Barbara Fister I coordinate the library's instruction program and participate in collection development, reference, and collegial management of the library's resources. For more about me, see my Gustavus profile or my CV.  Contact information Office: Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library administration (take a right as you enter the library; my office is all the way down the hall) Phone: 507-933-7553       Fax: 507-933-6292 E-mail: fister@gac.edu

Selected Publications

• Through the Cracks. [fiction] Mintotaur, May 2010 Excerpt.
• In the Wind. [fiction] St. Martin's, April 2008. Excerpt.
  
• "The Glorious Study Hall: How Libraries Nurture a Life of the Mind." Library Issues 30.2 (Nov. 2009).
• 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.

Selected Presentations

• Open Access and Books in a Digital World - What Role Should Libraries Play? talk presented at the ALA's Office of Information Technology Policy advisory committee retreat, November 2008.
• "Read/Write Culture: What Open Means for Learning, Research, and Creativity," keynote address presented at the Iowa Library Association / Association of College and Research  Libraries Annual Conference, April 2010.
• Libraries and the Cartography of Knowledge, keynote address presented at the Alaska Library Association Conference, Anchorage, February 2006.

Courses

• First Term Seminar: The Mysterious World (fall)
• Books and Culture (January term)
• Information Fluency for Graduate Studies (spring)
• Reading Workshop (spring)
  

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