Julie DeCesare is Assistant Professor and Commons Librarian, Head of Education & Research at Providence College Phillips Memorial Library. Prior to her current position, she was Digital Media Reference Librarian at Boston College. She has also been adjunct faculty at Marlboro College Graduate Center in Brattleboro, VT since 2008. She teaches Digital Research Technologies in the Ed Tech Graduate Program. Her interests are in multimedia and visual information on the Internet, as well as trends in digital research and publishing.
Articles
ArtBabble—A Partnership of Art Appreciation, Curation, and Media Literacy, The Journal of Media Literacy Education (2012)
This is a review of the website ArtBabble, which was created by the Indianapolis Museum...
ARKive—An Intersection of Conservation, Multimedia and Usability, Journal of Media Literacy Education (2012)
In this review, the author discusses why users should consider ARKive (http://www.arkive.org) is an excellent...
Contributions to Books
Navigating Multimedia: How to Find Internet Video Resources for Teaching, Learning, and Research., Enhancing Instruction with Visual Media: Utilizing Video and Lecture Capture (2013)
The deep and open Web has quickly become a resource for multimedia and video content....
Presentations
We’re All on this Cloud Together: a Look at Five Innovative, Patron-Centered Projects at Providence College (with Julie Kliever, Mark Caprio, and Hailie Posey), Association of College and Research Libraries – New England Regional Conference (2013)
iHelp: The Support for Technology and Learning Implementation Team (aka iHelp) is a collaboration with...
Navigating Multimedia – Streaming Video Beyond YouTube: Pop Culture Edition, Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association - National Conference (2013)
The Internet has quickly become a resource for multimedia and video content, especially in popular...
Lending iPads 101: Steps to Loan from Your Library (with Hailie Posey and Christopher Bellotti), NERCOMP Annual Conference/ EDUCAUSE (2013)
The Phillips Memorial Library staff demonstrates, step-by-step, how to develop an iPad lending program at...
Outreach Fail: When a Library Instruction Series Fails to Draw a Crowd (with Hailie Posey), Rhode Island Library Association (2012)
In fall 2011, we unveiled an ambitious and conscientious outreach program for our campus community...
The 2020+ Project: Using WordPress to Organize, Evaluate, & Discuss the College of the Future (with Hailie Posey and Julia Tryon), NERCOMP Annual Conference (2012)
The Provost of Providence College asked the Library+Commons to compile scholarly materials on the future...