Faculty Profiles

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

Valrie Minson

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

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

Subject Responsibilities: General Agriculture, Agronomy and Plant Pathology, Horticultural Science, Environmental Horticulture

Selected Publications:

Buhler, A., Davis, V. (2009) Elegance of Science: Coordinating an Annual Scientific Art Contest at the Library. College & Research Libraries News. Submitted for publication.
Davis, V., Foss, M. (2009) Supporting the distance learning community with Interlibrary Loan and Collection Management at the University of Florida Libraries. Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning. 3 (2) p. 55-66
Davis, V., Devare, M., Gonzalez, S., Tennant, M. (2009) Implementation of a new research discovery tool by the university libraries at Cornell University and the University of Florida. Proceedings of the Contributed Papers Session. SLA Biomedical and Life Sciences Division. http://units.sla.org/division/dbio/events/conf_past/contr.html
Davis, V., Dinsmore, C. (2008). Serving a diverse and ever-changing agricultural sciences department: Family, Youth & Community in perspective. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information. Binghamton: Haworth Press. 10 (1). 17-26
Gonzalez, S., Davis, V., Dinsmore, C., Frey, C., Newsom, C., Taylor, L. (2008). Bioactive: A Game for Library Instruction. Gaming in Academic Libraries: Collections, Marketing, and Information Literacy. Chicago: IL. 164-174
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.