David Irvin

Research Interests:

• Improving user privacy in the library
• Blockchain and decentralized governance models for academic libraries
• Intellectual property outreach to Indigenous communities
• Librarian burnout and evolving work environments

Important Committees:

• Faculty Senate, Library Faculty Representative, 2022-present
• Faculty Senate Library Advisory Committee, 2018-2022
• Sunshine Week Committee, Leader, 2016 – 2022
• University Research Council (Research and Creativity Week subcommittee), 2018-2022
• Editor in Chief, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association, 2019-2021

Recent Publications:

• Irvin, D., (2021). Getting involved in investment course assignments using a resource analysis method: The librarian’s stock screener. Ticker: The Academic Business Librarianship Review 6(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/ticker.1379
• Irvin D. (2021). Ethics, encryption, and evolving concepts of personal privacy in the ‘Black Box Library’. The Serials Librarian. Retrieved from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0361526X.2021.1875960
• Irvin D, Casucci T, & Mowdood A. (2021). Patent and trademark outreach and indigenous intellectual property. Proceedings of ACRL Virtual 2021, Ascending Into An Open Future. Retrieved from https://www.ala.org/acrl/conferences/acrl2021/papers
• Irvin DR. (2021). Beyond the Pandemic: Future Prospects for Libraries in the Cloud. In B. Holland (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Knowledge and Organization Systems in Library and Information Science (pp. 196-212). IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-7258-0.ch011

Brief Bio:

Before coming to NMSU in 2016, David worked at the MCC Library in Waco, Texas. Between 2004-2008 he wrote for several newspapers in the areas of business, economics, and the automotive industry. He holds a Masters of Science in Information Science from the University of North Texas and a BBA from Baylor University.