Lynn Berard
Principal Librarian, Science Libraries

Education and Experience Lynn is a principal librarian in the Science Libraries. She currently serves as an engineering liaison (CivE, EPP, Environmental, MechE) and is also the editor for FOCUS, the Carnegie Mellon faculty and staff newspaper. Lynn began her career at Carnegie Mellon in 1985 as the Computer Science/Robotics Librarian, and since that time has served in various positions, including Head of the Science Libraries and as a Researcher for the Carnegie Mellon Research Institute. Throughout her tenure, she has served on numerous university-wide search committees, task forces, and councils. In addition to her duties at Carneige Mellon, she has taught classes in library science as an adjunct faculty member at Clarion University and the University of Pittsburgh. She received her graduate degree in Library Science from the University of Michigan. Library Responsibilities Head, Science Libraries Responsible for the management of E&S and Mellon Institute Libraries, including all services, staffing, and facilities. Directs reference services and fosters purchasing decisions for information delivery platforms for the Carnegie Institute of Technology, the Mellon College of Science, and the School of Computing Sciences. Oversees the reference and general collection materials budget for both facilities. Departmental Liaison – Civil and Environmental Engineering Directs the purchasing decisions and information platforms for reference and general collection materials in civil engineering and environmental science subject fields. Conducts library instruction sessions, designs research guides to library and internet sources, and orders books and journals in support of faculty and students in the CEE department. Professional Service and Representation Special Libraries Association, Fellow American Society for Engineering Education, Member Association for College and Research Libraries, Member Carnegie Mellon Libraries Council Carnegie Mellon Libraries Division on Collections and User Services Carnegie Mellon Libraries Employment Development Committee Carnegie Mellon Women's Association (CMWA) Research Interests Conducts prior art patent searches for the clients of the Carnegie Mellon Innovation Transfer Center. Lynn interviews patent applicants and guides them in conducting prior art searches on his/her invention. Currently serves as the Editor for the campus faculty and staff newspaper FOCUS. The newspaper is published in seven issues on an annual basis.

	Contact Information

E&S Library - 4408 Wean Hall, Fourth Floor
(412) 268-2428
lberard@andrew.cmu.edu

	Recent Publications and Presentations

Publications:
Berard, Lynn G. "Multicultural Acquisitons." Acquisitions Librarian. Forthcoming

Berard, Lynn G. and the Executive Director Search Committee. "The Executive Director Search Manual." Special Libraries Association, March 2002 - June 2003.

Presentations:
Berard, Lynn G., Bella Gerlich and Jean Alexander. "Qualitative Measures for Academic Libraries: Statistics for the 21st Century Reference Librarian." Poster Session, American Library Association (ALA), June 21, 2003. Toronto, Ontario.

"Copyright, Fair Use and the Teach Act in Distance Education." Seminar presentation to Heinz School, Course: 91-882, Legal Issues in Education taught by Dena Tsamitis, Spring 2003.

"What's so Special about Special Libraries?" Presented to the Department of Library Science, Clarion University of Pennsylvania. Colloquium speaker, November 7, 2002.