In my work as a Reference Librarian at Albertsons Library, I focus on providing both traditional and online reference and instruction, selecting materials that support the College of Education, and reaching out to faculty and students. Librarian and faculty collaboration allows me to provide relevant and meaningful library services. I specialize in information literacy for education researchers, first-year students, and history majors, as well as finding innovative and online methods for providing library services.
Articles
Information Literacy Follow-Through: Enhancing Pre-service Teachers' Information Evaluation Skills Through Formative Assessment (with Sara Seely and Sara Fry), Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian (2011)
An investigation into pre-service teachers' information evaluation skills at a large university suggests that formative...
Google Scholar, Social Work Abstracts (EBSCO), and PsycINFO (EBSCO), The Charleston Advisor: Critical Reviews of Web Products for Information Professionals (2009)
Tying collection development's loose ends with interlibrary loan, Collection Building (2006)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to discover the characteristics and quality of...
Usability Testing and Instruction Librarians: A Perfect Pair. (with Stephanie J. Graves), Articles (2006)
This study examines how librarians are experiencing usability testing and how their observations are influencing...
Citation Analysis of Dissertation, Thesis, and Research Paper References in Workforce Education and Development (with C. Keith Waugh), Journal of Academic Librarianship (2004)
Citation analysis of 265 Workforce Education and Development (WED) dissertations, theses, and graduate research papers...
Book Chapters
Unpublished Papers
Research Agenda for Library Instruction and Information Literacy (with Association of College & Research Libraries, Instruction Section, Research & Scholarship Committee) (2003)
Charged with updating the document in 2000, the ACRL Instruction Section (IS) Research and Scholarship...
Presentations
Reference Is Neither Here Nor There: Connecting Through SMS (with Amy E. Vecchione), Library Faculty Publications and Presentations (2011)
Have you ever wondered what your patrons think about SMS reference service? Do you wonder...
SMS Reference Service: A New Point of Need for Libraries (with Amy Vecchione), Southwest Idaho Library Association Regional Conference (SWILA) (2011)
Boise State University's text reference service is growing in popularity among students. BSU librarians chose...
Click Here for Instruction Success! (with Ellie Dworak), Idaho Library Association Conference (2010)
How Teachers, Classrooms, and Schools Can Go "Global" (Invited Presentation) (with Sara Winstead Fry and Sara Seely), Global Connections, Cultures, and Issues: Bringing the World into the Classroom Conference, Idaho Human Rights Education Center, (2009)
There’s a Librarian in My Soup!: The Benefits of Library Research Consultations for Student Projects (with Joanne Artz, Phil Orr, and Kevin Valadares), Spring Faculty Meeting, University of Southern Indiana (2009)
No abstract available.
Online Tutorials
I-Share Tutorials (with Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois End User Instruction Committee) (2005)
No abstract available.