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Ms. Karen R. Harker

Librarian

University of North Texas

Department of Library - Collection Management

(940) 565-2688

Email: Karen.Harker@unt.edu

Education

  • MS, University of North Texas,
    Major: Advanced Data Analytics
  • MPH, University of Texas School of Public Health, 2007
    Major: Public Health
    Specialization: Epidemiology
  • MLS, Texas Woman's University, 1999
    Major: Library and Information Science
  • BLS, Regent's College, University of the State of New York, 1995
    Major: Liberal Studies
    Specialization: Sociology, Psychology

Professional Positions

  • Biostatistician, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. (2009 - 2011).
  • Librarian, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. (2000 - 2008).

    • Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Librarian, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2019 - Present).
  • Librarian, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2018 - 2019).
  • Associate Librarian, University of North Texas. University of North Texas. (2012 - 2018).

Professional Memberships

  • EDUCAUSE. (August 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. (2020 - Present).
  • Association of College & Research Libraries. (2014 - Present).
  • American Library Association. (2011 - Present).
  • Association of Library Collections and Technical Services. (2011 - 2020).
  • Texas Library Association. (2013 - 2015).

Development Activities

  • Other (Graduate Credit Course), Student Demographics, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 22, 2023 - December 12, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Charleston Conference (Online), The Charleston Conference. Charleston,SC,United States of America. (December 1, 2023 - December 3, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Embracing Slow Librarianship, Association of College and Research Libraries of Greater Metropolitan New York City. New York City,New York,United States of America. (December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023).
  • Continuing Education Program, Learning Lab | Privacy for All in Higher Ed, EDUCAUSE. Online,United States of America. (September 11, 2023 - September 20, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative. Online,United States of America. (July 27, 2023 - July 28, 2023).
  • Conference Attendance, 15th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries, International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries. Oxford,United Kingdom. (July 11, 2023 - July 13, 2023).
  • Seminar, Licensing Privacy: Why and How to Staff for Privacy in Academic Libraries, University of Illinois. Urbana-Champaign,Illinois,United States of America. (June 6, 2023).
  • Other (Graduate Credit Course), Applications and Deployment of Advanced Analytics, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 30, 2023 - May 12, 2023).
  • Other (Graduate Credit Course), AI: Recurrent Neural Networks for Sequence Data, University of North Texas. United States of America. (January 16, 2023 - March 23, 2023).
  • Other (Graduate credit course), Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Learning Analytics, UNT College of Information, Learning Technology. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 2022 - December 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Agile in the Library: Principles and Tools for Managing Teams and Strengthening Change, Library Juice Academy. Online,United States of America. (November 7, 2022 - December 6, 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Anti-Racism is Not a Self-Help Movement: Moving from Individual Analysis to Systemic Change, University of North Texas, Denton. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (November 18, 2022 - November 18, 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Strategies for Inclusive Language and Policy, University of North Texas, Denton. Texas,United States of America. (November 14, 2022 - November 14, 2022).
  • Conference Attendance, 2022 Library Assessment Conference, Association of Research Libraries. Online,United States of America. (November 1, 2022 - November 3, 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Utilizing Workflow Analysis to build a Culture of Continued Process Improvement, Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L). Online,United States of America. (October 11, 2022 - October 13, 2022).
  • Other (Graduate credit course), Large Data Visualization, UNT Toulouse Graduate School. Denton,TX,United States of America. (June 2022 - August 2022).
  • Other (Graduate credit course), Discovery and Learning with Big Data, UNT Toulouse Graduate School. Denton,TX,United States of America. (March 2022 - May 2022).
  • Other (Graduate credit course), Harvesting, Storing, and Retrieving Data, UNT Toulouse Graduate School. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 2022 - March 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Interrupting Microaggressions, University of North Texas, Denton. Texas,United States of America. (March 9, 2022 - March 9, 2022).
  • Continuing Education Program, Fostering a sustainable culture of assessment, American Library Association Core Division. Online,Texas,United States of America. (February 22, 2022 - February 22, 2022).
  • Other (Graduate credit course), Advanced Data Analytics II, UNT Toulouse Graduate School. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 2021 - December 2021).
  • Continuing Education Program, Prioritizing Privacy, IMLS. Virtual,Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),United States of America. (October 3, 2021 - November 11, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, Charleston Conference, Against the Grain Media. Charleston,SC,United States of America. (November 3, 2021 - November 8, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, 14th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries, University of Northumbria. Oxford,United Kingdom. (November 2, 2021 - November 5, 2021).
  • Other (Graduate credit course), Advanced Data Analytics I, UNT Toulouse Graduate School. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 2021 - October 2021).
