I have been a faculty member at the USF Tampa Library since January of 2005. Before that, I came from Virginia Tech where I worked as the College Librarian for Education & Human Development. I spent much of my professional life as an academic librarian, first at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, at the Center for Research Libraries in Chicago, and then at Virginia Tech. I have also spent several years teaching English, writing, and composition at the high school and collegiate levels. My research and publication interests include academic libraries' use of open access videos, academic librarians' status, collaborative relationships between librarians and academic faculty, diversity resources for teachers, and assessment tools for evaluating library instruction and student learning.
Information Literacy
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How to Begin the Literature Review (with Audrey Powers), Graduate School Presentation, University of South Florida (2012)
Offers tips and strategies for efficient, effective use of library resources and services to help...
If It's Worth Teaching, It's Worth Finding Out Whether They Learned It! (with Drew Smith), University of South Florida Tampa Library (2012)
NEFLIN Webinar covering a variety of issues regarding assessment of academic library instruction, including: How...
The Collaborative Imperative and Information Literacy: Strategies for Librarian-Faculty Partnerships (with James Eison), NEFLIN (Northeast Florida Library Information Network) (2011)
This workshop, designed primarily for librarians who work with faculty in higher education or school...
Institutional Support for Librarian-Faculty Collaboration: A Personal Reflection Exercise (2011)
This is a reflective exercise to help you consider how ready your organization and institution...
20 Tips on Networking (or Outreach) and Collaboration (2010)
Moving from Outreach to Collaboration: 20 Tips on Networking (or Outreach) and Collaboration.
Assessment of Library Instruction
If It's Worth Teaching, It's Worth Finding Out Whether They Learned It! (with Drew Smith), University of South Florida Tampa Library (2012)
NEFLIN Webinar covering a variety of issues regarding assessment of academic library instruction, including: How...
Incorporating Instructional Design into Library Instruction Classes, NEFLIN (Northeast Florida Library Information Network) (2011)
This webinar offers an overview of the components of the instructional design process. It will...
If It's Worth Teaching, It's Worth Finding Out Whether They Learned It! (with Drew Smith), Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) (2009)
This workshop focused on helping participants identify the differences between formative and summative assessments, classify...
Outreach Blogs
20 Tips on Networking (or Outreach) and Collaboration (2010)
Moving from Outreach to Collaboration: 20 Tips on Networking (or Outreach) and Collaboration.
Outreach Blogs: Innovative Strategies for Connecting Libraries to Their Communities (with Gina Clifford), Florida Library Association (2009)
An outreach blog can be an effective communication tool that extends and enhances email, listservs,...
Library 2.0
Outreach Blogs: Innovative Strategies for Connecting Libraries to Their Communities (with Gina Clifford), Florida Library Association (2009)
An outreach blog can be an effective communication tool that extends and enhances email, listservs,...
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration
Librarian-Faculty Collaboration Inventory: A Personal Reflection Exercise (with James Eison) (2011)
There are many different ways librarians can create opportunities for networking,coordination and collaboration with faculty...
The Collaborative Imperative and Information Literacy: Strategies for Librarian-Faculty Partnerships (with James Eison), NEFLIN (Northeast Florida Library Information Network) (2011)
This workshop, designed primarily for librarians who work with faculty in higher education or school...
The Collaborative Imperative Session Three--Online TLT Group Presentation, University of South Florida (2011)
The topics for this session included defining the organizational culture of collaboration in libraries and...
The Collaborative Imperative Session Two--Online TLT Group Presentation, TLT Group (2011)
This series, designed primarily for librarians who work with faculty in higher education or school...
The Collaborative Imperative Session One--Online TLT Group Presentation, TLT Group (2011)
This series, designed primarily for librarians who work with faculty in higher education or school...
Instructional Design
Incorporating Instructional Design into Library Instruction Classes, NEFLIN (Northeast Florida Library Information Network) (2011)
This webinar offers an overview of the components of the instructional design process. It will...
Videos
YouTube Culture and the Academic Library: A Guide to Open Access Videos, Choice (2008)
This article discusses the use of open access videos in educational, academic settings. It is...
Keeping Up With the YouTube Generation--Collaborating with Student Video Bloggers to Enhance Library Instruction, LOEX 2007: Uncharted Waters: Tapping the Depths of Our Community to Enhance Learning (2007)
Describes a program of librarian collaboration with undergraduates to create appealing instructional videos for student...
Digital Learning Objects
Library Instruction Presentations
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: How to Begin the Literature Review (with Audrey Powers), Graduate School Presentation, University of South Florida (2012)
Offers tips and strategies for efficient, effective use of library resources and services to help...
Open Access
Open Access Week 2012: Education Resources, Open Access Week 2012 (2012)
Link to Powerpoint and video presentation about open access resources in education.
Faculty Status
Raising the Bar: An Approach to Reviewing and Revising Standards for Professional Achievement for Library Faculty (with Edward F. Lener and Bruce Pencek), College and Research Libraries (2004)
A committee revising the retention, promotion and continued appointment policy in the Virginia Tech libraries...