 5-11, 2001. (Earned 4 CEUs)

"Hands-On Census 2000: Data, Tools, and Mapping Applications", Government Information and Publications Interest Group/South, CARL, Cal State Northridge Library, May 17, 2001.

Eighth Annual Internet World, Spring 2001, Los Angeles Convention Center, March 14-16, 2001.

American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference, Washington, DC, January 10-15, 2001.

Innovative User's Group Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA., April 29-May 2, 2000.

“Legal Resources on the Internet” , InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] workshop, CSULB Library, December 1999.

“Ready Reference”, InfoPeople [Berkeley, CA] workshop, CSULB Library, November 1999.

American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 25-June 29, 1999.

Innovative User's Group Annual Conference, Oakland, CA, April 25-27, 1999.

American Library Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC,  June 25-June 30, 1998.

“We’ll Always Have Uzbekistan: Here’s Looking at Emerging Foreign Markets”, ABLE South program, Anderson School/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, May 15, 1998.

“Rethinking Reference and Research”, SCOUG (Southern California Online Users Group) Spring Workshop, Industry, CA, April 29, 1998.

American Library Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 26-July 1, 1997.

American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference, Washington, DC, February 13-18, 1997.

American Library Association Annual Conference, New York, NY, July 4-9, 1996.

“We’ll Make You an Author They Can’t Refuse: The Business of Writing for Publication”, ABLE South program, UC Irvine, Irvine, CA, May 10, 1996.

“Masters of the Universe: Your Passport to International Business Information”, ABLE South program, Anderson School/UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, December 15, 1995.

 

Professional Affiliations

American Library Association, 1984-2009.
    Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), 1984-2009.
    ARCL Women's Studies Section, 1998-2007.
    Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), 1995-2009 .
    RUSA Business Reference and Services Section (BRASS), 1995-2007.
California Academic and Research Librarians, 1995-2009 .
    Academic Business Librarians Exchange (ABLE, Southern Division), 1995-2006.
IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology), 1990-2002.
Special Libraries Association, 1999-2006.

 
Revised March 2009.