  • Workshop, Sierra RESTful APIs, III. Virtual,United States of America. (October 3, 2021 - October 3, 2021).
  • Workshop, Sierra Scripting for SQL, III. Virtual,United States of America. (October 2, 2021 - October 2, 2021).
  • Continuing Education Program, 21st Century Library Assessment, NISO. Virtual,United States of America. (April 1, 2021 - May 27, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, NASIG 2021, North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG). Virtual,United States of America. (May 20, 2021 - May 23, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, ACRL Conference 2021, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL). Virtual,United States of America. (April 13, 2021 - April 16, 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, Library Assessment Conference, 2020, Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Online,Online,United States of America. (October 29, 2020 - March 2021).
  • Conference Attendance, Electronic Resources & Libraries, 2021, Electronic Resources & Libraries (ER&L). Austin,Texas,United States of America. (March 8, 2021 - March 11, 2021).
  • Self-Study Program, Managing Bias for Anti-Bias & Cultural Awareness Program, UNT Division of. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020).
  • Continuing Education Program, Unlikely Allies in the Academy, UNT Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity. Denton,TX,United States of America. (May 2020 - November 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, Core Forum, 2020, American Library Association Core. Online,Online,United States of America. (November 18, 2020 - November 20, 2020).
  • Self-Study Program, Diversity & Inclusion Training, UNT Division of Institutional Equity & Diversity. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 12, 2020 - November 12, 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, Charleston Conference, 2020, Charleston Conference. Charleston,South Carolina,United States of America. (November 7, 2020 - November 11, 2020).
  • Workshop, Introduction to Collection Data Analysis, Charleston Conference. Charleston,South Carolina,United States of America. (October 26, 2020).
  • Tutorial, Cybersecurity Awareness, UNT System ITSS. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 20, 2020 - October 20, 2020).
  • Workshop, Insights Professional Developer Training, UNT Data & Institutional Research (DAIR). Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 12, 2020 - October 12, 2020).
  • Self-Study Program, Python for Everyone (PY4E), University of Michigan (Coursera). Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 29, 2020 - September 28, 2020).
  • Workshop, Using Factor Analysis for Survey Design and Validation, American Education Research Association (AERA). Washington, DC,Washington, DC,United States of America. (September 1, 2020 - September 1, 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, Cross Timbers Library Collective, 2020, Cross Timbers Library Collective. Denton,TX,United States of America. (August 6, 2020).
  • Workshop, Communication Skills Training, Part 2, UNT System Human Resources. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (July 28, 2020 - July 28, 2020).
  • Workshop, Communication Skills, Part 1, UNT System Human Resources. Denton,TX,United States of America. (July 14, 2020 - July 14, 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, NASIG 2020, North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG). Online,Online,United States of America. (June 10, 2020 - June 12, 2020).
  • Workshop, Introduction to Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, American Educational Research Association (AERA). Washington, DC,Washington, DC,United States of America. (June 4, 2020 - June 4, 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, Electronic Resources & Libraries, 2020, Electronic Resources & Libraries. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (March 9, 2020 - March 12, 2020).
  • Conference Attendance, 2019 Cross Timbers Library Collective, Cross Timbers Library Collective. Denton,Texas,United States of America. (July 2019 - July 2019).
  • Conference Attendance, 2019 Electronic Resources & Libraries, Electronic Resources & Libraries. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (March 4, 2019 - March 6, 2019).
  • Conference Attendance, 2018 Library Assessment Conference, Association of Research Libraries. Houston,Texas,United States of America. (December 14, 2018 - December 17, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 2018 Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, Association of Computing Machinery & IEEE. Fort Worth,Texas,United States of America. (June 3, 2018 - June 7, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 2018 Texas Library Association, Texas Library Association. Dallas,Texas,United States of America. (April 3, 2018 - April 6, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 2018 Electronic Resources & Libraries, Electronic Resources & Libraries. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (March 5, 2018 - March 7, 2018).
  • Conference Attendance, 2017 International Conference on Knowledge Management, International Conference on Knowledge Management. Fort Worth,Texas,United States of America. (October 25, 2017 - October 27, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, 2017 Cross Timbers Library Collective, Cross Timbers Library Collective. Fort Worth,Texas,United States of America. (August 17, 2017 - August 17, 2017).
  • Conference Attendance, 2016 LITA Forum, Library Information Technology Association. Fort Worth,Texas,United States of America. (November 18, 2016 - November 20, 2016).
  • Conference Attendance, 2016 Cross Timbers Library Collective, Cross Timbers Library Collective. Tyler,Texas,United States of America. (June 2016 - June 2016).
  • Conference Attendance, 2016 Electronic Resources & Libraries, Electronic Resources & Libraries. Austin,Texas,United States of America. (April 11, 2016 - April 13, 2016).
  • Conference Attendance, 2014 Charleston Conference, Charleston Conference. Charleston,South Carolina,United States of America. (November 5, 2014 - November 7, 2014).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Abstracts and Proceedings

