Sara Schumacher

Sara Schumacher is the architecture image librarian at Texas Tech University, where she works to improve visual media resources and promote visual literacy through discipline-specific and professional applications. She holds an MA in art history from the University of Oregon (2007) and an MS in information studies from the University of Texas at Austin (2011). Her research interests include ethical concerns surrounding using and creating visual media, disciplinary-based visual literacy instruction, and bias within visual collections. She serves as the content editor for the Visual Resources Association Bulletin, has published articles in Journal of Documentation, Journal of Visual Literacy, portal: Libraries and the Academy, and Art Documentation, and was part of the task force that authored the ACRL Framework for Visual Literacy in Higher Education.