Sara E Morris

  • Head of Collections Strategy and Development

Contact Info

785-864-8907
Watson Library, 440

Selected Publications —

Monroe-Gulick, A., Morris, S. (2023). Diversity in Monographs: Selectors, Acquisitions, Publishers, and Vendors. Collection Management - Issue 3 | Volume 48. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2022.2163019.
Back, A., Morris, S. (2021). Patrons, Vendors, and Delivery: Print Demand Driven Acquisitions at the University of Kansas. Technical Services Quarterly - Issue 2 | Volume 38. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2021.1892342.
Del Bosque, D., Morris, S. (2021). LibGuide Standards: Loose Regulations and Lax Enforcement. Reference Librarian - Issue 1 | Volume 62. https://doi.org/10.1080/02763877.2020.1862022.
Morris, S., Presnell, J. (2019). Collection development and the historical record: Are We forgetting monographs as primary sources?. Collection Management - Issue 2-4 | Volume 44. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2019.1597798.
Presnell, J., Morris, S. (2017). The Historical Newspaper Crisis: Discoverability, Access, Preservation, and the Future of the News Record. IFLA International News Media Conference.
Morris, S., Currie, L. (2016). To stream or not to stream?. New Library World - Issue 7/8 | Volume 117. https://doi.org/10.1108/NLW-03-2016-0021.
Morris, S. (2016). Sources for the Researcher. The Routledge History of Rural America. (pp. 349-364). Routledge. [9780415832922].
Ashmore, B., Morris, S., Cantwell, L. (2016). From scraps to reams to mobile screens? An update on printing services in academic libraries. College & Undergraduate Libraries - Issue 1 | Volume 23. https://doi.org/10.1080/10691316.2014.946168.
Morris, S., Currie, L. (2015). From Collection Development to Content Development: Organization and Staffing for the 21st Century. Importance of Being Earnest [Conference] - Pages 414-419. https://doi.org/10.5703/1288284315594.
Morris, S. (2015). Spreading Their Butter Too Thin: Land-Grant Libraries, 1900--1940. Science As Service. (pp. 239-267). Univ of Alabama Pr. [9780817318680].
Morris, S., Currie, L. (2014). Remember Me? Content Development in a User-Centered Services Library. Collection Management - Issue 2-3 | Volume 39. https://doi.org/10.1080/01462679.2014.891493.
Bejune, M., Morris, S. (2010). The Development of the Virtual Notebook, a Wiki-Based Ready Reference Technology. Reference & User Services Quarterly - Issue 1 | Volume 50. https://doi.org/10.5860/RUSQ.50N1.27.
Morris, S., Bosque, D. (2010). Forgotten Resources: Subject Guides in the Era of Web 2.0. Technical Services Quarterly - Issue 2 | Volume 27. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317130903547592.
Morris, S., Payne, E., Swain, M., Spruill, M. (2010). ‘Down in Tupelo Everybody Seems to be Feeling Grand’: Early Home Electrification Promotion in Northeast Mississippi. E.A. Payne, M.H. Swain, M.J. Spruill (Eds.). Mississippi Women: Their Histories, Their Lives, Volume Two. (pp. 192-210). University of Georgia Press.
Emde, J., Morris, S., Claassen-Wilson, M. (2009). Testing an Academic Library Website for Usability with Faculty and Graduate Students. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice - Issue 4 | Volume 4. https://doi.org/10.18438/B8TK7Q.
Grimes, M., Morris, S. (2006). Is Accuracy Everything?. Reference & User Services Quarterly - Issue 2 | Volume 46. https://doi.org/10.5860/RUSQ.46N2.45.
Vizzier-Thaxton, Y., Cason, J., Cox, N., Morris, S., Thaxton, J. (2003). The Decline of Academic Poultry Science in the United States of America. World’s Poultry Science Journal - Volume 59. https://doi.org/10.1079/WPS20030018.
Ashmore, B., Morris, S. (2002). From Scraps to Reams: Printing Services in Academic Libraries. College and Research Libraries - Issue 4 | Volume 63. https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.63.4.342.
Grimes, M., Morris, S. (2001). A Comparison of Academic Libraries’ Webliographies. Internet Reference Services Quarterly - Issue 4 | Volume 5. https://doi.org/10.1300/J136v05n04_11.
Morris, S., Grimes, M. (1999). A Great Deal of Time and Effort: An Overview of Creating and Maintaining Internet-Based Subject Guides. Library Computing - Issue 3 | Volume 18.

Selected Presentations —

Betterton’s Barter Lady: The Aberrant Life of Evelyn Harris - Agricultural History Society Annual Meeting. Location: St. Petersburg, Florida. (5-24-2018).
Effects of Feminism on Researching Rural Women - Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference. Location: Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. (5-17-2018).
The Historical Newspaper Crisis: Discoverability, Access, Preservation, and the Future of the News Record - IFLA International News Media Conference. Location: Reykjavik, Icleand. (4-27-2017).

Awards & Honors —

Glover Moore Prize. Mississippi Historical Society. Received: 1-01-2005.
Maryland 4-H All Star. Maryland 4-H All Stars. Received: 1-01-1997.
Omicron Delta Epsilon, Economics Honor Society. . Received: 1-01-1997.
Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society. . Received: 1-01-1996.