  • Harker, K.R. (2018). Connecting the silos: Systematic data collection for library and collections assessment. Knowledge Discovery and Data Design Innovation. Singapore, World Scientific Publishing. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248348/

    • Book Chapter

  • Lund, B., Harker, K.R., Kaplan-Rakowski, R. (2024). Using AI to support the transition from schooling to employment for autistic individuals. In A. Walters (Ed.), Transforming special education through artificial intelligence. (pp. 379–400). IGI Global.
  • Harker, K.R. (2022). The Impact of Open Access on Library Collections. Global View of Open Access and Scholarly Communications. 29. Hershey, PA, IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/impact-of-open-access-on-library-collections-and-collection-development-services/303642
  • Harker, K.R., Klein, J.B. (2018). A Voice of Their Own – Letting Library Collections Tell Their Story: The UNT Libraries Collection Map. Academic Libraries and the Academy: Strategies and Approaches to Demonstrate Your Value, Impact, and Return on Investment. 2 (Ch. 40) Chicago, IL, Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1248351
  • Sassen, C.J., Harker, K.R., O'Toole, E.M. (2017). Professional Development Assessment Paella. Library Assessment Cookbook. Chicago, Illinois, Association of College and Research Libraries. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc993957
  • Marshall, D., Crawford, L.S., Harker, K.R. (2017). No Dust in the Stacks: Creating a Customized Local Serials Collection on the Fly.. Innovation in Libraries and Information Services (Advances in Library Administration and Organization, Volume 35). 35 277-288. Bingley, Emerald Group Publishing Limited. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/S0732-067120160000035019

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Hergert, C., Byrne, S., Harker, K.R. (2021). Creating a Local Usage Collection System: PySUSHI. International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries. Book of Proceedings, 14th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries. 14 81-86. Newcastle, University of Northumbria. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1898181/
  • Byrne, S., Hergert, C., Harker, K.R. (2021). Who still checks stuff out? A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries. Book of Proceedings: 14th International Conference on Performance Measurements in Libraries. 14 324-329. New, University of Northumbria. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1898183/
  • Harker, K.R., Keshmiripour, S., McIntosh, M.C., O'Toole, E.M., Sassen, C.J. (2019). Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians. Library Assessment Conference 2018. Association of Research Libraries. https://libraryassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/44-Harker-et-al-AssessingTheSuccess.pdf
  • Harker, K.R., Crawford, L.S., Condrey, C. (2019). The Collection Assessment Is Done...Now What?. Proceedings of the 2018 Library Assessment Conference Building Effective, Sustainable, Practical Assessment. 714-720. Washington D.C., Association of Research Libraries. https://www.libraryassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Proceedings-2018-rs.pdf
  • Andrews, P., Harker, K.R., Krahmer, A.J. (2018). Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection. 37-40. ACM/IEEE-CS.
  • Sassen, C.J., Harker, K.R., O'Toole, E.M. (2017). Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program Beyond Satisfaction Surveys. In Domínguez, N., Berkeley, B., Barka, N., Chrisman, T., Kelley, B., & Westfall, E. (Eds.). (2017). 10th annual mentoring conference proceedings: A Decade of Cultivating an Inclusive Mentoring Community. 2 1015-1017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1062067/
  • Sassen, C.J., Harker, K.R., O'Toole, E.M. (2016). Assessing the Success of a Professional Development Program Using Multiple Measures. 2016 Library Assessment Conference.. 71. Washington, D.C., Association of Research Libraries. http://old.libraryassessment.org/bm~doc/poster-abstracts.pdf
  • Harker, K.R., Enoch, T.C., Crawford, L.S. (2015). Keeping it Real: A Comprehensive and Transparent Evaluation of Electronic Resources. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/charleston/2014/Collection/7/
  • Enoch, Todd & Harker, Karen. (2015). The Quick and the Dirty: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Database Overlap at the Journal Title Level. The Serials Librarian. The Serials Librarian. 68 (1-4) 249-254. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0361526X.2015.1016858
  • Avery, Beth F.; Harker, K.. (2013). Patron driven acquisitions: or I wish I knew then .... 38th Annual IAMSLIC Conference Proceedings, 2012. 38 2. International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers; You do not have access to modify this field.International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130195/

