Sarah Young

Principal Librarian

University Libraries

  • Principal Librarian
    University Libraries

BIO

Sarah Young is a social sciences librarian and Director of the Evidence Synthesis Program, providing teaching and research support to the Heinz College, Information Systems and CMU-Africa. She teaches workshops on tools for citation management and literature reviews. In addition, Sarah provides methodological expertise for evidence synthesis across disciplines, conducts research on evidence synthesis methods and develops and conducts evidence synthesis training locally and abroad. Sarah is a co-convener for the Campbell Collaboration's Information Retrieval Methods Group.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Principal Librarian, Social Sciences and Director of the Evidence Synthesis Program
    Carnegie Mellon University, University Libraries, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2021 - present
  • Senior Librarian
    Carnegie Mellon University, Research and Academic Services, Pittsburgh, United States1 Nov 2016 - present
  • Head of Research Services and Health Science Librarian
    Cornell University, Albert R. Mann Library, Ithaca, United States1 Jan 2016 - 31 Aug 2016

DEGREES

  • Masters in Library and Information Science
    University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States1 Sep 2009 - 23 Dec 2011
  • Master of Social Sciences, Development and International Relations
    Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark1 Sep 2004 - 31 May 2007

CERTIFICATIONS

  • Program Evaluation Certificate
    Michigan State University, East Lansing, United States1 Jan 2020 - 22 Dec 2022

CAMPUS

  • Pittsburgh

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • 2 Zero Hunger
  • 4 Quality Education

AVAILABILITY

  • Career advice
  • Collaborative projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Teaching provision

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