Tara Murray Grove
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About Me
Tara serves as the subject specialist in the University Libraries for Germanic and Slavic languages, literatures, and cultures, and for linguistics. She also oversees video collections and services through the University Libraries Music & Media Center. Tara has prior experience in specialized libraries and served as the president of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) in 2020 and 2021. She was recognized as a Fellow of SLA in 2017. She has an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh and a BA in German Studies from Bard College.
Subject Expertise
- Applied Linguistics
- German Language and Literature
- Slavic Languages and Literatures
Publications
Engaging with campus and community Insights from a traveling exhibition, College and Research Libraries News, 2023
How Multilingual Is Area Studies? Citation Patterns of German Studies Scholars at American Institutions, College and Research Libraries, 2023
Vivian Davidson Hewitt: A Special Librarian's Advocacy, Libraries, Culture, History, and Society, 2023
The First but not the Only: Vivian Davidson Hewitt’s Legacy in Special Librarianship, Special Libraries Association, 2022
Academic Library Video Services: Charting a Post-COVID Course, Pennsylvania Libraries: Research and Practice, 2021
Hidden Leadership in Small Special Libraries, Journal of Library Administration, 2018
Letting Go of Control, Information Outlook, 2018
An Unlikely Collaboration: How Academic and Special Libraries Can Help Each Other Survive, Journal of Library Administration, 2017
Applying Research in Special Library Settings, Journal of Library Administration, 2016
The Forecast for Special Libraries, Journal of Library Administration, 2016
Trends in Special Libraries: Observations Based on Conference Content, Journal of Library Administration, 2015
Volunteers in Special Libraries, Journal of Library Administration, 2015
The Human Nature of Information Work, Journal of Library Administration, 2015
Collaboration and Competition in Special Libraries, Journal of Library Administration, 2015
Professional Development and the Special Librarian, Journal of Library Administration, 2014
When a Library Shuts Its Doors: Collections and Information Services After a Library Closure, Journal of Library Administration, 2014
Applying Traditional Librarianship to New Roles for Special Librarians, Journal of Library Administration, 2014
How Much Is a Special Library Worth? Valuing and Communicating Information in an Organizational Context, Journal of Library Administration, 2014
What's So Special About Special Libraries?, Journal of Library Administration, 2013
How Much Is a Special Library Worth? Valuing and Communicating Information in an Organizational Context, Journal of Library Administration, 2013
Other Publications
Chapters
Transforming a Match Factory into the American Philatelic Research Library in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, New Libraries in Old Buildings: Creative Reuse, 2021
Introduction to the 2012 Symposium, The Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposia: Select Papers from the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Symposia, 2020
Philately., Magazines for Libraries, 2013
Philately., Magazines for Libraries, 2012
Philately., Magazines for Libraries, 2011
Book/Film/Article Reviews
The Geopolitics of Culture: James Billington, the Library of Congress, and the Failed Quest for a New Russia, Slavic & East European Information Resources, 2024
Magazine/Trade Publications
Introverts as Consultants, Jinfo, 2019