Beth Farwell
- Librarian, Director of Arts & Special Collections Research Center
MLIS, Univ Texas Austin, 1996.
Major: Library & Information Science
MM, Univ Texas Austin, 1989.
Major: Applied Music
BM, Univ Cincinnati, 1986.
Major: Music
Experience
Beth Farwell serves as Director of the Arts and Special Collections Research Center. Additionally, she serves as liaison to the department of Museum Studies and the department of Art and Art History. Her career in libraries includes administration, preservation, collections, and other areas. Current work supports instruction, outreach, and curation of special collections.
Selected Publications/Presentations
Choe, Ezra, and Farwell, Beth, "Keeping Your Cool: A Practical Guide to Climate Control.” In The Theological Librarian’s Handbook: Protection and Preservation in Theological Libraries." (2024)
Farwell, B.E. (co-presenter) "Get Your Archive on I-35", Music Library Association Annual Conference (2022)
James, A. B., Been, J. D., Farwell, B. E., LOEX 2021, "Syllabi studies take too long!: Automating a text data mining approach to instructional outreach," LOEX, Virtual (2021)
Farwell, B. E. (Author & Presenter), Been, J. D. (Author), Turner, Andrea (Author), RBMS - Rare Books & Manuscripts Section | Association of College and Research Libraries, "Starting from Scratch: Using a New Start to Ensure we are Holding and Building Relevant Collections," Association of College and Research Libraries, Baltimore, Maryland (2019)
Professional Memberships
American Library Association
Association of College & Research Libraries
Music Library Association
Rare Book & Manuscripts Section
Society of Southwest Archivist
Texas Music Library Association
- Office Location
Moody Memorial Library, Arts & Special Collections Research Center