Tag: library

Rachel Flynn co-presented a paper titled “Wandering into the Wilderness: Embracing Ambiguity in Information Literacy Instruction” at the 2019 LOEX conference held in Minneapolis May 9-11, 2019.

Julie Gilbert (Library) wrote a short story, “Colorblind,” that appears in Potluck: Creative Works by Minnesota Library Workers, an open access publication highlighting the Minnesota Libraries Publishing Project. The story considers questions of identity, race, and adoption and can be read here.

Michelle Twait authored a chapter, “Evidence and Authority in Health and Exercise Science Research,” in Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts (American Library Association, 2017), edited by Samantha Godbey, Susan Beth Wainscott, and Xan Goodman. This chapter explores HES students’ understanding of the constructed and contextual nature of authority, as well as how HES…

Anna Hulseberg, Jeff Jenson, and Michelle Twait presented a session “More Than Just a Job: Student and Supervisor Perspectives on Mentoring” at the 2017 Brick and Click: An Academic Library Conference in Maryville.

Barbara Fister was invited to give the annual Marjorie Whetstone Ashton lecture at the University of New Mexico, where she also conducted a workshop for faculty. The text of her talk, “Practicing Freedom for the Post-Truth Era” is available in GustieScholar.

Julie Gilbert wrote a series of four children’s books, which were released this spring. The Dark Waters series, published by Stone Arch Books, tells the story of India Finch and her mermaid friends. Known as hi-lo books (high interest for low level readers), the series is written for teens who read at a second grade…