Barbara
Fister
Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library
Gustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MN 56082
fister@gac.edu
507-933-7553
| Education | Education
MA, English
Literature, Mankato State University (1992). 1987 -
present 1983-84 In the Wind. [fiction] New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2008. "Learning in the Present Tense," AFT On Campus 27.5 (May/June 2008): 13. "Curriculum Issues in Information Literacy Instruction," with Thomas W. Eland in Information Literacy Instruction Handbook. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008. "What if You Ran Your Bookstore Like a Library?" Library Journal, April 15, 2008 "Face Value." Inside Higher Ed, February 18, 2008. "One Book, One Campus: Exploring Common Reading Programs." E-Source for College Transitions 5.1 (Sept. 2007). "When the Sacred Ginmill Opens: Crimespace Opens a Virtual Bar." Mystery Scene 100 (Summer 2007): 46-47. "Crime Fiction with an Icelandic Accent: Barbara Fister on Arnaldur Indridason." [Interview] Shots March 2007. "The War Within: Matt Beynon Rees' Palestinian Mystery." [Interview] Mystery Scene 98 (Feb. 2007): 28-31. "Wikipedia and the Challenge of Read/Write Culture." Library Issues 27.3 (Jan. 2007). "'Reading as a Contact Sport': Online Book Groups and the Social Dimensions of Reading." Reference and User Services Quarterly, 44.4 (Summer 2005): 303-309. "Copycat Crimes: Crime Fiction and the Marketplace of Anxieties." Clues: A Journal of Detection 23.3 (Spring 2005): 43-56. "Bodies of Evidence: How Mystery Writers Imagine Their Worlds Through Research," invited article for a special issue, "Mysteries: From Creation to Consumption," Collection Management 29.3/4 (2005): 5-19. "Embracing the Challenge of Change Through Collegial Decision-Making," co-authored with Kathie Martin. Currents and Convergence: Proceedings of the Twefth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries. Ed. Hugh Thompson. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005. 32-38. "Choosing Sources in the Library of Babel." LOEX Quarterly 31.4 (2005): 6-7. "Google's Digitization Project: What Difference Will it Make?" Library Issues 25.4 (March 2005). "Go Ahead, Book Me." Library Journal (November 15, 2004): 26, 28. (Part of a cover story on university presses.) "Common Ground: Libraries and Learning." Library Issues 25.1 (September 2004). "Academic Authors
and the Crisis in Publishing." Against the Grain 16.3 (June
2004). "Place
and Space: Libraries and the Cartography of Knowledge." Invited essay in Musings, Meanderings, and Monsters, Too: Essays on Academic
Librarianship, ed. Martin Raish. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2003.
41-50. "The
Devil in the Details: Media Representation of 'Ritual Abuse' and
Evaluation of Sources." SIMILE: Studies in Media and Information
Literacy Education 3.2: May 2003. "What
do They Know? Assessing the Library's Contribution to Student Learning."
Library Issues 23.3 (January 2003). On Edge. [fiction] New York: Dell, 2002. "Fear of
Reference." The Chronicle of Higher Education June 14, 2002,
B20. "Changing Landscapes, Enduring Values: Making the Transition from
Bibliographic Instruction to Information Literacy." Coauthored with
Elizabeth Hutchins and Kris Huber MacPherson. Journal of Library
Administration 36 (1-2) 2002: 3-19. "Trade
Publishing: A Report from the Front." portal: Libraries and the
Academy 1.4 (October 2001): 509-523. "Elmore
Leonard's Legman: A Full-Time Researcher Helps the Renowned Mystery Writer
Keep it Real." American Libraries 32.4 (April 2001):
82-84. "Collegial
Leadership in Academic Libraries." Coauthored with David Lesniaski,
Kris Huber MacPherson, and Steve McKinzie. Crossing the Divide:
Proceedings of the Tenth National Conference of the Association of College
and Research Libraries. Ed. Hugh Thompson. Chicago: Association of
College and Research Libraries, 2001, 233-239. "From BI to IL:
The Paths of Two Liberal Arts Colleges." Coauthored with Elizabeth O.
