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Assistant Director of Research and Innovation, eCampus Center

Amy Vecchione is the Assistant Director of Research and Innovation with Boise State University's eCampus Center's Division of Extended Studies. Amy has expertise in student success, open education, online learning, innovation, and research in higher education. Amy achieved the distinction of rank of Professor, and served as the Faculty Senate President at Boise State University 2020 - 2021. Amy recently co-authored a book, At-Risk to At-Promise: Academic Libraries Supporting Student Success with Cathlene McGraw designed to help academic library staff and faculty collaborate for student success. Amy started the EdD program for Higher Education Leadership at Idaho State University in 2022.

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Amy Vecchione is the Assistant Director of Research and Innovation with Boise State University's eCampus Center's Division of Extended Studies. Amy has expertise in student success, open education, online learning, innovation, and research in higher education. Amy achieved the distinction of rank of Professor, and served as the Faculty Senate President at Boise State University 2020 - 2021. Amy recently co-authored a book, At-Risk to At-Promise: Academic Libraries Supporting Student Success with Cathlene McGraw designed to help academic library staff and faculty collaborate for student success. Amy started the EdD program for Higher Education Leadership at Idaho State University in 2022.

2021 - Present	Assistant Director of Research and Innovation, Boise State University ‐ eCampus Center
Institution Organization Position Type Position Title Time Period to Options Current Position Affiliate my profile with this Institution

Library and Information Science

Social Media and Emerging Technologies, Virtual Reference, Science Information Literacy, and Mobile learning

University 106: Library Research

Phone: (208) 426-1625

Email: amyvecchione@boisestate.edu

Mail Stop: 1120

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8380-1724

From At-Risk to At-Promise: Academic Libraries Supporting Student Success (Amy E. Vecchione and Cathlene E. McGraw) Faculty & Staff Authored Books (2023)

Academic library workers will learn how to collaborate with staff in academic advising and student services to improve undergraduate student belonging, retention rates, and graduation rates for at-promise students. As the demographics of student populations ...

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Faculty Perceptions of Open Access Publishing: Investigating Faculty Publishing Habits to Evaluate Library Collection Alignment (Elisabeth Shook and Amy Vecchione) Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication (2022)

Introduction: This investigation, originally conceived as a method for informing Albertsons Library on creative solutions to the collections budget shortfall, sought to determine an institution’s faculty perceptions of publishing and/or using open access (OA) materials, ...

Creating an Annual Evaluation Framework for Library Faculty (Alessandro Meregaglia, Kelsey Keyes, Amy Vecchione, et al.) The Journal of Academic Librarianship (2021)

This article describes the faculty-lead process and outcomes of a collaborative annual library faculty evaluation project. The authors share the process used at Boise State University's Albertsons Library, including the drivers, team member roles, communication ...

Maker Spaces #FlattentheCurve (Amy Vecchione) Library Journal (2020)

The article reports that library workers are helping communities mitigate the COVID-19 crisis through Maker skills. Topics discussed include the use of 3-D printers by librarians to create personal protective equipment (PPE), estimated cost per ...

Accessibility Best Practices, Procedures, and Policies in Northwest United States Academic Libraries (Rebeca Peacock and Amy Vecchione) The Journal of Academic Librarianship (2020)

Academic libraries are responsible for providing accessible copies of collection materials to individuals facing a variety of accessibility needs. Accessibility needs differ from user to user, often making each request an individualized service. However, do ...

Charting a Path Forward in Student Success (Lynn Deekin, Amy Vecchione, Allison Carr, et al.) Reference Services Review (2019)

Purpose - This paper aims to demonstrate the variety of ways institutions and their libraries approach student success both conceptionally and operationally.Design/methodology/approach - Librarians from eight different institutions of higher education were given a series ...

Recommended practices for equitable makerspaces (Amy E. Vecchione) Journal of New Librarianship (2018)

Makerspace leaders must take action to improve equity of access in use of emerging technology.

Building Entrepreneurial Competencies in Library Staff: Getting Started (Amy Vecchione) PNLA Quarterly (2018)

Library staff in public and academic libraries face challenges to build library staff competencies to serve a growing population of entrepreneurs. Most public libraries provide workforce development assistance, and of those, 48% provide entrepreneurial services ...

Librarians Collaborating with Academic Advisors to Foster Student Success (Karina Smith, Cathlene McGraw and Amy Vecchione) PNLA Quarterly (2018)

Library workers are exploring ways to provide support to their communities. In this practice-based pilot project, an academic library partnered with academic advisors on a college campus to increase the support services and supportive mechanisms ...

