Sammy Peter

Liaison Areas: Agriculture & Natural Resources, Business, Engineering & Math and Sciences, Social Sciences (College of Education)

 

Sammy is the Chair of Research & Outreach Services and Assessment Librarian. In this role she coordinates the UW Libraries liaison program, information literacy instruction, and serves as a liaison to College of Agriculture, Engineering, Environmental and Natural Resources, and College of Business. She is also the coordinator of UW Libraries assessment efforts.

 

Sammy’s research focuses on disability within libraries including Universal Design for Learning in the classroom and workplace, experiences of librarians with invisible disabilities, and more.

 

Outside of work you can often find Sammy outside, she enjoys hiking, gardening, playing with her dogs, and many farm animals including chickens, ducks, turkeys, and more.

 

Education:

• MLIS, Library and Information Science, University of Texas at Austin
• BA, History, University of Wyoming

 

Awards & Recognition:

• Winner of the 2024 American Library Association LIRT Librarian Recognition Award

Selected Publications & Grants:

Martin, P. & Peter, S. (October, 2025). Navigating Disability in the Academic Library Workplace. Association of College and Research Libraries. https://alastore.ala.org/navigating-disability-academic-library-workplace.

 

Peter, S. & Baribeau, H.B. (2024). Open Universal Design for Learning: Working to Make Open Educational Resources Equitable and Accessible. In Universal Design for Learning in Academic Libraries: Theory into Practice. Association of College and Research Libraries.

 

Manwiller, K.Q., Peter, S., Crozier, H. (2024). Improving Inclusion with Universal Design in the Academic Library Hiring Process. In Toward Inclusive Academic Librarian Hiring Practices. Association of College and Research Libraries.

 

Quirin-Manwiller, K., Peter, S., Anderson, A., and Crozier, H. (Sept. 2023). Hidden Barriers: The Experience of Academic Librarians and Archivists with Invisible Illnesses and/or Disabilities. College and Research Libraries.