Alison Downey

Coordinator of Technical Services, Associate Professor of Library Science
Christopher Center, Room 174
(219) 464-6183
Alison.Downey (at) valpo.edu

Professor Downey joined the Valparaiso University faculty in the fall of 2018. She acts as liaison to the Psychology/Counseling, Social Work, Political Science and Education departments in addition to being the Government Information librarian. She manages the Technical Services department, is responsible for cataloging processes, and serves as the primary technical services liaison to OCLC and co-systems administrator for our integrated library system.

Published works:

See https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0009-0003-2683-533

Professional Memberships:

American Library Association

• Association of College and Research Libraries
• Government Documents Round Table (served as a subcommittee chair and secretary)

Education:

M.L.S. – Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
B.A. – Indiana University Northwest

Areas of Specialization:

ILS Management
Technical Services
Instruction
Government Information
Mental Health in Libraries

Other Interests:

A native of northwest Indiana, Professor Downey loves finding new and entertaining things to do in the region and spending time at Lake Michigan. She enjoys geocaching, visiting the local library, reading humorous books and spending time with her family. When she's not doing any of those things, she's probably re-watching The Office.