I’m delighted to announce that I’m running for Vice-chair/Chair-elect of the ACRL Instruction Section! My brief candidate statement and selected accomplishments are below. Statement of Professional Concerns/Aspirations As I write this statement, the ACRL Instruction Section election is 6 months away, and the person elected would not step into the chair role until 2023. I […]
I’m excited to share that ACRL will be publishing Everyday Evidence-Based Practice in the Academic Library: Case Studies and Reflections in 2023! Claire Wiley, Meggan Houlihan and I are co-editing this collected volume, and I’m also writing a chapter called “The Research Support Refresh: A Team-Based Approach” with my colleague Kelly Durkin Ruth. The book website is […]
Rachel Borchardt, Symphony Bruce, Charlotte Roh and I recently published an article on LIS disciplinary values in scholarly communications. The citation and abstract are below. Borchardt, R., Bruce, S., Click, A. (2021). Are we walking the talk? A snapshot of how academic LIS journals are (or aren’t) enacting disciplinary values. In the Library with the Lead […]
Claire Walker Wiley and I led an online workshop for BRASS, the Business Reference and Services Section of RUSA. The session description is below: As academic libraries struggle with budget and staffing issues, evidence-based practice (EBP) becomes more and more important in our efforts to increase the ROI on our work. EBP helps us make […]
Click, A. B., Wiley, C. W., & Houlihan, M. (2021). ‘We’re a little different:’ Business information literacy perspectives on the ACRL Framework. Communications in Information Literacy, 15(1). 24–56. https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2021.15.1.2 The introduction of the ACRL Framework for Information Literacy in Higher Education in 2015 inspired many librarians to rethink how they offer information literacy instruction. This multi-method study, using […]
I gave a talk at the USNA Conference on Teaching and Learning, called Scholarly publishing and you! Slides are available here, and the session description is below: The world of scholarly communications and publishing has undergone some remarkable shifts in recent years. But what does this mean for you, as a researcher and scholar? This […]
I will be moderating an on-demand panel discussion, Conducting and supporting research synthesis: Librarian roles, competencies, and collaborations, at the 2021 ALA Annual Conference. Speakers include Whitney Townsend (University of Michigan), Zahra Premji (University of Calgary), Marcus Spann (Louisiana State University), Amy Riegelman (University of Minnesota), Claire Wiley (Belmont University), and Meggan Houlihan (Colorado State […]
Meggan Houlihan, Claire Walker Wiley and I gave a talk on the final piece of our multi-method study on business information literacy at LOEX 2021. This work was funded by the BRASS Emerald Research Grant Award. Citation, session description, and outcomes are below, and slides are linked here. Wiley, C. W., Houlihan, M., Click, A. […]
Houlihan, M. A., Click, A. B., & Wiley, C. W. (2020). Twenty years of business information literacy research: A scoping review. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 15(4), 124-163. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip29745 Objective – This study analyzes and synthesizes the business information literacy (BIL) literature, with a focus on trends in publication type, study design, research topic, and recommendations […]
Claire Walker Wiley, Meggan Houlihan, and I wrote a chapter for the recent ACRL publication, Reflections on practitioner research: a practical guide for information professionals. You can find our chapter here: “Evidence-based practice in LIS: the systematic review.”