    • Infographic Handout

  • Henson, B., Hardin, G., Hardin, C., Harker, K., Richardson, J. (2019). Information Literacy & Student Learning Outcomes Infographic Handout. Other. Where Does Information Literacy Fit? Mapping the Core. Association of College and Research Libraries/ American Library Association. https://sandbox.acrl.org/library-collection/information-literacy-student-learning-outcomes-infographics

    • Infographic Poster

  • Henson, B., Hardin, G., Hargis, C., Harker, K., Richardson, J. (2019). Information Literacy & Student Learning Outcomes Infographic Poster. Other. Where Does Information Literacy Fit? Mapping the Core. Association of College and Research Libraries/ American Library Association. https://sandbox.acrl.org/library-collection/information-literacy-student-learning-outcomes-infographics

    • Instruction manual

  • Crawford, L.S., Harker, K.R., Enoch, T.C. Tower Cakes for Ranking Subscription Resources. Assessment Cookbook.

    • Journal Article

  • Harker, K.R., Rowe, J.L., Hargis, C.N. (2024). Predicting Student Success With and Without Library Instruction Using Supervised Machine Learning Methods. Performance Measurement and Metrics. Leeds, Emerald Group. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/PMM-12-2023-0047/full/html
  • Harker, K.R. (2022). The Depths of Cost-per-Use: Historical Context and Applications. Library Trends. 70 (3) 355-386. Baltimore, MD, Johns Hopkins University Press. https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/858205
  • Rowe, J.L., Leuzinger, J., Hargis, C., Harker, K. (2021). The Impact of Library Instruction on Undergraduate Student Success: A Four Year Study. College & Research Libraries. 82 (1) https://crl.acrl.org/index.php/crl/article/view/24750/32573
  • Harker, K.R., Keshmiripour, S., McIntosh, M.C., O'Toole, E.M., Sassen, C.J. (2019). Mixed-Methods Assessment of a Mentoring Program. Journal of Library Administration. 59 (8) 873-902. Routledge. https://doi-org.libproxy.library.unt.edu/10.1080/01930826.2019.1661745
  • Harker, K.R., O'Toole, E.M., Sassen, C.J. (2018). Assessing an Academic Library Professional Development Program. portal: Libraries and the Academy. 18 (1) 199-223. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark%3A/67531/metadc1065420/
  • Harker, K.R., Condrey, C., Rodriguez, A.E., Billings, E. (2016). Reversals of Fortune: The New Normal of Collection Development. Against the Grain. 28 (4) 26-32. Charleston, SC, http://www.against-the-grain.com/2016/10/v28-4-september-2016-table-of-contents/
  • Enoch, T.C., Harker, K.R. (2015). Planning for the Budget-ocalypse: The Evolution of a Serials/ER Cancellation Methodology.. Other. 68 (1-4) 282-289. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0361526X.2015.1025657#
  • Harker, K.R., Sassen, C.J. (2015). Enhancing access to e-books. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice. 10 (1) 5-19. University of Alberta Libraries. https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/23139
  • Rao U, Sidhartha T, Harker KR, Bidesi AS, Chen LA, Ernst M.. (2011). Relationship between adolescent risk preferences on a laboratory task and behavioral measures of risk-taking.. Journal of Adolescent Health. 48 (2) 151-158. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3050646/
  • Shuval K, Harker K, Roudsari B, Groce NE, Mills B, Siddiqi Z, Shachak A.. (2011). Is qualitative research second class science? A quantitative longitudinal examination of qualitative research in medical journals. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 24;6(2):e16937. PubMed PMID: 21383987; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3044713.. PLOS One. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016937
  • Jayaraman, S; Harker, K. (2010). Selecting the Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (III) Electronic Resource Management (ERM) System for University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Library. Journal of Hospital Librarianship. 10 (3) 315-320. Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15323269.2010.491725
  • Jayaraman, S; Harker, K. (2009). Evaluating the quality of a link resolver. Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries. 6 (2) 152-162. Taylor & Francis. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15424060902932250
  • Culica Dan, Walton James W., Harker Karen, Prezio Elizabeth A.. (2008). Effectiveness of a Community Health Worker as Sole Diabetes Educator: Comparison of CoDE with Similar Culturally Appropriate Interventions. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 19 (4) 1076-1095. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. https://doi.org/10.1353/hpu.0.0076

    • Magazine/Trade Publication

  • Harker, K. (1999). Order out of chaos: Using a Web database to manage access to electronic journals. 18 (1) 59-67.

