Educational & Behavioral Sciences Section

Charge

Serves the common interests of education and behavioral sciences librarians, including communications studies, psychology, and social work librarians. Members explore a host of issues in the areas of information literacy, effective use of technology in the classroom, collection development, scholarly communication, research, and other concerns pertaining to education and behavioral sciences librarianship.
 
The official EBSS committee rosters are listed below, and the EBSS website is available here.

Roster

Yu-Hui Chen (Chair, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)
Ashlynn Kogut (Vice-Chair, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)
Katherine Safiah Donaldson (Secretary, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025)
Samantha Godbey (Past-Chair, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)
Dawn Victoria Behrend (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025)
Hui - Fen Chang (Member-at-Large, July 1, 2022, to June 30, 2024)
Ms. Kara M. Whatley (Board Liaison, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)
Lauren Carlton (Staff Liaison, July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2024)

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Resources

Composition

As of August 2023, EBSS had 910 members. The committee composition is determined by section leadership. 

EBSS Committees

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Advisory Council

Awards Committee

Communication Studies Committee

Conference Program Planning 2024 Committee

Conference Program Planning 2025 Committee

Curriculum Materials Committee

Education Committee

Education Research Libraries Discussion Group

Electronic Resources in Communication Studies Committee 

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee

Instruction for Educators Committee

Membership and Orientation Committee

Nominating 2024 Committee

Nominating 2025 Committee

Online Learning Research Committee

Psychology Committee

Publications and Communications Committee

Reference Sources and Services Committee

Research Committee

Scholarly Communication Committee

Social Work Committee

Origin

The Education and Behavioral Sciences Section was established in 1968.

Get Involved

Volunteers will need to complete the volunteer form. Committee service that begins July 1. More information, including volunteer deadlines and requirements, can be found on the ACRL volunteer site. 

Staff Liaison

Lauren Carlton
Program Officer
Association of College & Research Libraries
American Library Association
E-mail: lcarlton@ala.org