Allyson Mower

Allyson Mower is a researcher and librarian specializing in scholarly publishing systems at the University of Utah. Her work focuses on analyzing institutional scholarly output, including books, journal articles, and historical trends in academic publishing. She pioneered the concept of 'university bibliography' to track the institution's intellectual contributions across disciplines and time periods.

Her research integrates methodologies from library science, history of education, and information policy. She has examined disciplinary shifts in academic authorship, copyright ownership dynamics, and the evolution of publishing technologies since the 19th century. Key themes include how institutional publishing reflects academic priorities and societal impact.

Presenting her findings at the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (2016), she highlighted gaps in institutional tracking of scholarly works compared to federal efforts like the National Science Foundation's metrics. Her work underscores the financial and reputational stakes of quantifying academic output.

Mower collaborated with library catalogs (WorldCat, JSTOR), institutional archives, and global copyright databases to document University of Utah authors from 1850 to the present. Her resources are organized into public-access sections for articles (35 entries) and books, offering a foundational case study in institutional bibliography.