Sarah Young
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 ProgramCarnegie Mellon University, University Libraries, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jul 2021 - present
- Senior LibrarianCarnegie Mellon University, Research and Academic Services, Pittsburgh, United States1 Nov 2016 - present
- Head of Research Services and Health Science LibrarianCornell University, Albert R. Mann Library, Ithaca, United States1 Jan 2016 - 31 Aug 2016
DEGREES
- Masters in Library and Information ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States1 Sep 2009 - 23 Dec 2011
- Master of Social Sciences, Development and International RelationsAalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark1 Sep 2004 - 31 May 2007
CERTIFICATIONS
- Program Evaluation CertificateMichigan 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