Sarah Webb

I successfully defended my dissertation, International, National and Local Notions of the Public Library: an extended case study in Namibia on 28 September 2012. I am currently working on projects to improve library services, community access to information and the professional development of librarians.

Research Interests

Publications and Presentations:

Ignatow, G., Webb, S.M., Webb, Poulin, M., Parajuli, R., Fleming, P., Batra, S., and Neupane, D. Public Libraries and Democratization in Three Developing Countries: Exploring the Role of Social Capital. Libri v. 62, March 2012

Webb, Sarah M., Public Libraries in a World Society. Poster at I-Conference. February 3-6, 2010. Champaigne-Urbana, Illinois

Webb, Sarah M., Library Use in Community Library Serving the Urban Poor: A case study of two libraries.  Presented at Standing Conference of Eastern, Central, and Southern African Librarians and Information Workers (SCECSAL) Biennial Conference, December 6-9, 2010, Gaborone, Botswana.

Sturges, Paul and Webb, Sarah M., Access to Information on HIV/AIDS Workshop. Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Librarians and Information Workers (SCECSAL) Biennial Conference, July 14, 2008. Lusaka, Zambia

Sturges, Paul and Webb, Sarah M., Practicalities of Intellectual Freedom. Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Librarians and Information Workers (SCECSAL) Biennial Conference, July 10, 2006. Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

Silverstein, Joanne. and Webb, Sarah. M., School Librarians, Informal Learning and Digital Reference Services. IASL annual conference, July 6, 2006. Lisbon, Portugal.

Inoue, Keisuke and Webb, Sarah M., Globalization and Information Studies. Connections, May 20, 2006. Syracuse, New York.

Webb, Sarah M. (2005) Creating a Reading Culture: one librarian’s mission in Rwanda. Children and Libraries v. 3 #3, winter 2005.

Younker, J.M. and Sarah M. Webb, (2005) Mind the Gap: what’s missing in teen realistic fiction. VOYA  v. 28 #3, August 2005.

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