Barbara Fister
Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN 56082
fister@gac.edu
507-933-7553
| Education | Education
MA,
English Literature, Mankato State University (1992). 1987
- present 1983-84
"Aggregated Interdisciplinary Databases and the Needs of Undergraduate Researchers." With Julie Gilbert and Amy Fry. portal: Libraries and the Aacademy, 8.3 (July 2008): 273-292. In the Wind. [fiction] New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008. "Learning in the Present Tense," AFT On Campus 27.5 (May/June 2008): 13. "Curriculum Issues in Information Literacy Instruction," with Thomas W. Eland in Information Literacy Instruction Handbook. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008. "What if You Ran Your Bookstore Like a Library?" Library Journal, April 15, 2008 "Face Value." Inside Higher Ed, February 18, 2008. "One Book,
One Campus: Exploring Common Reading Programs." E-Source for College Transitions
5.1 (Sept. 2007). "When the Sacred Ginmill Opens: Crimespace Opens a Virtual Bar." Mystery Scene 100 (Summer 2007): 46-47. "Crime Fiction with an Icelandic Accent: Barbara Fister on Arnaldur Indridason." [Interview] Shots March 2007. "The War Within: Matt Beynon Rees' Palestinian Mystery." [Interview] Mystery Scene 98 (Feb. 2007): 28-31. "Wikipedia and the Challenge of Read/Write Culture." Library Issues 27.3 (Jan. 2007). "'Reading as a Contact Sport': Online Book Groups and the Social Dimensions of Reading." Reference and User Services Quarterly, 44.4 (Summer 2005): 303-309. "Copycat Crimes: Crime Fiction and the Marketplace of Anxieties." Clues: A Journal of Detection 23.3 (Spring 2005): 43-56. "Bodies of Evidence: How Mystery Writers Imagine Their Worlds Through Research," invited article for a special issue, "Mysteries: From Creation to Consumption," Collection Management 29.3/4 (2005): 5-19. "Embracing the Challenge of Change Through Collegial Decision-Making," co-authored with Kathie Martin. Currents and Convergence: Proceedings of the Twefth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Ed. Hugh Thompson. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005. 32-38. "Choosing
Sources in the Library of Babel." LOEX Quarterly 31.4
(2005): 6-7. "Google's Digitization Project: What Difference Will it Make?" Library Issues 25.4 (March 2005). "Go Ahead, Book Me." Library Journal (November 15, 2004): 26, 28. (Part of a cover story on university presses.) "Common Ground: Libraries and Learning." Library Issues 25.1 (September 2004). "Academic
Authors and the Crisis in Publishing." Against the
Grain 16.3 (June 2004). "Place
and Space: Libraries and the Cartography of Knowledge." Invited essay
in Musings, Meanderings, and Monsters, Too: Essays on
Academic Librarianship, ed. Martin Raish. Lanham, MD:
Scarecrow, 2003. 41-50. "The
Devil in the Details: Media Representation of 'Ritual Abuse' and
Evaluation of Sources." SIMILE: Studies in Media
and Information Literacy Education 3.2: May 2003. "What
do They Know? Assessing the Library's Contribution to Student
Learning." Library
Issues 23.3 (January 2003). On Edge.
[fiction] New York: Dell, 2002. "Fear
of Reference." The Chronicle of Higher Education
June 14, 2002, B20. "Changing
Landscapes, Enduring Values: Making the Transition from Bibliographic
Instruction to Information Literacy." Coauthored with Elizabeth
Hutchins and Kris Huber MacPherson. Journal of Library
Administration 36 (1-2) 2002: 3-19. "Trade
Publishing: A Report from the Front." portal:
Libraries and the Academy 1.4 (October 2001): 509-523. "Elmore
Leonard's Legman: A Full-Time Researcher Helps the Renowned Mystery
Writer Keep it Real." American Libraries 32.4
(April 2001): 82-84. "Collegial
Leadership in Academic Libraries." Coauthored with David
Lesniaski, Kris Huber MacPherson, and Steve McKinzie. Crossing
the Divide: Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference of the
Association of College and Research Libraries. Ed. Hugh
Thompson. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001,
233-239. "From
BI to IL: The Paths of Two Liberal Arts Colleges." Coauthored
with Elizabeth O. Hutchins and Kris Huber MacPherson. Crossing
the Divide: Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference of the
Association of College and Research Libraries. Ed. Hugh
Thompson. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2001,
203-212. "Balancing
the Trade-Offs: Pros and Cons of Library Technology," Library
Issues 19.1 (September 1998). "Whose
Information? Random Thoughts on Intellectual Property in an Electronic
Age," Moveable Type 6.1 (Fall 1998). "Mugging
for the Camera: Narrative Strategies in Brazil," Literature/Film
Quarterly 42.3 (1996): 288-292. Third
World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to Materials in
English. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. "Connected
Communities: Encouraging Dialogue Between Composition and Bibliographic
Instruction." Invited chapter in Writing Across the
Curriculum and the Academic Library: Implications for Bibliographic
Instruction, ed. Jean Sheridan, Westport, CT: Greenwood
Press, 1995, 33-51. "Teaching
the Rhetorical Dimensions of Research." Research
Strategies 11.4 (Fall 1993): 211-219. "The
Research Processes of Undergraduate Students." Journal
of Academic Librarianship18 (July 1992): 163-169. "Common
Ground: The Composition/Bibliographic Instruction Connection."
