As a librarian at Gustavus, I provide reference service, teach library instruction classes and liaison with the Classics; Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies; Political Science; and Religion departments. As the Systems Librarian, I oversee the library's integrated library system (ILS). I also serve on several library and campus-wide committees. View my vita for more information about my professional work. My research interests include open source software and the future of the catalog, information literacy, library anxiety, and future trends in article databases. I am especially interested in the scholarlship of teaching and learning as it relates to library and research skills. Education Dominican University, River Forest, IL St. John's University School of Theology and Seminary, Collegeville, MN Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN Select Presentations & Publications "Bridging the Divide: Connecting First Year Students to the Library." Forthcoming presentation at the Minnesota Library Association conference in Bloomington, MN, November 19 - 21, 2008. “Aggregated Interdisciplinary Databases and the Needs of Undergraduate Researchers” (co-author with Barbara Fister and Amy Fry). portal: Libraries and the Academy, 8 (2008): 273-292.. Article “Expanded Search Premier Complete: Librarian and Undergraduate Attitudes Toward Interdisciplinary Aggregated Databases.” Presentation given with Amy Fry at the Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference (ER&L) in Atlanta, GA, March 18 – 21, 2008. Slides For more information about my work, see my CV. Schedule If you are a member of the Gustavus community, you can view my schedule through Google calendars. Send me an email to schedule a class visit, meeting, or student appointment. See what I've been reading:
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