SDSU University Library
Kate Holvoet

Kate Holvoet (She/Her)

Scholarly Communication and Open Initiatives Librarian

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Academic Rank: Librarian; Tenured
(619) 594-1530
kholvoet@sdsu.edu

Office: Love Library 108L
University Library,
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Drive,
San Diego, CA 92182-8050

Biography

I am the Scholarly Communication and Open Initiatives Librarian at San Diego State University. My interests are supporting faculty open access publishing, open educational resources, and government documents.

Professional History
  • Scholarly Communication and Open Initiatives Librarian, 2022—Present
    University Library, San Diego State University
  • Electronic Resources Librarian, 2017—2022
    University Library, San Diego State University
  • Electronic Resources Librarian, 2015—2016
    Library and Learning Commons, Zayed University - Abu Dhabi Campus
  • Learning Commons Supervisor, 2013—2015
    Library and Learning Commons, Zayed University - Abu Dhabi Campus
  • Head of Online Services, 2009—2013
    Marriott Library, University of Utah

  • Head, Government Documents and Microforms, 2004—2009
    Marriott Library, University of Utah
  • International Documents Librarian, 2000—2004
    Marriott Library, University of Utah
  • State and Local Documents Librarian, 1998—2000
    Green Library, Florida International University
Education
  • M.A. in Library and Information Science, University of Iowa, 1997—1998
  • B.A. in Studio Art, Univeristy of Iowa, 1990—1994
Service
  • Library Senator, 2022—2025
    University Senate, San Diego State University
Memberships
  • Lifetime, 2018—Present
    American Library Association
Grants
  • SDSU Sustainability Institutional and Educational Materials Repository, San Diego State University, 2026-2026, 6,913 USD
  • California State Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) Grant, California State University Chancellor's Office, 2025-2026, 8,750 USD
  • California State Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) Grant, California State University Chancellor's Office, 2024-2025, 8,750 USD
  • Using AI Models to Catalog California State Documents, San Diego State University, 2024-2025, 7,500 USD
  • California State Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) Grant, California State University Chancellor's Office, 2022-2023, 14,000 USD
  • California State Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) Grant, California State University Chancellor’s Office, 2021-2022, 15,000 USD
  • California State Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) Grant, California State University Chancellor's Office, 2020-2021, 15,000 USD
  • California State Affordable Learning Solutions (ALS) Grant, California State University Chancellor's Office, 2019-2020, 15,000 USD
  • California State Assembly Bill (AB) 798 College Textbook Affordability Act of 2015 Grant, California State University Chancellor's Office, 2018-2020, 49,000 USD

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Trends in digital newspaper discovery: a natural experiment
Cribbs, H.; Heather Cribbs; Gabriel J. Gardner; Gardner, G.J.; Kate Holvoet
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2021, journal article
PlumX Metrics
Digital media Information retrieval Newspapers Online news Quantitative research
TAKING YOUR MLIS ABROAD: Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job
Phillips, L.S.; Kate Holvoet
Taking Your Mlis Abroad Getting and Succeeding in an International Library Job, 2016, book
Career development International librarianship Library science
Satisfaction Guaranteed -- A System of Asynchronous Desire
Kate Holvoet
Against the Grain, 2008, journal article PlumX Metrics
Human behavior Motivation research (Marketing) Satisfaction
Is Access to Government Information Getting Better or Worse?
Kate Holvoet
Against the Grain, 2006, journal article PlumX Metrics
Government information Transparency (Ethics) in government
What Is RSS and How Can Libraries Use It to Improve Patron Service?
Kate Holvoet
Library Hi Tech News, 2006, journal article
Cited by 10 PlumX Metrics
Information technology Public services (Libraries) RSS feeds

