| Education: | MA, Educational Psychology, University of
Minnesota - Twin Cities (2004).
Graduate Certificate, Educational Computing and Technology, University of Minnesota - Duluth (2000). MSLIS, Library and Information Science, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign (1999). BA, History, Gustavus Adolphus College (1998). |
| Experience: |
2000 - present
Librarian, Gustavus Adolphus College. During my first two years, I managed the electronic resources in our collection. In September 2002, I became the library's reference coordinator. I also participate in the shared management of the library, teach instruction sessions, staff the reference desk, and act as liaison to a variety of departments on campus. 1999-2000
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| Papers and Presentations: | "Staff Development 2.0," a session that will be presented with Sarah Monson and Sonja Timmerman at the annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association in Bloomington, MN, November 19, 2008.
"Crossroads and Detours on the Path to Information Seeking," a paper presented at the Academic and Research Libraries Division Day in Chanhassen, MN, April 30, 2007. "Designing Library Websites to Support Student Learning: A User-Centered Approach," a poster session presented with Anna Hulseberg at the Academic and Research Libraries Division Day in Chanhassen, MN, April 28, 2006. "The Library as a Mentoring Community," a panel presentation with Barbara Fister and Kathie Martin. Presented as part of "Our Students: Training, Teaching, and Mentoring," a Minnesota Oberlin Group workshop in St. Peter, MN, January 17, 2006. "Marketing Your Library," a poster session presented at the annual Southcentral Minnesota Inter-Library Exchange (SMILE) meeting in North Mankato, MN, April 21, 2005. "Assessment as Opportunity: Knowing Your Students, Reaching Your Faculty," a poster session presented with Barbara Fister at the 12th National Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Minneapolis, MN, April 7-10, 2005. "Making Collaborative Marketing Plans," a workshop presented to the Twin Cities Biomedical Consortium at Fairview Southdale Hospital on January 11, 2005. "Students as Information Consumers: What They 'Buy' and Why," a paper presented at the annual conference of the Minnesota Library Association in Duluth, MN, October 6-8, 2004. "Learning Styles: Practical Applications in Bibliographic Instruction," a workshop presented with Jean Beccone (Macalester) and Dave Collins (Macalester) at the College of St. Benedict on June 9, 2004. "Toss the Bag of Tricks: Fostering Motivation in Library Instruction," a paper presented at the 31st national LOEX (Clearinghouse for Library Instruction) conference in Madison, WI, May 8-10, 2003. "A 'Questionable' Collaboration at the Reference Desk," a poster session presented at the MINITEX/University of Minnesota Reference Services Symposium, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, October 2002. |
| Publications: | "If they build it, they will come: A student-designed library." (in press) Manuscript accepted for publication in College & Research Libraries News.
"Undergraduate Students’ Source Selection Criteria: A Qualitative Study," Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31.6 (November 2005): 567-573. [This article was one of seven articles highlighted in the Spring 2007 issue of Public Services Quarterly in the "Best of the Literature" column.] "Toss the Bag of Tricks: Fostering Motivation in Library Instruction." In Reflective Teaching: A Bridge to Learning: Papers and Session Materials Presented at the Thirty-First National LOEX Library Instruction Conference, ed. Deb Biggs Thomas. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 2004: 51-55. "Back to School," Info Career Trends 5.3 (May 2004). "Making Collaborative Marketing Plans," Marketing Library Services 17.2 (March/April 2004): 1-3. |
| Grants: | Bush Teaching and Learning Grant to support a study of the research process of students, particularly research in an online environment; awarded October 2005.
Bush Teaching and Learning Grant to support improvement of student learning and enhance the library instruction program; awarded April 2002. "Women, libraries, and literacy during the Progressive Period," research funded by the college's Research, Scholarship, and Creativity (RSC) Fund, 2001. |
| Courses: |
Library as Place, January 2008
Vocation and Information Professions, January 2006 |
| Service: | Member, ACRL Instruction Section Professional Education Committee, 2006-09 International and Experiential Education Committee, 2005-08 Member, St. Peter Human Rights Commission, 2005-present Member, ACRL Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship Committee, 2005-08 Campus Judicial Board, 2005-06 Mentor, Minnesota Library Association Mentorship Program, 2004-05 General Education Area (Lifelong Fitness) Committee, 2004-05 Secretary, Minnesota Library Association, 2003 and 2004 Secretary/Treasurer, Phi Beta Kappa (Gustavus chapter), 2002-05 Faculty Advisor, MacArthur Scholars Fellowship Program, 2002-present Course Approval Subcommittee, 2002-04, 2007-08 Chair, Faculty Committee on Student Life, 2002-05 Web Policy Working Group, subcommittee of the Web Advisory Committee, 2002 Chair, BI and Promotion Task Force, subcommittee of the Aleph Implementation Advisory Group, 2002-03 Reference User Group representative, Aleph Implementation Advisory Group, 2001-03 Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, 2000 |
| Professional Development | "Student as Scholar," Bush Summer Teaching and Learning Workshop, 2007 Leadership Institute, Minnesota Library Association, 2007 "Gustavus as a Mentoring Community," Center for Vocational Reflection, 2005 Immersion Program, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2002 |
| Honors and Awards: | Phi Beta Kappa
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