Scholarship

Absher, L.U. (2003, July). Humor in the stacks. Paper presented at the Gateways Conference of the Oregon Library Association Support Staff Division, Salem, OR.

Absher, L.U. (2002, September). My life as a lipstick librarian. Paper presented at the Northwest Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing Conference, Portland, OR.

Absher, L.U. (2002, January). My life as a lipstick librarian. Paper presented at the Special Libraries Association San Francisco Bay Region Chapter Dinner Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

Absher, L.U. (2001). Hanging with the lipstick librarian. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 82, 25-26.

Absher, L.U. (2000, April). A toolkit for diversity recruiting. Paper presented at the Oregon Library Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR.

Absher, L.U., & Shearer, C. (1999). MySCEL: the intranet at Sequent Computer Systems. Intranet Professional, 2, 1, 3-5.

Absher, L.U. (1999, June). Racially and ethnically mixed people: information needs, services, and the 2000 census. Panel participation at the American Library Association Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Absher, L.U. (1999, March). MySCEL: the intranet at Sequent Computer Systems. Paper presented at the Computers in Libraries Conference, Washington, DC.

Absher, L.U. (1999, February). MySCEL: the intranet at Sequent Computer Systems. Paper presented at Online Northwest, Portland, OR.

Absher, L.U. (1999, February). The lipstick librarian. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group and the Medical Library Group of Southern California and Arizona, San Jose, CA.

Grants & Sponsored Research

Absher, L.U., & Hendricks, A. Center for Academic Excellence Civic Engagement Grant. $500. 2004.

Absher, L.U., Curran, C., & Howell, E. Scholarship of Teaching Resource Team project grant to develop a learning object for eMBA students. Portland State University Center for Academic Excellence. $800. 2002-03.

Service to the Profession & the University

Profession:

Absher, L.U. Oregon Special Libraries Association, President. 2003-Present.

Absher, L.U. Oregon Special Libraries Association, Secretary. 2001-2002.

University:

Absher, L.U. Multicultural Center Board, Portland State University. Member 2002 – Present.