Sian D. Brannon

Previous Scheduled Teaching

Published Intellectual Contributions

Book Chapter

• Brannon, S.D. (2019). Literature Review: Academic Library Onboarding. Onboarding in Academic Libraries. Hauppauge, NY, Nova Science Publishers.
• Brannon, S.D., Leuzinger, J.A. (2017). Rubrics and Rutabagas - Only One is Useful for Assessing Staff During Evaluations. Library Assessment Cookbook. Chicago, IL, ALA Editions.
• Brannon, S.D. (2017). Stop Folding the Dough - Intervening to Decide Whether or Not to Assess Again. Library Assessment Cookbook. Chicago, IL, ALA Editions.
• Brannon, S.D., Waugh, L. (2017). Taking Out the Fat and Getting to the Impact. Library Assessment Cookbook. Chicago, IL, ALA Editions.
• Brannon, S.D. (2017). Triage Succession Planning: How mass turnover required on the spot mentoring. Case Studies in Academic Librarianship Management. ALA Editions.
• Brannon, S.D. (2013). HAM: A Hybrid Acquisitions Model for Public Libraries" Rethinking Collection Development and Management. Rethinking Collection Development and Management. ABC-CLIO.
• Wells, Kimberly. (2011). Emergency! Handling facilities during and after emergencies. Library Management Tips That Work. Chicago, IL, ALA Editions.
• Wells, Kimberly. (2011). Managing for Emergencies: Working with staff before, during, and after disaster strikes. Library Management Tips That Work. Chicago, IL, ALA Editions.
• Brannon, S.D. (2008). Basic Staffing Study. Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. McFarland Publishers.
• Brannon, S.D. (2008). Splish-Splash Storytimes. Thinking Outside the Book: Essays for Innovative Librarians. McFarland Publishers.
• Brannon, S.D. (2007). We Can’t Keep Quiet About Our Electronic Resources!. Marketing and Promoting Electronic Resources: Creating the E-Buzz!. Haworth Press.

Conference Proceeding

• Bloechle, Marie. (2011). Demographic Trends of College Students Today & Tomorrow: How Do We Entice Them to Use the Academic Library?. Proceedings of the Brick & Click Libraries Symposium. Northwest Missouri State University.

Journal Article

• Malenfant, K., Brannon, S.D. (2025). 2023 ACRL Academic Library Trends and Statistics Survey: Highlights and Key Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Findings. College & Research Libraries News. 86 (3)
• Brannon, S.D. (2024). You Know What Really Grinds My Gears? Sitting Through a Bad Presentation. Texas Library Journal. 100 (1) 13-14.
• Rodriguez, A.E., Brannon, S. Down to the Wire: Electronic Resources, TX-RAMP Compliance, and Fiscal Close. Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship. Routledge.
• Brannon, S., Sassen, C., Yanowski, K. (2022). Roles and Responsibilities of Cataloging Managers: An Updated Study of Job Advertisements. Technical Services Quarterly. 39 (1) London, Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/07317131.2021.2011144
• Sassen, C., Brannon, S. (2021). Collaborating on Scholarship: Best Practices for Team Research Projects. College & Undergraduate Libraries. 28 (1) https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1752319/
• Leuzinger, J., Brannon, S. (2021). Making Meetings More Meaningful: An Exploration of Meeting Science in Libraries. Journal of Library Administration. 61 (5)
• Brannon, S.D., Yanowski, K.J., Evans, T., Leuzinger, J.A. (2019). Managing Sudden Loss. Journal of Library Administration. 59 (1) London, Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2018.1549413
• Brannon, S.D. (2018). Click to Count: the birth of a journal support campaign. 30 (1)
• Burns, D., Brannon, S.D. (2018). Getting Started with Organizational Design at Your Library. Library Leadership & Management. 33 (1)
• Jackson, S., Brannon, S.D. (2018). Managing Technology: Considerations for In-house Software Development in Your Library. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 44 (6)
• Leuzinger, J.A., Rowe, J.L., Brannon, S.D. (2016). “Mentoring Library Students for Career Development and Succession Planning”. Texas Library Journal. 92 (2) Austin, Texas, Texas Library Association. http://www.txla.org/sites/tla/files/TLJ/TLJ92-2.pdf
• -. (2015). Public library fieldwork supervisors: a survey of activities, assessment, and attitudes. Journal of Librarianship & Information Science. 47 (4)
• Waugh, Laura; Hamner, Jesse; Klein, Janette. (2015). Evaluating the University of North Texas’ Digital Collections: An exploratory assessment of stakeholder perceptions and impact on institutional goals. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 41 (6)
• Crawford, L.S., Leuzinger, J.A., Brannon, S.D., Hamner, J.H. (2015). “Fear of Negative Evaluation: Differences Amongst Librarians”. Library Leadership & Management. 29 (3) Chicago, Illinois, Library Leadership and Management Association. https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7096
• Brannon, S.D., Leuzinger, J.A. (2014). “Keeping Human Resources Happy: Improve Hiring Process Through the Use of Rubrics”. Library Leadership & Management. 29 (1) Chicago, Illinois, Library Leadership and Management Association. https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7114
• -. (2014). Assessment of Students in Fieldwork Courses: What are we rating. Journal of Education for Library & Information Science. 55 (4)
• Sears, Suzanne. (2014). Textbooks Weighing You Down? Check Out our E-Readers. Technical Services Quarterly. 31 (3)
• Brannon, S.D. (2011). National Public Library Statistics: A Literature and Methodology Review 1999-2009. Library Student Journal. 6
• Hildreth, WyLaina. (2011). Teen Homework Centers: Minimum Resources for Most Budgets. Texas Library Journal. 87 (1)
• Brannon, S.D. (2011). SMS Reference. The Reference Librarian. 52 (1)
• Brannon, S.D. (2010). Say No to Speedbumps!. Computers in Libraries. 30 (6)
• Brannon, S.D. (2009). Dozens of Teens/Tweens in the Library at One Time? Why Not?. Texas Library Journal. 85 (3)
• Brannon, S.D., Perry, B. (2005). TALL Texans Leadership Institute. Texas Library Journal. 81 (3)
• Brannon, S.D. (2005). Perspective on Reader’s Advisory. Public Libraries. 44 (1)

