SDSU University Library
Nerissa Lindsey

Nerissa Lindsey

Head of Discovery Services

ORCID iD
Academic Rank: Associate Librarian; Tenured
(619) 594-2688
nlindsey@sdsu.edu

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

Professional History
  • Head of Discovery Services, 2019—Present
    Library, San Diego State University
  • Catalog Librarian, 2010—2019
    Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library, Texas A&M International University
  • Media cataloger Intern, 2010—2010
    Cataloging and Metadata Services Department, University of Washington
  • File Clerk, 2009—2010
    National Asset Management
  • Archival Photograph Processor, Student Assistant, 2008—2010
    Special Collections, University of Washington

  • Metadata/Digital Images Intern, 2009—2009
    Getty Images
  • Field Intern, 2008—2008
    Student Conservation Association
  • Library Assistant II: Copy Cataloger, 2006—2008
    Peter J. Shields Library, University of California, Davis
  • Archaeological Technician: Owens Valley, 2006—2006
    Far Western Anthropological Research Group Inc
  • Archaeological Technician: Truckee River Legacy Trail, 2006—2006
    Far Western Anthropological Research Group Inc
  • Laboratory Supervisor: Northwestern California Archaeological Field School, 2005—2006
    Anthropology, Center for Archaeological Research at Davis, University of California, Davis
  • Anthropological Research Collections Intern, 2003—2006
    Anthropology Museum, University of California, Davis
  • Archaeological Technician: Northwestern California Archaeology Field School, 2005—2005
    Anthropology, University of California, Davis
  • Laboratory Assistant, 2004—2005
    Anthropology, Inglefield Land Archaeology Project (Greenland), University of California, Davis
  • Laboratory Intern, 2003—2005
    Anthropology, Center for Archaeological Research at Davis, University of California, Davis
  • Field Laboratory Supervisor: Eagle Valley Archeology Field School, 2004—2004
    Anthropology, University of California, Davis
  • Field Laboratory Supervisor: Northwestern California Archaeological Field School, 2004—2004
    Anthropology, University of California, Davis
  • Intern: Northwestern California Archaeology Field School, 2003—2003
    Anthropology, University of California, Davis
Education
  • Master of Library and Information Science, University of Washington, 2008—2010
  • Bachelor of Arts/Anthropology, University of California Davis, 2001—2006
Service
  • President Emeritus, 2025—2026
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.
  • Web Coordinator, 2025—2026
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.
  • Past President, 2024—2025
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.
  • OLAC 2024 Conference Planning Committee Chair, 2023—2024
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.
  • President, 2023—2024
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.

  • Treasurer, 2022—2023
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.
  • Vice President-President Elect, 2022—2023
    On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers Inc.
  • Member, Place/Jurisdiction Working Group, 2022—2023
    Resource Description and Access Steering Committee
Grants
  • Using AI Models to Catalog California State Documents, San Diego State University, 2023-2025, 7,500 USD

Scholarship

Academic Publications

Does it get more integrated than this? Assessing user feedback on an evolving acquisitions tool
Ramirose Attebury; Nerissa Lindsey; Samantha Thompson-Franklin; Maria Hugger
Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2026, journal article
PlumX Metrics
Acquisitions (Libraries) Collection development (Libraries) Integrated library systems (Computer systems) Systems integration
Report of the Cataloging and Classification Research Interest Group. ALA Core Interest Group Week, July 2021
Yukari Sugiyama; Nerissa Lindsey
Technical Services Quarterly, 2022, journal article
PlumX Metrics
Cataloging Classification Information organization Reports
Ethical Considerations of Including Personal Demographic Information in Open Knowledge Platforms
Nerissa Lindsey; Greta Kuriger Suiter; Kurt Hanselman
KULA: Knowledge Creation, Dissemination, and Preservation Studies, 2022, journal article Cited by 4 PlumX Metrics
Data privacy Ethics
Report of the Core Copy Cataloging Interest Group. Core Virtual Interest Group Week, February 2021
Nerissa Lindsey
Technical Services Quarterly, 2021, journal article
PlumX Metrics
Cataloging Copy cataloging Report
Report of the Faceted Subject Access Interest Group. American Library Association Midwinter Meeting, Philadelphia, January 2020
Nerissa Lindsey
Technical Services Quarterly, 2020, journal article
PlumX Metrics
ALA Midwinter Meeting American Library Association Report Subject headings

Cataloging News
Nerissa Lindsey
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly, 2015, journal article PlumX Metrics
Cataloging Information organization Library science Technical services (Libraries)

Academic Conferences

Succession Planning for Losing an all-star: A Moneyball approach
Nerissa Lindsey; Brian Moore; Keven Jeffery
Ex Libris User Group of North America Annual Conference, 2026, conference presentation
Leadership Organizational change
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
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
Content Warnings in the Catalog: What do students think?
Nerissa Lindsey; Kurt Hanselman; Ashley Wilson
American Library Association Annual Conference, 2024, conference poster
Cataloging Information organization Libraries Library catalogs and users Trigger warnings
Does it get any more integrated than this? Assessing user feedback on ordering with Rialto
Nerissa Lindsey; Rami Attebury; Samantha Thompson-Franklin; Maria Hugger
Ex Libris User Group of North America Annual Conference, 2024, conference presentation
Academic libraries Acquisitions (Libraries) Collection development (Libraries) Integrated library systems (Computer systems)

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)
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
The Best Solution for the Time: Ethics and Options when Including Gender Information in Open Knowledge Platforms
Nerissa Lindsey; Kurt Hanselman; Greta Kuriger Suiter
American Library Association Annual Conference, 2022, conference abstract
Cataloging Data privacy Ethics
Exploring Accessibility Practices in Institutional Repositories
Nerissa Lindsey
Southern Miss Institutional Repository Conference, 2021, conference abstract
Institutional repositories Library science
Accessibility of Content in Institutional Repositories: Going Beyond Open Access
Nerissa Lindsey
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, 2018, conference abstract
Digital libraries Institutional repositories Open access publishing
Texas Data Repository: A Year in Review
Nerissa Lindsey
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, 2018, conference abstract
Data sets Digital preservation Information storage and retrieval systems Open access publishing
Assessing the Texas Data Repository: Determining What to Measure and How
Nerissa Lindsey
Library Assessment Conference, 2018, conference poster
Digital libraries Institutional repositories Open access publishing
Enhancing Discovery and Slaying Workflows: Using the WorldCat Digital Collection Gateway to Sync Repository Metadata to worldcat.org
Nerissa Lindsey
Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, 2016, conference abstract
Digital libraries Library catalogs Metadata WorldCat
Essential Skills and Qualifications of Cataloger/Metadata Librarians in the Digital Era
Nerissa Lindsey
Texas Library Association Annual Conference, 2015, conference abstract
Cataloging

Dissemination

Accessibility in institutional repositories: Report
Nerissa Lindsey
2020, report

Teaching and Supervision

An Overview of the Texas Data Repository and the TAMIU Dataverse
Nerissa Lindsey
TAMIU Learning Technologies Week, 2017, lecture speech

Other

Introduction to DSpace training webinar
Nerissa Lindsey
Texas Digital Library, 2017, other
Dspace 5 Release Webinar
Nerissa Lindsey
2016, other
Increasing User Satisfaction Doesn’t Have to Create More Work for Staff
Nerissa Lindsey
OCLC, 2016, other