Matthew Saxton

Contact

Email: msaxton@uw.edu
Tel: (206) 685-9626
Fax: (206) 616-3152
Office: Mary Gates Hall, 015M

Matthew Saxton accepted the position of Associate Dean for Academics in 2007. Prior to coming to UW, he worked as a reference librarian in academic, public, and special library environments. He teaches courses on reference work and research methods. His primary research interest is in the evaluation of information services. More...

Education

Ph.D., Library & Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 2000
MLIS, Library & Information Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1994
B.A., History and Anthropology, Occidental College, 1991

Research Interest

Teaching

LIS 520 Information Resources, Services, and Collections (Winter 2010)
LIS 570 Research Methods (Spring 2010)
LIS 570 Research Methods (Spring 2010)
LIS 500 The Life Cycle of Information (Autumn 2010)
LIS 500 The Life Cycle of Information (Autumn 2010)
INFO 470 Research Methods in Informatics (Autumn 2008)

Current Projects

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Key Works

ML Saxton, CM Naumer, and KE Fisher. 2006. 2-1-1 Information services: Outcomes Assessment, Benefit-cost Analysis, and Policy Issues. Government Information Quarterly 24: 186-215.
ML Saxton and JV Richardson. 2002. Understanding Reference Transactions. New York, Academic Press.
ML Saxton. 1997. Reference Service Evaluation and Meta-Analysis: Findings and Methodological Issues. Library Quarterly 67(32): 267-289.

Recognition

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Memberships

American Library Association
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)

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