Newsletter

• Brannon, S.D. (2024). Cost to Hire an Employee. Library Worklife.
• Brannon, S.D. (2010). Text Reference (SMS). MLA News.
• Brannon, S.D. (2009). A New Set of Job Interview No-no’s. Library Worklife.
• Brannon, S.D. (2006). How Working in Retail Made Me a Better Librarian. The One-Person Library. 23 (2)
• Brannon, S.D. (2005). Being Organized - Oh, the Irony. Library Worklife.

Research Report

• Brannon, S.D., Sassen, C.J., Yanowski, K.J. (2022). Cataloging Managers – What do they do exactly?. Hiring Librarians Blog. https://hiringlibrarians.com/2022/10/03/researchers-corner-cataloging-managers-what-do-they-do-exactly/

Webpage

• Goddard, M., Brannon, S.D. (2022). Full-Text Coverage Ratios. SPARC Data Analysis for Negotiation. https://sparcopen.org/our-work/negotiation-resources/data-analysis/full-text-coverage-ratios/
• Brannon, S.D. (2022). ILL Analysis. https://sparcopen.org/our-work/negotiation-resources/data-analysis/interlibrary-loan-analysis/
• Brannon, S.D. (2022). Serials Transparency List. SPARC Data Analysis for Negotiation. https://sparcopen.org/our-work/negotiation-resources/data-analysis/serials-transparency-list/
• Ong, N., Brannon, S.D. (2022). Turnaways. SPARC Data Analysis for Negotiation. https://sparcopen.org/our-work/negotiation-resources/data-analysis/turnaways/

Contracts, Grants and 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).
• Brannon, S.D. (Principal), "University of North Texas Global Engagement Grant - Latin-American Studies materials," University of North Texas, $3000 Funded. (2022 - 2022).
• Brannon, S.D., "University of North Texas Global Engagement Grant - Japanese language materials," sponsored by University of North Texas, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2017 - 2017).
• Brannon, S.D. (Co-Principal), "Impact Grant to study e-textbook usage on e-readers," sponsored by Texas State Library and Archives Commission, State, $10000 Funded. (2012 - 2013).

Grant - Service

• Brannon, S.D., "Mini-Grant for Early Literacy Storytime," sponsored by Target Corporation, Other, $2000 Funded. (2010 - 2010).
• Brannon, S.D., "Electronic Resources Promotion Mini-grant," sponsored by North Texas Regional Library System, State, $2500 Funded. ( - 2004).

Grant - Teaching

• Raja, M.A. (Principal), "UNT-NUML Partnership to Enhance English Linguistics, Literature, and Teaching," sponsored by U.S. Department of State, FED, Funded. (2013 - 2016).