    • Monograph

  • Harker, K.R., Klein, J.B. (2016). Collection Assessment. SPEC Kit. (352) 175. Washington, DC, Association of Research Libraries (ARL). http://publications.arl.org/Collection-Assessment-SPEC-Kit-352/

    • Research Report

  • Condrey, C., Harker, K.R. (2017). Campus Pride Report: Summary of UNT Libraries' Collections. Other. Denton, TX, https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc987473/
  • Crawford, L.S., Avery, B., Harker, K.R., Enoch, T.C., Condrey, C. (2015). White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries. z687. http://www.ala.org/alcts/resources/z687/redefine
  • Crawford, L.S., Avery, E.F., Harker, K.R., Enoch, T.C., Condrey, C. (2014). White Paper: Redefining Collection Development at University of North Texas Libraries. UNT Digital Library. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc335286/

Presentations Given

  • A searchable library news archive, (2001 - 2001).
  • What To Do Before the Webmaster Leaves: Documentation and Planning of Web Development Projects, (2001 - 2001).
  • Personalization of the Web Site: The 'My Library' Project, (1999 - 1999).
  • A Comparison of the Characteristics of the Most-linked and Least-linked Academic Medical Library Web Sites, (1998 - 1998).
  • Allied Health Web Site, (1998 - 1998).
  • Collecting and organizing residency Web-brochures, (1998 - 1998).

    • Lecture

  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), ALCTS Online Learning Webinar, Using the Power of Excel to Help with Cutting a Budget, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), Online, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).

    • Oral Presentation

  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Rowe, J.L. (Author & Presenter), Hargis, C.N. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Predicting Student Success with and without Library Instruction: Using Supervised Machine Learning Methods, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Online, United States of America. (2023).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Rowe, J.L. (Author), Hargis, C.N. (Author), LibPMC: The 15th International Conference on Libraries and Performance Measurement, Predicting Student Success with and without Library Instruction, Library Performance Metrics and Measurement, Oxford, UK, United Kingdom. (2023).
  • Hergert, C. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Byrne, S. (Author), 14th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries, Creating a Local Usage Collection System: PySUSHI, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2021 - 2021).
  • Byrne, S. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Hergert, C. (Author), 14th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries, Who still checks stuff out?: A look at physical circulation during the COVID-19 pandemic, University of Northumbria, Newcastle, UK, United Kingdom. (2021 - 2021).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Hergert, C. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, 2020, Making It Local: Developing a Local Usage Collection System, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Online, United States of America. (2020).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Hergert, C. (Author & Presenter), Sephra, B. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, 2020, High-Quality Diet of Journals: Comparison of Top-ranked with Most-used Journals at a Large Academic Library, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Online, United States of America. (2020).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Mountain Plains Library Association Conference, Assessing a Professional Development Program for Academic Librarians, Mountain Plains Library Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. (2019).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author), Keshmiripour, S. (Author), McIntosh, M.C. (Author), O'Toole, E. (Author & Presenter), Sassen, C.J. (Author), Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment Conference, Assessment of a Faculty Mentoring Program Using Validated Instruments, Texas Association for Higher Education Assessment, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2019).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Keshmiripour, S. (Author), McIntosh, M.C. (Author), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 Conference, Assessing an Academic Library Mentoring Program, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Texas Woman's University, United States of America. (2019).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L.S. (Author), Condrey, C. (Author), 2018 Library Assessment Conference, The Collection Assessment Is Done...Now What?, Association of Research Libraries, Houston, TX, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Klein, J.B. (Author & Presenter), ALCTS Exchange, Skill Building for Effective Use of Multidimensional Measurements in Collection Assessments, Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS), Online, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Klein, J.B. (Author & Presenter), ARL Webinars, Collection Assessment (SPEC Kit 352), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Online (Webinar), United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Klein, J. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference 2016, Charting New Territory: Mapping the UNT Libraries Collection, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), O'Toole, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Texas Library Association Annual Conference 2016, Assessing an Academic Library Professional Development Program, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2016).
  • Klein, J. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L.S. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Charleston Conference, Multiplying by Division: Mapping the Collection at University of North Texas Libraries, Charleston, SC, United States of America. (2015).
  • Enoch, T.C. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), NASIG webinar, Planning for the Budget-ocalypse: The Evolution of a Serials/ER Cancellation Methodology, NASIG, Online, United States of America. (2015).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), American Library Association Annual Conference 2014, Cataloging That Works: How to Make E-books Findable., ALCTS Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America. (2014).
  • Avery, B. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Collection Evaluation and Assessment Interest Group, Evaluating collections on a regular basis, American Library Association (ALA), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).
  • Enoch, T.C. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), 2014 NASIG Annual Conference, Planning for the Budget-ocalypse: The Evolution of a Serials/ER Cancellation Methodology, NASIG, Ft. Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2014).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference 2014, Usage of E-books with Enriched Bibliographic Records, Austin, Texas, United States of America. (2014).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Library Tech Network, Is it really that bad? Verifying the extent of full-text linking problems, North Texas Libraries Partnership, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Texas STEM Librarians' Conference, DDA & STEM @ UNT: What we have learned, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), 36th Annual Meeting, Citation errors in the 21st century, South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Carpenter, S. (Author & Presenter), Chapa, K. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), 36th Annual Meeting, Creating a centralized repository, South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Ramos, T. (Author & Presenter), 36th Annual Meeting, Methods for evaluation of citation errors by institution: A pilot methodological study, South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2008 - 2008).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), 102nd Annual Meeting, The Effects of Online Access to Information on the Usage of Print-Only Journals, Medical Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2002 - 2002).