Academic Conferences

Can you get quality descriptive metadata for electronic state documents using large language models?
Nerissa Lindsey; Greta Heng; Kate Holvoet
ALA CORE Conference, 2025, conference presentation
Artificial intelligence Electronic government information Natural language processing
This Performance Review is F*cked: Librarian Peer Review Through the Lens of Sociomateriality: Librarian Peer Review Through the Lens of Sociomateriality
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki; Lux Darkbloom; Dale Larsen; Crystal Goldman
Empirical Librarians Conference, 2025, conference presentation
Academic libraries Libraries and librarianship Material culture Peer review
Can you get quality descriptive metadata for electronic State Documents using Large Language Learning Models?
Kate Holvoet; Greta Heng; Nerissa Lindsey
Core Forum 2025, 2025, conference presentation
Artificial intelligence Machine learning Natural language processing
Lowering the stakes: A strategy for kickstarting qualitative research for students and investigators.: A strategy for kickstarting qualitative research for students and investigators.
Connor Franklin Rey; Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery
16th International Conference on Performance Measurement in Libraries Conference Proceedings, 2025, conference paper
Academic libraries Education Qualitative research Research methods
Qualitative Research Made Easy: Implementing the Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl in Your Library.: Implementing the Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl in Your Library.
Connor Franklin Rey; Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery
17th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, 2025, conference paper
Information retrieval Libraries Public opinion Qualitative research

Enhancing Cataloging of Electronic Government Documents with Programming and OpenAI
Kate Holvoet; Greta Heng; Nerissa Lindsey
Code4Lib, 2024, conference presentation
Artificial intelligence Cataloging Programming (Mathematics)
Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment
Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery
American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division (AAAS-PD) Conference, 2024, conference paper
Academic libraries Educational evaluation Information literacy Library research
Can we teach OpenAI to catalog?
Nerissa Lindsey; Greta Heng; Kate Holvoet
American Library Association Conference, 2023, conference poster
Artificial intelligence Cataloging
Can OpenAI Be Taught to Catalog?
Kate Holvoet; Greta Heng; Nerissa Lindsey
American Library Association Annual Conference, 2023, conference poster
Artificial intelligence Cataloging Library catalogs Machine learning
You Bring the Peanut Butter; I’ll Bring the Chocolate: Collaboration That Just Makes Sense
Kate Holvoet
Textbook Affordability Conference 2023, 2023, conference presentation
Information literacy Interpersonal relations Open educational resources
You Got OER in My Information Literacy - You Got Info Lit in My OER: Teaching Instructors to Embrace Library Lead Initiatives: Teaching Instructors to Embrace Library Lead Initiatives
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki
2022 American Library Association Annual Conference, 2022, conference poster
Academic libraries Education Information literacy Libraries Open educational resources
Impactful Conversations: Engaging Instructors with Information Literacy, Open Pedagogy, and Open Educational Resources During the Global Shift to Online Learning: Engaging instructors with information literacy, open pedagogy, and open educational resources during the global shift to online learning
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 2022 World Library and Information Congress, 2022, conference poster
Academic libraries Distance education Information literacy Open educational resources
You got OER in my Information Literacy, You got Info Lit in my OER, Teaching instructors to embrace library lead initiatives
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki
American Library Association Annual Conference, 2022, conference poster
Educational technology Information literacy Libraries Open educational resources
Advancing Faculty OER “Drive”: A Faculty Roadmap of Recommended “Stops” for Success
Kate Holvoet; Dino Bozonelos; Trudi Radtke; Shelli Wynants
CAL OER 2022, 2022, conference presentation
Academic achievement Educational technology Open access publishing Open educational resources
Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki; Keven Jeffery
2020 ALA Annual Conference & Exhibition, 2020, conference poster
Information retrieval Search engines User-centered system design
In the Future, Will Everyone Read Newspapers for 15 Minutes? : A Natural Experiment
Kate Holvoet; Gabriel Gardner; Heather Cribbs