In Academic Libraries: Achieving Excellence in Higher
Education, ed. Tom Kirk, Chicago: ACRL, 1992. "Sources
of Authority: A Case Study Approach to Using Primary Sources." In Judging
the Validity of Information Sources: Teaching Critical Analysis in
Bibliographic Instruction, ed. Linda Shirato, Ann Arbor:
Pierian, 1991. "For
our Silent Sisters: Third World Women's Literature." Choice
29 (September 1991): 39-47. "Recreating
the Renaissance: Dramatic Presentations in an Art History Class,"
co-authored with Linnea Wren. Research Strategies 8
(Fall 1990): 200-203. "Teaching
Research as a Social Act: Collaborative Learning and the Library," RQ
29 (Summer 1990): 505-509. (This article was named one of the twenty
best articles of the year by the American Library Association's Library
Instruction Round Table.) Additional publications Contributed
material to several Bedford/St. Martin's publications including The
Everyday Writer, The Bedford Handbook, Literature and its Writers,
Elements of Argument, A Writers Reference, A Pocket Guide to Writing in
History, Research
and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Rules for Writers,
The Bedford Guide for College Writers, and The Bedford Guide to the Research Process.
The Web version of Research and Documentation
in the Electronic Age was chosen for the sixth annual "Best
Free Reference Web Sites" chosen by the MARS section
of RUSA, the American Library Association's reference division (Fall
2004). Contributing member of ACRLog, the official blog of the Assocation of College and Research Libraries, Librarians at the Gate, a blog for undergraduates interested in librarianship, and Free Exchange on Campus. Book reviewer for Mystery Scene Magazine and Reviewing the Evidence. One Book, One College: Common Reading Programs, a list of reading programs on college campuses. Scandinavian Crime Fiction, a Website and companion blog covering Scandinavian crime fiction in English translation. "Open Access and Books in a Digital World - What Role Should Libraries Play?" talk presented at the ALA's Office of Information Technology Policy advisory committee retreat, November 2008. "Engaging Institutions in Improving Student Learning Through a National Study." Panel presentation at the Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, April 2008. "Why I Teach and Why it Matters," panelist at the NEA/AFT Higher Education Joint Conference in Washington DC, March 2008 responding to the "Why I Teach" Free Exchange on Campus blog meme. "Inventing the Library." Presentation and workshop for the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio, December 2007. "Information Literacy in a Wired World," workshop presented at the University of Illinois at Springfield, March 2007 as part of a two-day consultancy. "Libraries and the Cartography of Knowledge," keynote address presented at the Alaska Library Association Conference, Anchorage, February 2006. At this conference I also presented a paper, "Reading as a Contact Sport" and conducted two workshops, "Research as a Rhetorical Act" and "Assessing Libraries’ Contribution to Student Learning." "Smoke and Mirrors: Finding Order in a Chaotic World," plenary address presented at WILU 2005, University of Guelph, Ontario, May 2005. "Libraries and the Patriot Act: Your Loss of Privacy?" panelist at a conference held in St. Paul on May 16, 2005. "Assessment as Opportunity: Knowing Your Students, Reaching Your Faculty," poster session presented with Michelle Twait at the Association of College and Research Libraries Twelfth National Conference, Minneapolis, April 8th, 2005. Handout. "Information Literacy and the Marketplace of Anxieties," a workshop prepared for the Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, February 2005. "Information Literacy: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation," a workshop conducted with Laura Behling for faculty at Carleton College, Northfield MN, Sept 2004. "The
Point-and-Click Generation Goes to the Library." Presentation
at Linfield College, McMinnville, Oregon, June 2004. "Just
the Facts, Ma'am: How Crime Fiction Re-Invents Reality."
