Faculty Scholarship
Publications and Grants

Sarah Tribelhorn

Sr. Assistant Librarian

stribelhorn@sdsu.edu / ORCID iD

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Publication Types

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TypeCount
Journal Articles4
Books1
Book Chapters3
Conference Talks14
Conference Posters6
Other14

Publications by Year

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YearTypeCount
2023Journal Articles2
2024Journal Articles1
2025Journal Articles1
2026Books1
2023Book Chapters2
2026Book Chapters1
2023Conference Talks2
2024Conference Talks7
2025Conference Talks5
2023Conference Posters3
2024Conference Posters2
2025Conference Posters1
1996Other1
2021Other1
2023Other2
2024Other6
2025Other4

Grant Dollars and Counts by Year

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YearGrant DollarsGrant Count
2024$6,750.001

Grants

Showcasing SDSU Campus Sustainability Initiatives Through Linked Data on the Web
Sarah Tribelhorn
San Diego State University, 2024 - 2025, USD 6,750.00

Publications

Journal Articles

Empowering Sustainability Through Web-Based Information Sharing
Sarah Tribelhorn; Greta Heng
College and Research Libraries News, 2025, journal article
Editorial: Introduction to the Special Issue on Social Justice
Isabel Altamirano; Ginny Boehme; Jeffra D. Bussmann; Sam Hansen; Nastasha E. Johnson; Sarah Tribelhorn
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2024, journal article
Planning for sustainability: Articulating efforts toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Sarah Tribelhorn
College & Research Libraries News, 2023, journal article
Preliminary Investigation of Sustainability Awareness and Activities among Academic Libraries in the United States
Sarah Tribelhorn
The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2023, journal article

Books

Case exemplars of how academic libraries promote sustainable communities.
Sarah Tribelhorn; Bharat Mehra
Advances in Librarianship, Emerald Publishing, 2026, book

Book Chapters

The San Diego Circuit: A partnership for social impact.
Margaret Henderson; Sarah Tribelhorn
Case exemplars of how academic libraries promote sustainable communities., 2026, book chapter
Chapter 5. Non-native fishes and other aquatic species in Namibia
Sarah Tribelhorn; Glenn S. Merron; C.H. Hocutt
Inland fishes and fisheries of Namibia, 2023, book chapter
Chapter 4. Namibia’s native inland fishes.
C.H. Hocutt; C.J. Hay; F.J. Jacobs; Glenn S. Merron; B.C.W. van der Waal; Sarah Tribelhorn
Inland fishes and fisheries of Namibia, 2023, book chapter

Conference Talks

Library Advocacy: Leveraging the United Nations SDGs to benefit local libraries [Panel]
Loida Garcia-Febo; Robin Kear; Katherine Klosek; Sarah Tribelhorn
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 26–30, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2025, conference presentation
Putting your emergency plan to the test: Lessons learned [Panel]
Sarah Tribelhorn; Eileen Caulfield; Laura Smith
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 26–30, Philadelphia, PA, United States., 2025, conference presentation
Helping communities find good information: A public and academic libraries collaboration
Margaret Henderson; Amanda Kalish; Tricia Lantzy; Sarah Tribelhorn
CSU Libraries Conference: Collaboration. Stronger Together, June 3, 2025., 2025, conference presentation
Cultivating sustainability: Libraries as catalysts for environmental justice and campus action
Morgan Barker; Sarah Tribelhorn
CSU Libraries Conference: Collaboration. Stronger Together, June 3, 2025., 2025, conference presentation
Catalysts of change: Academic librarians leading campus sustainability initiatives [Panel]
Theresa Burress; Beth Filar Williams; Christopher Sturgeon; Sarah Tribelhorn
ACRL 2025: Democratizing knowledge and access and opportunities, April 2–5, 2025, Minneapolis, MN, United States, 2025, conference presentation

