I'm formerly a reference and instruction librarian and am now Head of Access Services for Irwin Library. I'm also the project manager for the Butler Digital Commons and the library's copyright manager. My research interests related to librarianship include teaching and promoting information literacy, faculty-librarian collaboration, copyright, and the use of Web 2.0 technologies to empower students and faculty. My philosophy of librarianship is simple: Using my knowledge of resources and technology I like to teach people how to find, evaluate, and select quality information while providing excellent customer service.
Articles
Course-Integrated information literacy instruction in introduction to accounting (with Anne Kelly, Teresa Williams, and J. B. Orris), Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship (2011)
Two groups of students, enrolled in Introduction to Accounting, volunteered to participate in a pedagogical...
Improving financial information literacy in introduction to financial accounting (with Anne Kelly, Teresa Williams, and J. Burdeane Orris), Journal of Learning in Higher Education (2010)
The motivation for this study came from a desire to improve teaching of the use...
Using i-Google to Help Digital Immigrants Manage Business Information, Searcher (2010)
The article focuses on the different uses of i-Google. Cited is a case wherein i-Google...
Using a Wiki to Enhance Library Instruction (with Jonathan Helmke and Paul Slater), Indiana Libraries (2006)
A wiki is a type of social software that allows users to write, share, and...
The Psychologist, the Philosopher, and the Librarian The Information Literacy Version of CRITIC, The Skeptical Inquirer: The Magazine for Science and Reason (2005)
The information-literacy version of CRITIC expands upon Wayne R. Bartz's development of that acronym. This...
Presentations
Winning Strategies from IR All-Stars (with Chad Bauman, Laura Behling, Jennifer Laherty, David Mason, James McGrath, Mark Newton, Charles Watkinson, and David Stout), Digital Commons Events (2011)
Your faculty and students have been producing scholarly work for many years. Is it locked...
Staffing the Repository: How to build your team and use it effectively, Berkeley Electronic Press (2011)
Brad Matthies, Head of Access Services and Project Manager for Digital Commons at Butler University,...
The Academic Library’s Role in Fostering Digital Citizenship, Presentations (2010)
This presentation discusses Butler University Library’s efforts to introduce various campus constituents to Digital Citizenship....
Faculty participation through SelectedWorks: engagement at Butler University and Boise State (with Berkeley Electronic Press and Michelle Armstrong), Digital Commons Events (2010)
Michelle Armstrong and Brad Matthies discuss how they have created SelectedWorks uptake at their institutions,...
Creating an Institutional Repository "on the Cheap" (with Kenetha Frisby), Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians 2009 Conference (2009)
Digital Commons is a product from bepress™ for creating an open access institutional repository. Butler...
Reviews
Review of The International Development Economic Associates Website, College & Research Libraries News (2005)
Review of National Institute of Mental Health Website, College & Research Libraries News (2004)
Other
December 2011 - Digital Minute Issue 14, Digital Minute (2011)
This issue promotes the 2011 Annual Report.
Digital Minute - Issue 13, Digital Minute (2011)
This issue introduces Modern Languages, Literatures & Culture and also highlights IR educational resources.
Digital Minute - Issue 12, Digital Minute (2011)
This issue discusses SelectedWorks photos and unique repository content.
Digital Minute - Issue 11, Digital Minute (2011)
This issue introduces the College of Communication and LinkedIN.