Faculty Profiles

Outreach Librarian for Agricultural Sciences
Office: L-209A, Marston Science Library
Phone: (352) 273-2880
Email: vdavis@ufl.edu

Valrie Davis

Education:
M.L.S., Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL (2002)
B.A., University of South Florida, Gainesville, FL, (1998)

Research Interests: agricultural information, outreach, ontologies and other assistive technologies, such as GatorScholar.

Subject Responsiblities: General Agriculture, Agricultural Education & Communication, Agronomy and Plant Pathology, Animal Sciences, Crop & Soil Sciences, Family Youth & Community Sciences, Food & Resource Economics, Food Science & Human Nutrition, Horticultural Sciences

Recent Publications:

• Russell-Gonzalez, S., Davis, V., Dinsmore, C., Frey, C., Newsom, C., Taylor, L. (2008). Bioactive: A Game for Library Instruction. Casebook on Gaming in Academic Libraries. Association of College and Research Libraries. Chicago: IL.
  
  
• Kennedy, K., Cataldo, T., Davis, V., Gonzalez, S., & Newsom, C. (2008). Evaluating Continuing Resources: Perspectives and Methods from Science Librarians. Serials Librarian. 55 (3).
  
  
• Davis, V. (2007). Challenges of Connecting Off-Campus Agricultural Science Users with Library Services. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information. Binghamton: Haworth Press.