Continuing Education lecture sponsored by the St. Peter Community and
Family Education program, presented March 16th, 2004. "Another
Set of Eyes: Peer Mentoring Can Be Fun" Workshop presented with
Elizabeth O. Hutchins, sponsored by the Minnesota Oberlin Group
Libraries Reference / Instruction Group, held at Carleton College,
Northfield MN, December 3rd, 2003. "True Lies:
Libraries, Research, and the Facts of Fiction." Presentation
at the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium Annual Retreat held at
Northwestern College, Roseville MN, November 19th, 2003. "Reference
Services: Virtual, Digital, and In-Library--A New Model for Effective
Delivery." Panelist for a teleconference produced by the College of
DuPage Office of Special Services, February 7, 2003. "Assessment:
Where We Are and Where We Need to Go." Instruction Dialogue
sponsored by the Academic and Research Libraries Division (ARLD) of the
Minnesota Library Association Minnesota State University, Mankato,
December 9th, 2002 "Developing
Information Skills in the General Education Curriculum," Workshop for
the faculty of Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, November 19,
2002. "The
Future of Publishing." Panel presentation at the Bouchercon
World Mystery Conference, Austin TX, October 19, 2002. "Generation
Y Comes to the Library . . . Or Not: Information Seeking Behavior of
Undergraduate Students." Panelist for workshop held at Minnesota State
University, Mankato, April 11 2002. "Reintroducing
Students to Good Research." Keynote address presented to the
faculty of Lake Forest College, November 7, 2001. "The
Virtual Library of Babel: Seeking Knowledge in an Information Age."
Keynote address presented at the Association of Lutheran College
Faculties Annual Conference, Gustavus Adolphus College, October 2001. Information
Literacy Pilot Project, Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
Workshop for faculty on information literacy standards and assessment,
with Molly Pederson, May 2001. "Merging
Tradition and Innovation: A Visionary Future for Libraries."
Minitex Conference panel, Plymouth, MN, April 2001. "Information
Literacy: Connecting Standards and Objectives to Programs and
Curriculum: Case Studies of Early Implementers." Panel presentation at
the Association of College and Research Libraries National Conference,
March 2001. "How
to Make Shared Leadership Happen," College Libraries Section panel,
American Library Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, June 1999. "Border
Crossings: Strengthening Collaboration for Meaningful Student Inquiry,"
invited keynote presentation at the ACM Bibliographic Instruction
Conference, St. Olaf College, October 1998. "When
Higher Education Becomes a Business, What Happens to Traditional
Library Values?" College Libraries Section Panel, American Library
Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., June 1998. "The
Research Processes of Undergraduates," presentation to the College
Libraries in Consortium Bibliographic Instruction Taskforce, Fall 1991.
"Only
Connect: Writing Instruction and BI," presented at the Minnesota
Library Association annual conference, October 1989. Research, Scholarship, and Creativity Grant to develop a comprehensive website on Scandinavian crime fiction in English translation, 2008, Kendall Center Departmental Mini-grant to develop curriculum mapping for information literacy, with Julie Gilbert, 2008. Bush Departmental Mini-Grant to involve new students in an online discussion of the book chosen for the campus Common Reading before they arrive on campus, 2005. "How Crime Fiction Reflects Social Anxieties," funded by the college's Research, Scholarship, and Creativity (RSC) Fund, 2004. Bush
Teaching and Learning Mini-Grant to support a project for understanding
student research processes in a hybrid print/electronic environment,
awarded October 2001. National
Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services to
support a two-year research and demonstration project to enhance
developmental research skills across the undergraduate curriculum in a
hybrid print/electronic information environment. Co-directed with Sandy
Fuhr. Awarded September 1999. Support
from Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to attend the
HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration,
Bryn Mawr College, June 23-July 16, 1996. "Third
World Women's Literature," funded by the RSC, 1990. Joyce
Scholar's Grant to develop a research course, 1990. First Term Seminar: The Mysterious World, Fall 2008 Information Fluency for Graduate Studies, Spring 2008, 2007, 2006, and January 2005. First Term Seminar: Common Readers, Fall 2006 Introduction
to Library Research, Spring 1992, 1993, 1995. Library
Research Seminar: The Manhattan Project, January 1990, 1991. Supervised
fourteen independent study projects. Editorial board member of College and Research Libraries, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008-- Editorial board member of Publications in Librarianship, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008-- Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Information Literacy, American Library Association, 2000-2001. Blog Advisory Board member for the Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005--2007. Contributing editor, Library Issues: Briefings for Faculty and Administrators, 2004-- . College service Commission Gustavus 150 Community Engagement Task Force member, 2008-09. Technology Services Planning Core Committee member, 2008-09. Ex-officio member Curriculum Committee, Academic Operations Committee, Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee, 1997-2001, 2008-- Web Advisory Board, 2003-- Reading in Common Book Selection Committee chair, 2008-2009. Personnel Committee, 2005-2007. Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Academic Planning, 2005-2006. Program Assessment and Development Committee, 2001-02, 2004-2007. Course Approval Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee, 2004-2007. President's Inaugural Symposium Committee, 2003-2004. Writing Program Advisory Committee, 2002-2004. Women's Studies Personnel Committee Chair, 2002. Bush Planning Advisory Committee member, 1999-2001. Chair, Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee, 1998. Instructional Resources Committee, 1994-95. Chair of Humanities Area, General Education Committee, 1988-93. January Term Committee, 1992-93. Faculty Development Committee, 1989-92. Writing Program Committee, 1988-92. last updated 11/08 |