Sarah Yeates
Librarian / Research Assistant
Sarah Yeates is a
reference librarian with a Masters Degree from the Graduate School of
Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. Sarah has
extensive experience in providing research support and collection development
services in academic and specialist science libraries, including the University
of Queensland and the City University of New York. Her most recent position
was Senior Librarian for Client Services at the American Museum of Natural
History in New York City.
Research Interests
Sarah's research interests include:
- History of science, particularly the intersection of natural history, anthropology and politics in the nineteenth century (Huxley, Evolution and Ethics).
- Science libraries and periodicals, trends in scientific literature and publishing, literature searching and academic communication.
- Science and pseudoscientific ideas in popular culture, public understanding of science
- Bibliography of interdisciplinary topics.
- Sarah's current
project is to create a useful bibliographic database on public policy
and ethics in biotechnology and the new genetics and related topics.
Contact Details
Phone: 3346 2155
Email: s.yeates@imb.uq.edu.au
Contact webmaster: oppe@uq.edu.au
Last updated 23
July 2003