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College Liaisons

Allison V. Level
Associate Professor

132 Morgan Library
501 University Ave
Fort Collins, CO
80523-1019

Email: Allison Level
Office:
(970) 491-3918
Fax:
(970) 491-5817

College Liaisons Faculty & Staff

Allison V. Level

From February 1 - August 1, 2008, please contact Michelle Wilde, College Liaison Librarian. Allison Level will be on sabbatical during this time.

Allison Level is the College Liaison Librarian for the Warner College of Natural Resources. She provides collection development, instruction and teaching, and research assistance for faculty, staff, researchers, and students in the departments of: Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology; Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship; Geosciences; Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; and the Natural Resources Ecology Lab (NREL). She is the liaison for CSU Extension and she coordinates collection development of the Science Reference Collection and the General Science Collection.

College Liaison

Departments

Selected Current Projects

Research Interests

Education

Current Publications

  • Allison V. Level and Sierra Standish, 2007. "Standing on the Shoulders of Others: Taking an Agricultural Bibliography Project into the Twenty-First Century” Journal of Agricultural and Food Information 8(1) pp.15- 33.
  • Allison V. Level and Joanna Blair, 2006. “Holding On To Our Own: Factors Affecting the Recruitment and Retention of Science Librarians” Science and Technology Libraries 27(1/2) pp. 185-202.
  • Allison V. Level, 2006, “Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.” In Information Literacy Instruction That Works: a guide to teaching by discipline and student population. (ed. Patrick Ragains) Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc, pp.221-231.
  • Catherine Cranston and Allison V. Level, 2006. “Forward Progress One-step at a Time: Instruction Workshops, Assessment, and the Reference Connection” Public Services Quarterly 2(2/3), pp.19-32.
  • Tamera Jahnke and Allison V. Level, 2005 “Expanding your Horizons: A model for Engaging Middle School Girls in Science and Mathematics” Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering 11(2), 171-180.
  • Allison V. Level and Michelle Mach, 2005. “Peer Mentoring: One Institution’s Approach to Mentoring Academic Librarians” Library Management 26 (6-7), pp. 301-310.
  • Douglas J. Ernest, Allison V. Level, Michael Culbertson, 2005. “Information Seeking Behavior For Recreational Activities and its Implications for Libraries" Reference Services Review 33(1), pp. 88-103.
  • Allison V. Level and Keith Gresham, 2004. Introduction, ACRL Instruction Section. Information Literacy and the Technological Transformation of Higher Education: Papers and Documents for the ACRL Instruction Section Think Tank III. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 2004. pp. vii-ix.
  • Allison V. Level and Catherine L. Cranston, 2003, “Enticing Faculty to Library Instruction Workshops”, Academic Exchange Quarterly Winter 2003 7(4), pp. 176-179.
  • Allison Level and Sarah Myers, 2003, “Creating Internal Web Tools for Collection Development.” Collection Building 22(4), pp.162-166 .

Awards

  • 2006, Bright Idea Project (BIP Award) for the Colorado Agriculture Bibliography, CSU Libraries Fort Collins, CO
  • 2004, Highly Commended Award in the 2003 Volume of Collection Building for the article on creating Web tools.
  • 2001, Conference Scholarship, United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN), Raleigh, NC
  • 1998, Meritorious Service Award for Service 1991-1998, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 1995, Incentive Award for the SMS Reference Screen Design Team, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 1995, Selected participant, Snowbird Library Leadership Institute, Snowbird, UT
  • 1993, Meritorious Service Award for Reference Forum Co-Chair, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 1992, Incentive Award for the Hyperties Information Database Project, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 1992, Incentive Award for the Science Reading Room Renovation Project, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 1991, Meritorious Service Award for the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services Resource Center Team, Library of Congress, Washington, DC
  • 1990, Beta Phi Mu, Selected for Library Science Honorary Organization, Emporia, KS

Professional Memberships

  • American Library Association, Member (ALA), 1991-
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), Member, 1991-
  • ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS), Member, 1991-
  • ACRL Instruction Section (IS), Member, 1991-
  • United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN), Member, 2000-
  • Natural Resources Information Council (NRIC), Member, 2001-2002
  • Beta Phi Mu, Member, 1990-

Service

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

  • ACRL Instruction Section (IS)
    • Best Practices Committee Member, 2006-2007
    • Research Committee Member, 2000-2002, 2003-2005
    • Think Tank III Task Force Member, 1998-2001
  • ACRL Science and Technology Section (STS)
    • Assessment Committee Member, 2005-2007
    • Chair, 1997-1998
    • Vice Chair, 1996-1997
    • Legislation Committee Co-Chair, 1995-1997
    • Nominating Committee Member, 2000-2001

United States Agriculture Information Network (USAIN)

  • Director on the Executive Council, 2005-2007
  • Collection Management Interest Group Co-Chair, 2001-2007
  • Communications Committee Chair, 2003-2005
  • Pre-Conference Planning Committee Chair, 2002-2003
  • Pre-Conference Planning Committee Member, 2001
  • Awards and Honors Committee Member, 2001-2005
  • Communications Committee Member, 2005-2007

Beta Phi Mu, National Library Science Honorary Organization

  • Iota Chapter Secretary, 1996-1998

Review Boards

  • Communications in Information Literacy; appointed to the CIL Editorial Board for this refereed journal, 2006
  • Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)- STS Oberly Award for Bibliography in the Agricultural Sciences Review Committee, 2001-2005
  • Highsmith Library Literature Award Review Committee, 1998-2000