Hutchins and Kris Huber MacPherson. Crossing the Divide: Proceedings of
the Tenth National Conference of the Association of College and Research
Libraries. Ed. Hugh Thompson. Chicago: Association of College and
Research Libraries, 2001, 203-212. "Balancing the Trade-Offs: Pros and Cons of Library Technology,"
Library Issues 19.1 (September 1998). "Whose
Information? Random Thoughts on Intellectual Property in an Electronic
Age," Moveable Type 6.1 (Fall 1998). "Mugging for the Camera: Narrative Strategies in Brazil,"
Literature/Film Quarterly 42.3 (1996): 288-292. Third World Women's Literatures: A Dictionary and Guide to
Materials in English. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995. "Connected Communities: Encouraging Dialogue Between Composition
and Bibliographic Instruction." Invited chapter in Writing Across the
Curriculum and the Academic Library: Implications for Bibliographic
Instruction, ed. Jean Sheridan, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1995,
33-51. "Teaching the Rhetorical
Dimensions of Research." Research Strategies 11.4 (Fall 1993):
211-219. "The Research
Processes of Undergraduate Students." Journal of Academic
Librarianship18 (July 1992): 163-169. "Common
Ground: The Composition/Bibliographic Instruction Connection." In
Academic Libraries: Achieving Excellence in Higher Education, ed.
Tom Kirk, Chicago: ACRL, 1992. "Sources of Authority: A Case Study Approach to Using Primary
Sources." In Judging the Validity of Information Sources: Teaching
Critical Analysis in Bibliographic Instruction, ed. Linda Shirato, Ann
Arbor: Pierian, 1991. "For
our Silent Sisters: Third World Women's Literature." Choice 29
(September 1991): 39-47. "Recreating the Renaissance: Dramatic Presentations in an Art
History Class," co-authored with Linnea Wren. Research Strategies 8
(Fall 1990): 200-203. "Teaching Research as a Social Act: Collaborative Learning and the
Library," RQ 29 (Summer 1990): 505-509. (This article was named one
of the twenty best articles of the year by the American Library
Association's Library Instruction Round Table.) Additional publications Contributed material to several Bedford/St. Martin's publications including The
Everyday Writer, The Bedford Handbook, Literature and its Writers,
Elements of Argument, A Writers Reference, A Pocket Guide to Writing in
History, Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age, Rules for Writers, The Bedford Guide for College Writers, and The Bedford Guide to the Research Process. The Web version of Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age was chosen for the sixth annual "Best Free Reference Web Sites" chosen by the MARS section of RUSA, the American Library Association's reference division (Fall 2004). Contributing member of ACRLog, the official blog of the Assocation of College and Research Libraries, Librarians at the Gate, a blog for undergraduates interested in librarianship, and Free Exchange on Campus. Book reviewer for Mystery Scene Magazine, 2005 - One Book, One College: Common Reading Programs, a list of reading programs on college campuses. "Engaging Institutions in Improving Student Learning Through a National Study." Panel presentation at the Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, April 2008. "Why I Teach and Why it Matters," panelist at the NEA/AFT Higher Education Joint Conference in Washington DC, March 2008 responding to the "Why I Teach" Free Exchange on Campus blog meme. "Inventing the Library." Presentation and workshop for the Ohio State University Libraries, Columbus, Ohio, December 2007. "Information Literacy in a Wired World," workshop presented at the University of Illinois at Springfield, March 2007 as part of a two-day consultancy. "Libraries and the Cartography of Knowledge," keynote address presented at the Alaska Library Association Conference, Anchorage, February 2006. At this conference I also presented a paper, "Reading as a Contact Sport" and conducted two workshops, "Research as a Rhetorical Act" and "Assessing Libraries’ Contribution to Student Learning." "Smoke and Mirrors: Finding Order in a Chaotic World," plenary address presented at WILU 2005, University of Guelph, Ontario, May 2005. "Libraries and the Patriot Act: Your Loss of Privacy?" panelist at a conference held in St. Paul on May 16, 2005. "Assessment as Opportunity: Knowing Your Students, Reaching Your Faculty," poster session presented with Michelle Twait at the Association of College and Research Libraries Twelfth National Conference, Minneapolis, April 8th, 2005. Handout. "Information Literacy and the Marketplace of Anxieties," a workshop prepared for the Ontario Library Association Superconference, Toronto, February 2005. "Information Literacy: A Cross-Disciplinary Conversation," a workshop conducted with Laura Behling for faculty at Carleton College, Northfield MN, Sept 2004. "The Point-and-Click
Generation Goes to the Library." Presentation at Linfield College,
McMinnville, Oregon, June 2004. "Just the Facts,
Ma'am: How Crime Fiction Re-Invents Reality." Continuing Education
lecture sponsored by the St. Peter Community and Family Education program,
presented March 16th, 2004. "Another Set of
Eyes: Peer Mentoring Can Be Fun" Workshop presented with Elizabeth O.
Hutchins, sponsored by the Minnesota Oberlin Group Libraries Reference /
Instruction Group, held at Carleton College, Northfield MN, December 3rd,
2003. "True Lies: Libraries,
Research, and the Facts of Fiction." Presentation at the Cooperating
Libraries in Consortium Annual Retreat held at Northwestern College,
Roseville MN, November 19th, 2003. "Reference Services: Virtual, Digital, and In-Library--A New Model
for Effective Delivery." Panelist for a teleconference produced by the
College of DuPage Office of Special Services, February 7, 2003.