    • Other

  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Klein, J.B. (Author & Presenter), Priya, P.B. (Author & Presenter), LITA Forum 2016, Letting the Collections Tell Their Story: Using Tableau for Collection Evaluation, Library Information Technology Association (LITA), Fort Worth, Texas, USA, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Enoch, T.C. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L.S. (Author & Presenter), 34th Charleston Library Conference, Keeping it real: a Comprehensive and transparent evaluation of electronic resources, Charleston, SC, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).

    • Panel Presentation

  • Harker, K.R. (Presenter), Leuzinger, J.A. (Presenter), Wolf, S.D. (Presenter), Rodriguez, A.E. (Presenter), Byrne, S. (Presenter), 2022 Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Collection Assessment Through DEI Lenses: Venturing into (nearly) uncharted waters, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Online, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).
  • Condrey, C. (Author & Presenter), Crawford, L.S. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative 2019 Conference, Subject-Based Collection Evaluation: Context, Assessment Strategies, & Enhancement, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2019).
  • Harker, K.R. (Coordinator/Organizer), Raborn, K. (Panelist), Szkentkiralyi, Z. (Panelist), Scalf, H. (Panelist), Annual Conference, Tableau: Interactive Visualizations for Your Library, Texas Library Association, Dallas, Tx, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Andrews, P. (Presenter), Klein, J. (Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Presenter), Alemneh, D.G. (Presenter), 20th International Symposium of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, Tracing our Global Connections: A Bibliographic Analysis of UNT Digital Library Item Usage Among Global ETDs, USETDA and NDLTD, Washington, D.C., United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), Zerangue, A. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Texas Conference on Institutional Repositories, Toward a Better Understanding of Open Access Policy Assessment, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2017).

    • Paper

  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Keshmiripour, S. (Author), McIntosh, M.C. (Author), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), Sassen, C.J. (Author), Library Assessment Conference, Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians, Association of Research Libraries, Houston, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Andrews, P. (Author), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Krahmer, A.J. (Author), ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries., Applying the Analytic Hierarchy Process to an Institutional Repository Collection, Association of Computing Machinery and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2018 - 2018).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Big Data in the Big D: 2017 ICKM, Connecting the Silos: Systematic Data Collection for Library and Collections Assessment, International Conference on Knowledge Management, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2017 - 2017).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Parwani, P.B. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference 2016, Making MINES for Libraries Work for Your Library, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Kizhakkethil, P. (Author & Presenter), 2014 Annual Conference, The Quick and the Dirty: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Database Overlap at the Journal Title Level, North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG), Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2014 - 2014).

