selected publications academic article Are Patrons Using the Research Books? A New Approach to Approval Plan Assessment. Collection and Curation. 2021 Finding our happy place: Assessing patron satisfaction after a comprehensive remodel.. Journal of Learning Spaces. 9. 2020 Help-Seeking Behaviors in Research Data Management. Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship. 96. 2020 The Role of Administrators in Professional Development: Considerations for Facilitating Learning Among Academic Librarians. Journal of Library Administration. 58:407-433. 2018 Professional Development: A Qualitative Study of High Impact Characteristics Affecting Meaningful and Transformational Learning. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 43.0:232.0-241.0. 2017 Adult Learning Concepts in Academic Library Professional Development Activities. New Library World. 116:302-315. 2015 Practice Makes Perfect? A Retrospective Look at a Community of Practice. Library Philosophy and Practice. 2013 Using Blackboard to Assess Course-Specific Asynchronous Learning. Internet Reference Services Quarterly . 17:167-179. 2013 From pedagogical museum to instructional material center: education libraries at teacher training institutions, 1890s to 1970s. Education Libraries. 35:48-58. 2012 Government information use at the University of Idaho: the results of a national depository library survey. PNLA Quarterly. 76:29-42. 2012 Communities of Practice at an Academic Library: A New Approach to Mentoring at the University of Idaho. Journal of Academic Librarianship. 36:158-165. 2010 Perceptions of a profession: librarians and stereotypes in online videos. Library Philosophy and Practice. 2010 What Do LIS Students in the United States Know about Liaison Duties?. New Library World. 110:325-340. 2010 A decade of personalized research assistance. Reference Services Review. 37:207-220. 2009 New Liaison Librarians: Factors Influencing Confidence Levels and the Types of Activities Undertaken. E-JASL: the Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship. 9. 2008 article ILA chapter of ACRL. The Idaho Librarian. 62. 2013 The Personal Question: Revisiting the Issue of Our Online Presence and Job Hunting. College and Research Libraries News. 70:220-221. 2009 Google Documents: A Review. Against the Grain. 20:38-42. 2008 Post-MLIS assistantships, fellowships, and residencies: getting paid to gain more training. Info Career Trends. 9. 2008 review A Cultural History of the Human Body. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 2011 The Old Man Who Talked to the Trees: Restoration of the Idaho State Capitol. The Idaho Librarian. 2011 The American Women’s Rights Movement: A Chronology of Events and Opportunities from 1600-2008. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 2010 Amber Waves and Undertow: Peril, Hope, Sweat, and Downright Nonchalance in Dry Wheat Country. The Idaho Librarian. 2009 Developing Caring Relationships among Parents, Children, Schools, and Communities. Education Libraries. 46-46. 2009 Discovering American Women’s History Online Database. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 2009 Everyday Life and Women in America. Electronic Database. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 2008 From the Garden Club: Rural Women Writing Community. Libraries and the Cultural Record. 499-500. 2008 HistoryLink.org: The Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. 2008 A Chronology of Librarianship, 1960-2000. Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. thesis Professional Development of Academic Librarians: A Phenomenological Study of Meaningful and Transformational Experiences 2016
presentations presentation Writing and organizing a Let's Talk About It Idaho grant, Speaker, Idaho Library Association Region 2 Conference 2013 2013 How I Became a Science Librarian with an English Degree and Other Collection Development Miracles, Speaker, Idaho Library Association Conference 2010 2010 The Development and Function of Specialized Education Libraries: An In-Depth Look at the Instructional Media Technology Center at the University of Idaho, Speaker, Idaho Library Association Region 2 Conference 2010 2010 Forming a Community of Practice, Speaker, Idaho Commission for Libraries Online Conference 2009 2009
investigator on Idaho at 150: Let's Talk About It awarded by Idaho Commission for Libraries 2012 Louisa May Alcott: The Women Behind Little Women awarded by National Endowment for the Humanities 2011
professional service activities Idaho Library Association President 2013 - 2014 Idaho Library Association Vice-President/President Elect 2012 - 2013
education and training Ph.D. in Education, University of Idaho , College of Education 2008 - 2016 M.A. in History, Central Washington University 2005 - 2007 M.L.I.S. in Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina 2004 - 2005 B.A. in History, Eastern Oregon University 1998 - 2002