Sarah Norris

Sarah Norris

Assistant Professor of Practice

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).

MSIS, University of Texas at Austin
BA, University of Texas at Austin

Conservation of Library and Archives Materials

Recent classes

Title Year Semester Syllabus URL
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation 2025 Spring Term 2025
I 320C: Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics: Preservation of Difficult Histories 2025 Spring Term 2025
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation 2024 Spring Term 2024
I 320C: Topics in Cultural Heritage Informatics: Preservation of Difficult Histories 2024 Spring Term 2024
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice 2024 Fall Term 2024
INF 386E: Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits 2024 Fall Term 2024
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response 2024 Fall Term 2024
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation 2023 Spring Term 2023
INF 386E: Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits 2023 Spring Term 2023
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice 2023 Fall Term 2023
INF 386E: Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits 2023 Fall Term 2023
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response 2023 Fall Term 2023
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Introduction to Paper Conservation 2022 Spring Term 2022
INF 386E: Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits 2022 Spring Term 2022
INF 393C: Conservation Laboratory Techniques: Preservation Science and Practice 2022 Fall Term 2022
INF 386E: Information and Culture: Planning and Understanding Exhibits 2022 Fall Term 2022
INF 385T: Special Topics in Information Science: Disaster Planning and Response 2022 Fall Term 2022