Head shot of Bernadette Lear with a frosted glass pane in the indoor background

Bernadette A. Lear

Reference Librarian PSU Harrisburg and Affiliate Faculty UP Education Library PA Center for the Book
Pennsylvania Center for the Book
Madlyn L. Hanes Library, Penn State Harrisburg
World Campus and Penn State Online, World Campus
Education Library
Office Phone
717-948-6360
Departmental Phone
717-948-6070
bal19@psu.edu
Department Address
Madlyn L. Hanes Library
351 Olmsted Drive
Middletown, PA 17057-4850
Subject Expertise
  • Adult Education and Workforce Education
  • Applied Behavior Analysis
  • Biobehavioral Health
  • Children's Literature and Literacy Education
  • Education
  • Health
  • Human Development and Family Studies
  • Kinesiology, Exercise, and Sport Science
  • Library and Information Studies
  • Nursing
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Special Education
Academic Support Areas
School of Behavioral Sciences and Education
Research Interests
Library History
Teaching
For University Park and World Campus, I am affiliated with the Education Library and the Pennsylvania Center for the Book, providing online services for the College of Education. For Harrisburg, I am affiliated with the Madlyn L. Hanes Library, providing face-to-face and online services for the School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, including its Education programs (Elementary, Secondary, and Lifelong/Adult), Behavioral Sciences (Applied Behavior Analysis, Psychology, and Sociology), and some Health programs (Biobehavioral Health, Human Development and Family Studies, Kinesiology, and Nursing).