Sarah Norris
Assistant Professor of Practice
Biography
Sarah Norris is Assistant Professor of Practice in Library and Archives Conservation and Preservation at the University of Texas School of Information. She teaches conservation, preservation, and related topics for library, archives, and information students. She also conducts conservation treatment and service and outreach projects. Norris previously established the conservation lab at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. There, she treated books and paper; performed exhibit preparation; managed environmental monitoring; and worked with interns and volunteers. Norris is a graduate of the University of Texas Kilgarlin Center. She is a Fellow in the American Institute for Conservation (AIC), where she has served on the boards of the Book and Paper Group and the Electronic Media Group, as well as on the Connecting to Collections Care Webinar Committee (Chair), and the AIC Publications Committee. Her published research appears in the Journal of the American Institute for Conservation 53(3) and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal 41(2).Degrees
MSIS, University of Texas at Austin
BA, University of Texas at AustinAreas Of Specialization
Conservation of Library and Archives Materials
Recent Courses
Year | Semester | Course Number | Course | Syllabus | Notes |
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2025 | Spring Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation | | |
2025 | Spring Term | I 320C | Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics: Preservation of Difficult Histories | | |
2024 | Fall Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice Preservation Science and Practice | | |
2024 | Fall Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2024 | Fall Term | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response Disaster Planning and Response | | |
2024 | Spring Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation Introduction to Paper Conservation | | |
2024 | Spring Term | I 320C | Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics: Preservation of Difficult Histories Preservation of Difficult Histories | | |
2023 | Fall Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice Preservation Science and Practice | | |
2023 | Fall Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2023 | Fall Term | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response Disaster Planning and Response | | |
2023 | Spring Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation Introduction to Paper Conservation | | |
2023 | Spring Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2022 | Fall Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice Preservation Science and Practice | | |
2022 | Fall Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2022 | Fall Term | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response Disaster Planning and Response | | |
2022 | Spring Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation Introduction to Paper Conservation | | |
2022 | Spring Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2021 | Fall Term | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response Disaster Planning and Response | | |
2021 | Fall Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2021 | Fall Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice Preservation Science and Practice | | |
2021 | Spring Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation Introduction to Paper Conservation | | |
2021 | Spring Term | INF 385T | Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response Disaster Planning and Response | | |
2020 | Fall Term | INF 386E | Information and Culture Planning and Understanding Exhibits | | |
2020 | Fall Term | INF 393C | Conservation Laboratory Techniques Preservation Science and Practice | | |