Jacob Gordon

Reference and Instruction Librarian
Assistant Librarian

Department Address

Eiche Library
3032 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601-3760
Office Phone
814-949-5519
Departmental Phone
814-949-5256 (department)
814-949-5520 (fax)
jeg6049@psu.edu

Subject Expertise

  • African American Studies
  • Anthropology
  • Communication Arts and Sciences
  • Comparative Literature
  • English Literature
  • French and Francophone Studies
  • German Language and Literature
  • Graphic Design
  • History
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Political Science
  • Religious Studies
  • Theatre
  • Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Publications

Cited by how many? Using Google Scholar for print monograph collection analysis at a small academic library, Collection and Curation, 2024

Cited by: automating citation counts for monographs using Google Scholar, Library Hi Tech News, 2023

The Brethren Central Service Committee: Non-Combatants or Conscientious Objectors?, Brethren Life & Thought, 2018

In the Flesh? Anthropodermic Bibliopegy Verification and Its Implications, RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, 2016

Other Publications

Chapters

Build Your Own Adventure! Designing and Teaching Archival Research with Themed Document Sets, From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload, 2025

Making the Most of Many Hats: Non-teaching Responsibilities and their Role in More Informed Instruction, Instructional Identities and Information Literacy, 2023