New Issue of PAL Published

 

The new issue of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published! The issue features three research articles and an "In Practice" piece from Brian Mathews, "Thinking Around the Box: using complementary innovation for designing programs and nurturing community." 

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for In Practice" as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

New Issue of Practical Academic Librarianship

The new issue of Practical Academic Librarianship is now published!

Co-Editor Jennifer Schatz Bartlett and I are seeking essays for a special issue on mid-career reinvention.

We are also accepting submissions for a new "In Practice" section as well as research articles. Check out the submissions link or contact us directly for more information.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

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.