"Assessment:
Where We Are and Where We Need to Go." Instruction Dialogue sponsored
by the Academic and Research Libraries Division (ARLD) of the Minnesota
Library Association Minnesota State University, Mankato, December 9th,
2002 "Developing Information Skills in the General Education
Curriculum," Workshop for the faculty of Augustana College, Rock Island,
Illinois, November 19, 2002. "The Future of
Publishing." Panel presentation at the Bouchercon World Mystery
Conference, Austin TX, October 19, 2002. "Generation Y Comes to the Library . . . Or Not: Information
Seeking Behavior of Undergraduate Students." Panelist for workshop held at
Minnesota State University, Mankato, April 11 2002. "Reintroducing
Students to Good Research." Keynote address presented to the faculty
of Lake Forest College, November 7, 2001. "The Virtual
Library of Babel: Seeking Knowledge in an Information Age." Keynote
address presented at the Association of Lutheran College Faculties Annual
Conference, Gustavus Adolphus College, October 2001. Information Literacy Pilot Project, Concordia College, Moorhead,
Minnesota. Workshop for faculty on information literacy standards and
assessment, with Molly Pederson, May 2001. "Merging
Tradition and Innovation: A Visionary Future for Libraries." Minitex
Conference panel, Plymouth, MN, April 2001. "Information Literacy: Connecting Standards and Objectives to
Programs and Curriculum: Case Studies of Early Implementers." Panel
presentation at the Association of College and Research Libraries National
Conference, March 2001. "How to
Make Shared Leadership Happen," College Libraries Section panel, American
Library Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, June 1999.
"Border
Crossings: Strengthening Collaboration for Meaningful Student
Inquiry," invited keynote presentation at the ACM Bibliographic
Instruction Conference, St. Olaf College, October 1998. "When
Higher Education Becomes a Business, What Happens to Traditional Library
Values?" College Libraries Section Panel, American Library Association
Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., June 1998. "The
Research Processes of Undergraduates," presentation to the College
Libraries in Consortium Bibliographic Instruction Taskforce, Fall 1991.
"Only
Connect: Writing Instruction and BI," presented at the Minnesota Library
Association annual conference, October 1989. Bush Departmental Mini-Grant to involve new students in an online discussion of the book chosen for the campus Common Reading before they arrive on campus, 2005. "How Crime Fiction Reflects Social Anxieties," funded by the college's Research, Scholarship, and Creativity (RSC) Fund, 2004. Bush
Teaching and Learning Mini-Grant to support a project for understanding
student research processes in a hybrid print/electronic environment,
awarded October 2001. National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and
Library Services to support a two-year research and demonstration project
to enhance developmental research skills across the undergraduate
curriculum in a hybrid print/electronic information environment.
Co-directed with Sandy Fuhr. Awarded September 1999. Support
from Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America to attend the
HERS Summer Institute for Women in Higher Education Administration, Bryn
Mawr College, June 23-July 16, 1996. "Third
World Women's Literature," funded by the RSC, 1990. Joyce
Scholar's Grant to develop a research course, 1990. First Term Seminar: Common Readers, Fall 2006 Information
Fluency for Graduate Studies, Spring 2008, 2007, 2006, and January 2005. Introduction to Library Research, Spring 1992, 1993, 1995.
Library
Research Seminar: The Manhattan Project, January 1990, 1991. Supervised thirteen independent study projects,
1988-1997. Faculty Senate Subcommittee on Academic Planning, 2005-2006. Personnel Committee, 2005-2007. Blog Advisory Board member for the Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005-- Contributing editor, Library Issues: Briefings for Faculty and Administrators, 2004-- . Program Assessment and Development Committee, 2001-02, 2004-2007. Course Approval Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee, 2004-2007. President's Inaugural Symposium Committee, 2003-2004. College Web Advisory Board, 2003-2007. Writing Program Advisory Committee, 2002-2004. Women's Studies Personnel Committee Chair, 2002. Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Information Literacy, Association of College and Research Libraries, 2000-2001. Bush Planning Advisory Committee member, 1999-2001. Chair, Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee, 1998. ex-officio member Curriculum Committee, Academic Operations Committee, Information Infrastructure Advisory Committee, 1997-2001. Instructional Resources Committee, 1994-95. Chair of Humanities Area, General Education Committee, 1988-93. January Term Committee, 1992-93. Faculty Development Committee, 1989-92. Writing Program Committee, 1988-92. last updated 5/08 |