Assessing fair AI use: Rubric development for assessing ethical and social equity concerns in AI
Sarah Tribelhorn
ACH2024: the virtual conference of Association for Computers and the Humanities, 2024, conference presentation
Strategic advancement: Intentionally aligning university library practices with the UN SDG targets
Sarah Tribelhorn
2nd Transatlantic Symposium on Sustainable Development in Higher Education, 2024, conference paper
Libraries supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals [Panel]
Loida Garcia-Febo; Sara Benson; Robin Kear; Sarah Tribelhorn
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 27–July 2, San Diego, CA, United States, 2024, conference presentation
Let’s get real: Climate impacts to library services [Panel/Workshop]
Tina Chan; Tejas Desai; Kacper Jarecki; Diana Price; Sarah Tribelhorn
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 27–July 2, San Diego, CA, United States, 2024, conference presentation
Empowering communities through citizen science in an academic library
Sarah Tribelhorn
AAAS Pacific Division Annual Conference, June 18–20, 2024, San Diego, California, 2024, conference presentation
Engaging students in STEM and sustainability through inspiring collections and hands-on programming
Sarah Tribelhorn
CARL Conference 2024, April 3–6, 2024, “The Insufficient Librarian”. San Jose, California, United States, 2024, conference presentation
Embracing sustainability—Libraries leading the way [Panel]
Morgan Barker; Leo Lo; Sibyl Schaefer; Sarah Tribelhorn
2024 ARL President’s Institute, San Diego, California, 2024, conference presentation
Bringing the SDGs alive in an academic library
Sarah Tribelhorn
IFLA WLIC Satellite Meeting 2023 – “Libraries as Actors of Climate Empowerment”, 2023, conference presentation
Be Your Own Library Instruction DJ: Locating, Remixing, and Collaborating on Instructional Objects
Suzanne Maguire; Rebecca Nowicki; Sarah Tribelhorn
2023 Distance and Online Learning Virtual Poster Session , 2023, conference abstract

Conference Posters

Academic libraries as catalysts: Community-driven research.
Sarah Tribelhorn
CAPS 2025, May 27–30, Portland, OR, United States, 2025, conference poster
Showcasing campus sustainability initiatives through linked data on the web
Sarah Tribelhorn; Greta Heng
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 27–July 2, Poster Session, San Diego, CA, United States, 2024, conference poster
Academic libraries and United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals: Global challenges and opportunities
Sarah Tribelhorn; Bharat Mehra
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 27–July 2, Poster Session, San Diego, CA, United States, 2024, conference poster
Collaborating for sustainability: San Diego State University Library building partnerships to promote the UN SDGs
Sarah Tribelhorn; Scott Walter
IFLA WLIC 88th General Conference and Assembly, August 21–25, Poster Session, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 2023, conference poster
Mapping the UN SDGs in an academic library
Sarah Tribelhorn
ALA Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 22–27, Poster Session, Chicago, IL, United States, 2023, conference poster

Be your own library instruction DJ: Locating, remixing, and collaborating on instructional objects
Suzanne Maguire; Rebecca Nowicki; Sarah Tribelhorn
Spring 2023 Virtual Poster Session ACRL Distance and Online Learning Section, Chicago, IL, United States, 2023, conference poster

Other

Librarian luminaries: Sarah Tribelhorn
Caroline Goldsmith; Sarah Tribelhorn
Charleston Hub - Against the Grain, 2025, blog post
ACRL Member of the week: Sarah Tribelhorn
Brian Lim; Sarah Tribelhorn
ACRL Insider, 2025, blog post
Leveraging technology for greener library services [Panel]
O. Gittemeier; S.M. Echols; Sarah Tribelhorn
SJSU Earth Day 2025 Symposium: Digital sustainability and the role of technology for greener library services, 2025, public speech
Assessing AI: How libraries can lessen artificial intelligence’s energy impact.
Sarah Tribelhorn
American Libraries Magazine: On my Mind Column, 2025, magazine article
Making a difference: Citizen science programming in an academic library
Sarah Tribelhorn
SciStarter Blog, 2024, blog post

Bridging citizen science and SDGs: Enhancing public education and action on the climate crisis. [Presentation]
Vivienne Byrd; Priscilla Pun; Sarah Tribelhorn
Gigabit Libraries Network: Libraries in Response Webinar Series, 2024, public speech
Libraries for sustainability [Presentation]
Sarah Tribelhorn
Jove Webinar, 2024, public speech
Sustainability strategies
Sarah Tribelhorn
Call Number with American Libraries, 2024, public speech
Sustainable libraries - Insights from San Diego Circuit [Panel]
Tricia Lantzy; Susan Moore; Lalitha Nataraj; Sarah Tribelhorn; Amy Work
San Diego Circuit Information Issues for Social Impact Committee, 2024, online resource
Advancing climate resilience, sustainability, and environmental justice: A public and academic libraries partnership in San Diego County [Presentation]
Oscar Gittemeier; Cecilia Delgado; Sarah Tribelhorn
NNLM Social Determinants of Environmental Health Webinar Series, 2024, online resource
Sustainable swag self-evaluation rubric for vendors and library workers
Sarah Tribelhorn; Erika Jenns; Lauren Bissonnette; Amanda M. Goodsett
OCLC Webjunction, 2023, blog post
Think Globally – Act Locally: The UN Sustainable Development Goals at SDSU
Sarah Tribelhorn
SDSU Library, 2023, physical object
Sustainability in academic libraries
Sarah Tribelhorn
USC Libraries Lightning Talks, Los Angeles, United States, 2021, public speech
The development of an ecological model to determine flood release options for the management of the Phongolo floodplain in KwaZulu/Natal (South Africa)
Sarah Tribelhorn
1996, dissertation thesis