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Kate Tallman

Head of Library Liaison Services
Milner Library
Office
MLB Milner Library 516
Office Phone
(309) 438-2334office
phone
Email
kwtallm@ilstu.eduemail
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Biography

I came to Milner Library from the University of Colorado Boulder where I was the Director of Rare and Distinctive Collections and Head of the Government Information Library (2012-2024). I am a long-time subject librarian, with years of experience in library instruction, reference, collection development, and leadership. My academic background is in Cultural Anthropology (B.A.), South East Asian studies (M.A) and Library and Information Science (M.S.). My ultimate goal is to make the library as friendly and accessible as possible to students and faculty. I enjoy collaborating with colleagues across campus to make this happen! In my spare time I enjoy hiking, growing my Lego collection, and relaxing with family in the country.

Research Interests & Areas

Library leadership and management, organizational change and design, library liaison models and subject librarianship, government information librarianship, sources, and users.

Book Review

Tallman, K. Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication. Dttp: A Quarterly Journal of Government Information Practice & Perspective 43.3 (2015): 30-31.

Book, Chapter

Tallman, K. Conclusion. Kate Tallman, Jim Church, Kay Cassell (EDs), Government Information Landscape and Libraries. International Federation of Library Associations (2021)
Tallman, K. Scientific and Technical Information. Cassandra Hartnett, Eric Forte, Andrea Sevetson (EDs), Fundamentals of Government Information: Mining, Finding, Evaluating, and Using Government Resources. ALA Neal-Schuman (2016): 255-272.

Journal Article

Gilbert, S., White, P., & Tallman, K. Information Seeking Behavior of Environmental Journalists. Journal of Librarianship and Information Science 54.3 (2021)
Trujillo, N., & Tallman, K. A Library Within a Library”: Organizational Design as Perceived by Academic Government Information Librarians. Journal of Library Administration 61.1 (2020): 21-41.
Tallman, K. We Need You!...to become a Preservation Steward. Dttp: A Quarterly Journal of Government Information Practice and Perspective 45.2 (2017)

Presentations

Practical Strategies for Evaluating Mis- and Dis-Information in the Classroom and beyond. World Library Information Congress. (2023)
Reporting on the World of Government Information – a panel presentation from the editors of Government Information Landscape and Libraries. Help! I’m an Accidental Government Information Librarian. (2023)
Government Documents Lead the Way for National History Day. Colorado Association of Libraries Conference. (2022)
Government Documents Lead the Way for National History Day. Colorado Library Consortium. (2022)
Think Like an Archivist: A New Paradigm for Government Information. Federal Depository Library Conference. (2022)
IFLA Report: The Government Information Landscape & Libraries. Federal Depository Library Program Conference. (2021)
Academic Government Information Librarians and Organizational Design: Tales from the Library within a Library. Federal Depository Library Program Conference. (2020)
An Examination of Professional Journalists ISB for Outreach and Reference Service. American Library Association Annual Conference. (2020)
What do students know about Gov Info?. University Libraries Symposium Series. (2019)
GoPIG … Go What? A Brief Overview of Government Documents in Colorado. Colorado Association of Libraries Conference. (2018)

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