    • Poster

  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Miles, C.A. (Author), Brannon, S.D. (Author), Library Assessment Conference, The Long and Winding Road of an Assessment Committee, United States of America. (2022).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), American Library Association Annual Conference, Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program for Academic Librarians, American Library Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America. (2018).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), Texas Library Association Annual Conference, Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program Beyond Satisfaction Surveys, Texas Library Association, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2018).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), UNM Mentoring Institute Conference, Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program Beyond Satisfaction Surveys, University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America. (2017).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), O'Toole, E.M. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative Conference, Assessing the Success of a Mentoring Program Beyond Satisfaction Surveys, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative, Denton, Texas, United States of America. (2017).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author), Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), O'Toole, E.M. (Author), Library Assessment Conference, Assessing the Success of a Professional Development Program, Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Poster Presentation, Arlington, Virginia, USA, United States of America. (2016).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author), Klein, J.B. (Author & Presenter), Library Assessment Conference (LAC), Collection Assessment and ARL Libraries, Association of Research Libraries, United States of America. (2016 - 2016).
  • Sassen, C.J. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), O'Toole, E.M. (Author & Presenter), CTLC Annual Conference 2016, Assessing the Success of a Professional Development Program, Cross Timbers Library Consortium, Fort Worth, Texas, United States of America. (2016).
  • Crawford, L.S. (Author & Presenter), Marshall, D. (Author), Harker, K.R. (Author), Charleston Library Conference, No Dust in the Stacks: Creating a Customized Local Serials Collection on the Fly, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author), Klein, J. (Author & Presenter), Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC) Conference, UNT Collection Map: A Data-Organization Tool for Subject-Based Collections, Cross Timbers Library Collaborative (CTLC), Tyler, Texas, United States of America. (2015 - 2015).
  • Avery, B. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), 39th IAMSLIC Conference, The Overhaul of Collection Evaluation, International Association of Marine Sciences Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC), Dania Beach, Florida, United States of America. (2013 - 2013).
  • Avery, B. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), International Association of Marine Sciences Libraries and Information Centers, Patron Driven Acquisitions: Or I Wish I Knew Then..., IAMSLIC, Anchorage, Alaska, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), TechNet Conference, What If… Analysis of Demand-Driven Acquisitions of E-Books, North Texas Libraries Partnership, Dallas, Texas, United States of America. (2012 - 2012).
  • Harker, K.R. (Author), Mayo, H. (Author & Presenter), 30th Annual Meeting, Collaborative Development: Building a Subject Guide with Faculty Input, South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2002 - 2002).
  • Alexander, K. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Higa-Moore, M. (Author), McKibbon, S. (Author), Mayo, H. (Author), Wilder, L. (Author), 30th Annual Meeting, Gathering customer input prior to home page redesign: An ontological study, South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America. (2002 - 2002).

    • Sharing Session

  • Harker, K.R. (Author & Presenter), Miles, C.A. (Discussant), Brannon, S.D. (Discussant), 2022 Library Assessment Conference, The Long and Winding Road of an Assessment Committee, Association of Research Libraries, Online, United States of America. (2022 - 2022).

    • Symposium

  • Alemneh, D.G. (Author), Andrews, P. (Author & Presenter), Harker, K.R. (Author), Klein, J. (Author), Texas Conference on Digital Libraries (TCDL-2017), UNT Libraries ETD Citation Analysis Project, Texas Digital Libraries (TDL), Austin, Texas., United States of America. (2017 - 2017).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Harker, K.R. (Principal), Byrne, S. (Supporting), Leuzinger, J.A. (Supporting), Rodriguez, A.E. (Supporting), Brannon, S.D. (Supporting), Wolf, S.D. (Supporting), "UNT Libraries Dean's Innovation Grants (DIG)," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $4975 Funded. (2022 - 2023).
  • Harker, K.R. (Principal), Hergert, C. (Co-Principal), Byrne, S. (Supporting), "UNT Libraries Dean's Innovation Grants (DIG)," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $2850 Funded. (2021 - 2022).
  • Harker, K.R. (Co-Principal), Venner, M.A. (Co-Principal), Sassen, C.J. (Co-Principal), Keshmiripour, S. (Co-Principal), "Team Mentoring Grant," sponsored by UNT Office for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4734 Funded. (2019 - 2021).
  • Harker, K.R., Sassen, C.J. (Co-Principal), Leuzinger, J.A. (Co-Principal), Keshmiripour, S. (Co-Principal), "Team Mentoring Grant," sponsored by Office for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $500 Funded. (2017 - 2018).
  • Harker, K.R., "Dean's Innovation Grants (DIG)," sponsored by UNT Libraries, University of North Texas, $2475 Funded. (2016 - 2017).
  • Harker, K.R. (Co-Principal), Hamner, J.H. (Supporting), Thomsett-Scott, E.C. (Supporting), Sassen, C.J. (Co-Principal), O'Toole, E.M. (Co-Principal), Welch, R. (Co-Principal), "Office for Faculty Success Mentoring Grant," sponsored by UNT Office for Faculty Success, University of North Texas, $4200 Funded. (2015 - 2016).
  • Harker, K.R. (Other), "MINES for Libraries: Usage of Electronic Resources," sponsored by UNT Libraries' Green Light to Greatness Award, Local, $5000 Funded. (2014 - 2015).
  • Harker, K.R. (Other), "Mining Art: Using MINES for Libraries® to learn what art students use and how art resources are used," sponsored by Association for Library Collections & Technical Services, National, $1500 Funded. (2014 - 2015).