Tracking User Behavior with Google Analytics Events on an Academic Library Website (Amy Vecchione, Deana Brown, Elizabeth Allen, et al.) Journal of Web Librarianship (2016)

The primary purpose of an academic library website is to serve as a portal to library-acquired content. Navigational design of a library website affects the user’s ability to find and access content. At Albertsons Library, ...

UX, It’s Not a New State in the Union: User Experience Explained! (Amy Vecchione and Deana Brown) The Idaho Librarian (2014)

Using user experience (UX) methodologies, libraries can improve their web site by identifying the tasks that their users need to accomplish, and then eliminate those barriers. This process sounds easy enough, but if your library ...

Channeling Passions: Developing a Successful Social Media Strategy (Elizabeth Ramsey and Amy Vecchione) Journal of Library Innovation (2014)

Libraries often struggle with developing a consistent message that communicates their relevance and value to their patrons. When it comes to a social media strategy it’s understood that consistency is an essential aspect in library ...

How to Pack a Room: 3D Printing at Albertsons Library (Deana Brown and Amy Vecchione) The Idaho Librarian (2014)

Libraries have a history of helping their communities create, whether it’s writing a paper or acquiring new information on a topic. Libraries have always helped communities learn new skills, and sometimes those skills are best ...

Notable and Notorious Idaho Women: An Annotated Bibliography (Amy Vecchione) The Idaho Librarian (2013)

In the early days of Idaho’s penitentiary there was a common belief that women could not be held responsible for murder. Juries were comprised of only men at this time, and it was generally thought ...

Reference is Neither Here Nor There: A Snapshot of SMS Reference Services (Amy E Vecchione and Margie Ruppel) The Reference Librarian (2012)

This article presents results from an anonymous, non-scientific, Web-based poll that aimed to learn more about how libraries and their user groups are using short messaging service reference. The results of this survey present the ...

Using Geolocation Apps for Academic Library Outreach and Instruction (Amy Vecchione and Margaret Mellinger) The Reference Librarian (2012)

This article discusses the uses, experiments, and merits of geolocation applications for academic library outreach and instruction. SCVNGR is a game-based geolocation application. Users earn points or gain rewards by completing challenges and treks. Builders ...

'It’s Research Made Easier!': SMS and Chat Reference Perceptions (Margie Ruppel and Amy Vecchione) Reference Services Review (2012)

The convergence of college students' information needs, social characteristics, and technological skills have always defined academic library services. Academic libraries re-shape and expand library services in order to match college students with their preferred mode ...

eTextbooks at Boise State University (Greg Kennenberg and Amy E Vecchione) Mobile Learning Symposium (2011)

Learn about all of the options that the Boise State Bookstore has to offer for eTextbooks for your courses. This demonstration will be followed by a question and answer period.

SPLAT: Innovative Collaboration in Idaho's Libraries (Memo Cordova and Amy Vecchione) Journal of Library Innovation (2011)

Libraries face shrinking budgets, increased use, and user demand for trendy resources. This makes it difficult for librarians to find the time to keep current with innovative library trends, such as technological tools and social ...

Digital Archives 101 Workshop (Erin Passehl and Amy Vecchione) The Idaho Librarian (2010)

Boise State University librarians Erin Passehl and Amy Vecchione were invited by the 2010 Idaho Library Association Conference Planning Committee to present on the topic of "creating digital archives." Idaho is a state that currently ...

Texting: Leveraging the statistics to your advantage (Amy E Vecchione) The Scoop (2010)

SPLAT Unconference Report : Top 10 Idaho Library Trends (Amy E Vecchione, Kate Baker, Ruth Funabiki, et al.) Idaho Librarian (2010)

The Special Project Library Action Team (SPLAT) offered a unique preconference at the Idaho Library Association (ILA) annual conference in October 2010. Rather than a formal presentation, this preconference was an "unconference” (see trend #9 ...

SPLAT 101: Web 2.0 in Idaho's Libraries (Amy Vecchione, Memo Cordova and Ruth Funabiki) The Idaho Librarian (2009)

Inclusion by Design (Amy Vecchione) Maker Literacies for Academic Libraries: Integration into Curriculum (2020)

Maker competencies are critical for courses in every discipline. Within the scope of higher education, many individuals have the perspective that makerspaces involve all STEM disciplines, yet making is a crucial aspect of work in ...

Makerspace Culture and Its Impact on Learning (Amy Vecchione) Makerspaces in Practice: Successful Models for Implementation (2020)

"Makerspaces are about community. We need to ensure everyone from the community can participate." —Participant in a Drexel ethnography about makerspaces Many library workers want to discuss and reflect on makerspaces. A common issue present ...