If you have ever wondered what your institution has produced in terms of books, journal articles, or creative works, consider starting an institutional bibliography. This is a new field and we need more institutional bibliographers! Follow my mini research blog for updates on struggles, confusion, eureka moments and let’s build a community of experts.

Elements Needed to Start a University Bibliography

• Interest in history of scholarly communication
• Dedicated research release time
• Historical faculty employment records
• Institutional histories and biographies
• Bibliographical search tools such as
  • Local library catalog
  • WorldCat
  • HathiTrust
  • Google Scholar
  • Web of Science
  • Scopus
  • Internet Archive
  • Amazon
  • Copyright records
• Data management or spreadsheet software
• Some knowledge of descriptive bibliography, education history, and history of scholarly publishing