Elizabeth Hobart

Head of Cataloging and Metadata Services
Associate Librarian
Cataloging and Metadata Services
126 Paterno
814-865-1756
814-865-1858 (department)
814-863-7293 (fax)
efh7@psu.edu

About Me

Special Collections cataloger with training in rare book cataloging and music formats.

Education History

MLS, Library Science - Indiana University - 2009
MA, Music History - University of Washington - 2007
BM, Musical Studies and English Literature - State University of New York, College at Potsdam - 2004
Elizabeth Hobart headshot, wearing a dark teal top with short sleeves with ruffle detail and on the neckline buttons under the collar, with sunlit greenery in the background

Research Interests

Rare book cataloging, item-level metadata, cataloging assessment, diversity and inclusion.

Publications

Describing Games in Special Collections Libraries, RBM: A Journal of Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Cultural Heritage, 2024

Notes on Operations Community Forward Developing an Open and Free Cataloging Standard for Rare Materials, Library Resources and Technical Services, 2023

Cataloging Gender Diverse Authors The MARC Field 386, Gender Identity and Privacy, Journal of Information Ethics, 2022

Antiracism in the catalog an analysis of records, College and Research Libraries News, 2020

Recording Creator Characteristics for Native American Authors: An Analysis of Bibliographic Records, Cataloging and Classification Quarterly, 2020

Catalogue analytics to improve delivery in a special collections library: An evidence based approach to catalogue maintenance, Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 2019

Recording conservation information: The MARC 583 field in practice, Library Resources and Technical Services, 2018

Performances

#LovecraftCountry: Primary Sources and Published Materials at Penn State

Other Publications

Blogs

Honoring Their Voices: National Native American Heritage Month (Part Four), 2024

Tips for Green Travel, 2019

Chapters

Ethical Cataloging and Racism in Special Collections, Archives and Special Collections as Sites of Contestation, 2020

Reflecting Diversity in the Library of Congress Subject Headings, Social Justice and Activism in Libraries: Essays on Diversity and Change, 2019

Book/Film/Article Reviews

Voices of Cherokee Women, North Carolina Libraries, 2013

Comment/Debates

Paige Andrew and Penn State University: Reflections on a Career, Journal of Map and Geography Libraries, 2025

Others

Review of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section 2019 Conference, Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies, 2019

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