Susan Beck
Professor
Reference and Research Services
Contact Info
(575) 646-2869
Expertise:
Art, Copyright, Creative Media and Filmmaking, Data Management, Engineering, Music, Theater Arts, Art History, Legal research
Biography
Professor
Scholarly Communications/OER Librarian
Reference and Research Services
Research Interests
- Copyright issues in higher education and academic libraries
- Creative Commons licensing
- Evaluation of information
- Qualitative Methods in library research
Important Committees
- Faculty Senator, 2017-22, 2023-Present
- Vice-Chair, Faculty Senate, 2020-21
- Chair, Faculty Senate Curriculum and Programming Committee, 2021-22
- Chair, Team 4, HLC Accreditation Group, 2020-22
- Co-chair, University Program Approval Committee, 2020-22
- WICHE Interstate Passport Facilitator for New Mexico, 2019-Present
Publications & Conference Presentations (selected)
- Beck, Susan E. and Norice Lee. 2022. “Copyright Buddies: Cultivating Teamwork to Support Our Copyright Journey." Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 5, 1.
https://doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v6i1.18267 - Beck, Susan E. 2018. “Mapping the Copyright Constellation: Charting Campus Partners to Create Copyright Instruction Your Students Will Care About.” Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 2, 1 https://doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v2i1.6652
- Beck, Susan E. 2018. “New and Notable in Copyright Law. Presented by Nathaniel Edwards, counsel, Lewis, Roca, Rothgerber, and Christie.” Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship, 2, 1 https://doi.org/10.17161/jcel.v2i1.6644
- Beck, Susan E. 2017. “Finding a Win-Win in Service Delivery Through Examining ILL Cancellations.” Northwest InterLibrary Loan Conference, Portland, Oregon, August 10, 2017.
- Beck Susan E. and Mary Covarrubias Chavarria. 2013. “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way in Information Desk Training: What We Learned from Ref Analytics Implementation and Use.” Access Services Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 8, 2013.
- Beck, Susan E. and Kate Manuel. 2007. Practical Research Methods for Librarians and Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman.
Brief Bio
Since joining NMSU in 1997 I have held several department head and library faculty positions. Before that I was a Reference Librarian at Del Mar College Library in Corpus Christi, TX and also at North Seattle Community College Library. I have held librarian positions at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, City University of Seattle, and the University of Illinois. I have an MA in Linguistics from Ohio University and an MS in library and information science from the University of Illinois.