Friday, June 16, 2023

New Edition of Library Programs and Services

I'm pleased to announce that the ninth edition of Library Programs and Services: the Fundamentals was published yesterday. 

This is my fourth co-authored book and third with G. Edward Evans. The book focuses primarily on library public services, expanding discussions of current trends while retaining the fundamentals. With more detailed examples and anecdotes in the "Career Connections" sidebars, the book could be very helpful to library science students and early career librarians.

I'm grateful for all of these publishing opportunities and would like to thank my co-author, advisory board, editors, colleagues, friends & family for their support.

Monday, January 03, 2022

New Issue of Practical Academic Librarianship

Happy New Year!

Co-Editor Jennifer Bartlett and I are excited to announce the 2021 issue of Practical Academic Librarianship. We are currently seeking submissions (see submission guidelines) as well as considering additional peer reviewers.

We plan to publish a new issue later this year and hope you enjoy this one!

Thursday, December 09, 2021

What a Year...

I nearly missed my annual post for 2021, but as you might imagine, I've been occupied with other things like the rest of you. I do have some updates.

First, since February 2020 (talk about ill timing) my friend and colleague Jennifer Bartlett and I assumed co-editorship of Practical Academic Librarianship. We published one issue last year, and we hope to have another before the end of this year. That's been a fun project, and I'm glad to see the journal still going strong in its eleventh year. (By the way, if you have an interest in knowledge management, be sure to check out Jen's latest book, Knowledge Management: A Practical Guide for Librarians).

Secondly, I've been pretty tied up with working on my fourth co-authored book, Library Programs and Services, ninth edition. I'm excited about that project and hope to wrap it up in summer 2022.

I hope you are well, and as always, thank you for reading.


Monday, February 10, 2020

New Edition of Learning in Information-Rich Environments: I-LEARN and the Construction of Knowledge from Information

I am delighted to announce the publication of the second edition of Learning in Information-Rich Environments: I-LEARN and the Construction of Knowledge from Information. I met the first edition's author, Dr. Delia Neuman, nine years ago and used her model as the foundation for my dissertation research. Never did I expect I would end up writing the second edition of the book with her and a terrific research team!

The second edition is updated throughout and a new chapter includes real-world examples of the model in action from kindergarten through graduate-level. This flyer provides more information about the updates in the new edition.

Monday, January 06, 2020

New Edition of Management Basics for Information Professionals

Happy New Year!

Today ALA Neal-Schuman published the fourth edition of Management Basics for Information Professionals which I co-authored with G. Edward Evans. It was quite an honor working with him again. I read more than one of his texts in library school, and I co-authored the second edition of Academic Librarianship with him in 2018. You can read more about the new edition of Management Basics for Information Professionals in this press release.

I'm hoping to soon announce another title I co-authored that relates to my dissertation research. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!

Monday, January 07, 2019

Happy New Year!

I hope all is well with you, and thanks for reading!

In the last year, I've continued to work in instructional design and created some of the online tutorials on this site using Articulate 360 tools. I've been doing embedded librarian work with Canvas and Zoom as well as teaching in-person sessions in Honors and ICT. I've been participating in the Penn State/EDUCUASE Instructional Designer to Instructional Designer program; in fact, one of my projects is the infographic in this post. 

With co-authors, I'm finishing up two book projects that I'll announce when  published (the fourth edition of a management text and the revised edition of the book introducing the I-LEARN model).

Finally, while I no longer work directly in learning spaces (the original focus of this blog), I am contemplating a writing project involved in that world. Contact me if you're interested in learning more.

Monday, January 29, 2018

New Edition of Academic Librarianship

Happy New Year! I've got big news to share in my first blog post of the year. Today ALA Neal-Schuman published the second edition of Academic Librarianship which I co-authored with G. Edward Evans. It was quite an honor working with him! I read more than one of his texts in library school, and I used the first edition of Academic Librarianship in a course I taught. You can read more about the new edition in this press release.

We're currently at work on the fourth edition of Management Basics for Information Professionals. I'm also hoping that I can soon announce a book I'm co-authoring that relates to my dissertation research. Stay tuned and thanks for reading!

Sunday, January 01, 2017

Happy New Year!

While I don't often post here anymore, I wanted to take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year and update you on my current projects.

I've moved on from learning spaces which was the original focus of this blog. Some posts still remain quite popular (and somewhat timely) though they are nearly ten years old:
Since then, I have focused my research interests on instructional design. Specifically I've been working with the I-LEARN model and published a new paper last summer based on my dissertation work.

I'm excited to report that I'm now starting a new position with my current employer. I'll be part of the information literacy and assessment team, teaching instruction sessions, providing instructional design support, supporting student success initiatives, and working on research projects, including co-authoring the forthcoming second edition of Academic Librarianship. I'm also teaching another Academic Libraries course in the spring semester. I expect it will be a busy year.

I wish all of you a happy new year, and thank you for reading!