Service

University Service

  • Co-Chair, Assessment Committee. (September 2021 - Present).
  • Faculty Mentor, UNT Libraries' Mentoring Program. (January 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (May 2022 - April 2023).
  • Committee Member, UNT Libraries Mentoring Program Committee. (September 2021 - August 2022).
  • Co-Chair, UNT Libraries Mentoring Programs Committee. (September 2018 - August 2021).
  • Member, Assessment Committee. (January 2012 - August 2021).
  • Committee Member, Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (May 2020 - April 2021).
  • Committee Chair, Library-Wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2019 - April 30, 2021).
  • Committee Chair, Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 1, 2019 - April 30, 2020).
  • Faculty Mentor, UNT Libraries' Mentoring Program. (March 2018 - September 2019).
  • Program Organizer (Group Mentor), UNT Libraries' Mentoring Program. (November 2017 - September 2019).
  • Committee Member, Career Development Workgroup. (September 2017 - August 2018).
  • Committee Chair, Mentoring Programs Work Group. (September 2017 - August 2018).
  • Member, University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee. (September 2015 - August 2018).
  • Committee Chair (Member, Region 2), Oversight Committee for the Core Curriculum. (August 2014 - August 2018).
  • Other (Alternate Member), Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2016 - May 2018).
  • Committee Chair, Career Development Workgroup. (September 2016 - August 2017).
  • Member, PAC Task Force. (June 2016 - April 2017).
  • Committee Chair, Library-Wide Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2014 - May 2015).
  • Committee Chair, Collection Management Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2013 - May 2015).
  • Other (Member, Region 2), Faculty Senate Elections Committee. (2012 - 2014).
  • Committee Chair, Career Development Workgroup. (September 2013 - August 2014).
  • Other (Member, Region 2), Oversight Committee for the Core Curriculum. (January 2013 - August 2014).
  • Committee Member, Division Personnel Affairs Committee. (June 2013 - May 2014).
  • Member, RIS Manager Search Committee. (2013 - 2013).
  • Other (Co-Chair), Library SECC Committee. (2012 - 2012).

Professional Service

  • Officer, President/Elect/Past, American Library Association, Library Research Round Table Steering Committee. (July 1, 2023 - Present).
  • Mentor, ALA Library Research Round Table (LRRT). (September 1, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Chair, Library Research Round Table Virtual Mentorship Program Committee. (January 2021 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Journal of Librarianship & Information Science. (October 2020 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Library Research Round Table Steering Committee (American Library Association). Chicago, IL. (June 2020 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Performance Measurement and Metrics. Oxford, (September 2018 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Evidence-Based Library & Information Practice (EBLIP). (2014 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, The Electronic Library (TEL). (2014 - Present).
  • Mentor, Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Mentoring Program. Chicago, IL. (June 2018 - May 2021).
  • Member, Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) - Outstanding Publications Award Committee. (August 2016 - July 2018).
  • Member, Association of Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) - Standards Committee. (August 2016 - July 2018).
  • Committee Chair, ALA Library Research Round Table, Membership Subcommittee. Chicago, IL. (2014 - 2014).
  • Other (At-Large Member), ALA Library Research Round Table Steering Committee. (2013 - 2014).
  • Other (Alternate Councilor), Assessment Interest Group, TLA. (2013 - 2013).