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 108A (on the lower level, facing Beck Hall; go through the Government Documents office to find it) 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.
• "Reading, Risk, and Reality: Undergraduates and Reading for Pleasure." College & Research Libraries 72.5 (Sept. 2011): 474-495.
  
• "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.

Selected Presentations

• "Librarians as Agents of Change," presented at the ACRL Oregon-Washington Annual Meeting, October 2012. slides. video. 
• "Playing for Keeps: Lifelong Learning in the Ludic Library," presented at the Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference, October 2012. Slides.
  
• "Read/Write Culture: What Open Means for Learning, Research, and Creativity," presented at the Iowa Library Association / Association of College and Research  Libraries Annual Conference, April 2010.

Courses

• Books and Culture (January term, occasionally)
• Information Fluency for Graduate Studies (spring)
• Reading Workshop (spring)
  

Schedule