Olivia Sparks

Asst STEM Librarian (FSC),

STEM Division

CNTR Room 36 5988 S Backus Mall, Mail Code 1580 Mesa, AZ 85212
Mail code: 1006

Campus: Poly
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Long Bio

Olivia Sparks is the STEM Librarian for Life and Molecular Sciences. She returns to ASU Library after a 10 year hiatus, she was formerly a Science and Engineering Librarian at ASU. Her interests in chemical information and information literacy were seeded in high school and fully crystallized during her graduate studies and post graduate work as a research technician.

Olivia strives to help students (K-12 through graduate and post-doc), faculty and researchers meet their research and information seeking needs.

Education

MLIS, University of Arizona

MA in Chemistry, University of Arizona

BS in Chemistry, University of Florida

Images

Creative Commons Certificate - 2024-04-24

ORCID Profile ID

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5140-0859

Research Interests

Library instruction and outreach

Information Literacy

Supporting STEM education in K-12

Researcher support (including citation management tools)

Creative Commons and Open Education Resources

Publications

See ORCHID profile.

Professional Associations

American Library Association, member
- Association of College and Research Libraries, member
  - Science and Technology Section
    - Professional Development Committee, July 2024-June 2025
  - Instruction Section
    - Information Literacy in the Disciplines, Secretary July 2024-June2025
American Chemical Society, member
Special Libraries Association, member
Arizona Library Association, member