Ann Marie Smeraldi has focused her career in librarianship on information literacy instruction and the needs of first year college students as they make the transition to higher education. She joined the staff of the Michael Schwartz Library as the First Year Experience and General Education Librarian in spring 2008. In spring 2011 she assumed an additional role - English Subject Specialist. As the First Year Experience Librarian, Ann Marie provides library orientations and information literacy classes for all sections of ASC 101: Introduction to University Life. She also teaches a section of this introductory course and serves on the University's Common Reading Committee. As the subject specialist for the English Department, Ann Marie serves the research and instruction needs faculty, undergraduates, and graduates. She works closely with the First Year Writing Program faculty to design information literacy sessions that support the learning outcomes of these foundational writing course. Ann Marie earned her Master of Information and Library Science from Kent State University, Ohio in 2006. She completed her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies at Cleveland State and graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1999.
Information Literacy Instruction - college students
Letting Students Take the Lead: Active Learning in the Library Classroom, Academic Library Association of Ohio Annual Conference (2010)
Each fall reluctant first year students are herded into the academic library for a one-shot,...
Making It Click: Using an Audience Response System to Engage Students and Assess Learning, University System of Ohio: Libraries, Learning, and Technology Conference (2009)
As accessibility to technology in the classroom increases and promises to improve student engagement and...
Information Literacy Instruction - high school to college transition
Strategies for Teaching 21st Century Skills to Tomorrow's College Students (with Kenneth J. Burhanna, Joanna McNally, and Jennifer Schwelik), Ohio Edicational Library Media Association Conference (2011)
Today’s first year college students arrive on campus underprepared for the academic demands that await...
Our Transition Mission: Collaborations for College Success (with Kenneth Burhanna, Deidra Herring, Jillian Maruskin, Patricia Owen, Laura Piazza, Jennifer Schwelik, and Beth Tumbleson), Ohio Educational Library Media Assocation Annual Conference (2010)
A panel of school and academic librarians that work with students transitioning from high school...
It Takes a Village: Educating 21st Century Students for College Success, Ohio Edicational Library Media Association Conference (2009)
12-13 Transition . . . 21st Century skills . . . PreK through 20 ....
12 - 13 Transition: Collaborations for Student Success, Lakeshore Northeast Ohio Computer Assiciation (2009)
Are high school students prepared academically for the challenge of college? Have they mastered essential...
Usability Testing
Usability Testing: Evaluation of a College Library Website (2005)
Master's Research Project
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
The Lorain County Community College (LCCC) Library...