Ex Libris Users North America (ELUNA) 2020, 2020, conference presentation
Information retrieval Newspaper reading Newspapers Quantitative research
Evaluating the Impact of the Newspaper Search Scope: A Natural Experiment
Kate Holvoet; Gabriel Gardner; Heather Cribbs
ELUNA California User Group (eCAUG) 2020, 2020, conference presentation
Information retrieval Newspaper archives Quantitative research
Pub(lic) Opinion Crawl: Lowering Barriers for Qualitative Library Assessment: Lowering Barriers for Qualitative Library Assessment
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki
12th Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries International Conference, 2020, conference paper
Evaluation Information services Public opinion Qualitative research
Building Better Discovery: Using Data to Optimize the User Experience with Mediated Search Results
Kate Holvoet; Keven Jeffery; Rebecca Nowicki
ALA Virtual Conference, 2020, conference presentation
Information retrieval Information technology Library science
Improve Access to Online Government Documents During COVID-19: A Collaborative Approach
Kate Holvoet; Michael Howser
Western State Government Information Virtual Conference, 2020, conference presentation
COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-) Digital libraries Electronic government information Pandemics
The Internet Says the Darndest Things: A Textbook and a Toolkit for Fighting Fake News: A Textbook and a Toolkit for Fighting Fake News
Kate Holvoet; Rebecca Nowicki; Chris Werry
Mindfulness, Media, & Misinformation in the Digital Era,, 2019, conference paper
Critical thinking Fake news Media literacy Misinformation
International statistics sources: How to find them even when they hide
Kate Holvoet
Western States Government Information Virtual Conference, 2016, conference presentation
Information retrieval International cooperation Statistics
Getting a library job in a foreign country: How (and why) to do it and how to thrive once you do
Kate Holvoet; Lara Seven Phillips
American Library Association Annual Conference, 2014, conference presentation
Career development Foreign countries International librarianship Library science
International statistics sources: How to find them even when they hide
Kate Holvoet
Western States Government Information Virtual Conference, 2014, conference presentation
Government publications Information resources Statistics
Using subject expertise at a generalist service desk
Kate Holvoet; Darby Fanning
Utah Library Association Annual Conference, 2013, conference presentation
Academic libraries Information services Library science Reference services (Libraries)
International Statistics
Kate Holvoet
Six-State Virtual Government Information Conference, 2012, conference presentation
Social sciences Statistics
Social sciences & statistics research: Finding the core data
Kate Holvoet; G. Fletcher
Utah Library Association Annual Conference, 2011, conference presentation
Information literacy Social sciences Statistics
International Sources and Statistics
Kate Holvoet
Six-State Virtual Government Information Conference, 2010, conference presentation
Information resources Statistics
Socially challenged: Applications of social networking in an academic library / Chat reference consortium versus stand alone
Kate Holvoet
Utah Library Association and Mountain Plains Library Association Joint Annual Conference, 2008, conference presentation
Academic libraries Library science Online social networks Social networks
Exploring the Deep Web
Kate Holvoet; Amy Brunvand; Peter Kraus; David Morrison
Utah Library Association, 2005, conference presentation
Computer networks Information retrieval Invisible Web World Wide Web
Top Ten International Statistical Resources
Kate Holvoet
Utah Library Association Annual Conference, 2004, conference presentation
Information resources Statistics

Dissemination

Research Data Management Support Across the California State University: Comprehensive Report on the CSU–NII Workshop Collaboration
Jennifer Beamer; Jeanine Finn; Mary-Kate Finnegan; Carmen Mitchell; Rebecca Lubas; Kate Holvoet; David Walker; Ann Roll; Sanjeet Mann
Zenodo, 2026, report
Research Data Management Support Across the California State University: Comprehensive Report on the CSU–NII Workshop Collaboration
Jennifer Beamer; Jeanine Finn; Mary-Kate Finnegan; Carmen Mitchell; Rebecca Lubas; Kate Holvoet; David Walker; Ann Roll; Sanjeet Mann
Zenodo, 2026, report
Maximizing Student Participation in Library Research and Assessment
Kate Holvoet; Lucy Campbell; Connor Franklin Rey; Keven Jeffery; Rebecca Nowicki
University of San Diego, 2025, public speech

Data and Process

Data for "Trends in Digital Newspaper Discovery: A Natural Experiment"
Gabriel Gardner; Heather Cribbs; Kate Holvoet
figshare, 2021, data set
Fanfiction Platform and Metadata Surveys
Kate Holvoet; Allison Bailund
figshare, 2020, data set