All Projects
ACRL Lessons, Searching as Strategic Exploration (Teaching/Learning) ⮕
Powerpoint with three workshop ideas to teach the Association of College and Research Libraries Information Literacy Framework, Searching as Strategic Exploration.
Skills:
Inclusive Teaching and Learning Strategies, Research Support, Written Communication
Competencies:
ACRL Information Literacy Frameworks, Universal Design for Learning
Citation Chasing (Teaching/Learning) ⮕
A presention on citation chasing, intended for late high school/early undergraduate students. Includes a video of the presentation and the lesson plan.
Skills:
Inclusive Teaching and Learning Strategies, Oral Communication, Research Support
Competencies:
ACRL Information Literacy Frameworks, Universal Design for Learning
Controlled Digital Lending (Essays) ⮕
Essay discussing the history, benefits, limitations, and legal considerations surrounding Controlled Digital Lending. Includes accompanying poster.
Skills:
Research, Written Communication
Controlled Digital Lending Presentation (Professional Communication) ⮕
A presentation on Controlled Digital Lending solutions for public libraries. Discusses practical applications and considerations. Includes handout that accompanied the presentation.
Skills:
Inclusive Teaching Strategies, Oral Communication
Competency:
LIS Standards
Core Collection, Gender, Law, and Policy Specialization (Collection Management) ⮕
Core collection for a fictional undergraduate specialization in the Women’s and Gender Social Studies school in Gender, Law, and Policy. Includes an overview of the library and its community (based on a real school), purpose and selection criteria for the collection, and list of ten annotated high quality materials with cost assessment.
Skills:
Research Support, Written Communication
Competency:
LIS Standards
Executive Summary for Collection Evaluation (Professional Communication) ⮕
An executive summary of an evaluation of a fictional college library’s collection. Includes the goal of the evaluation, relevant stakeholders, main findings, successes, opportunies, and next steps.
Skills:
Teamwork, Written Communication
Competencies:
LIS Standards, Microsoft Word
Inclusive Programming Presentation (Professional Communication) ⮕
Powerpoint advocating for increased inclusive programming for adults and children in a public library. Includes clear goal statement, design thinking plan, cost and SWOT analyses, and executive summary.
Skills:
Accessibility, Inclusive Teaching and Learning Strategies, Written Communication
Competencies:
LIS Standards and Ethics, Universal Design for Learning
Metadata Application Profile (Archival/Cataloging) ⮕
A spreadsheet with a metadata application profile created for a fictional collection of photographs.
Skills:
Leadership, Research Support, Written Communication
Competencies:
Google Sheets, LIS Standards, Metadata and Archival Description
Neurodivergent Leadership (Essays) ⮕
Essay on the advantages of neurodivergent leaders. Discusses specific cognitive traits that are common in neurodivergent people as compared to ideal leadership traits in libraries.
Skills:
Leadership, Written communication
Neutrality in Libraries (Essays) ⮕
Essay on the nature of neutrality in libraries.
Skills:
Research, Written Communication
Competency:
LIS standards and ethics
NSDAR Scrapbook Finding Aid (Archival/Cataloging) ⮕
A finding aid for a local organization’s extensive scrapbook collection. Completed while volunteering at my local archives.
Skills:
Research Support, Written Communication
Competencies:
Google Sheets, LIS Standards, Metadata and Archival Description
Research Guide, Women in WWII (Collection Management) ⮕
A research guide for the role women played in World War II. Includes general overview materials, women in the military, and at home. Hosted on Google Sites.
Skills:
Research Support, User Centered Design, Written Communication
Competencies:
LIS Standards, Web Design
Selection Tool Review, Boardgames (Collection Management) ⮕
A concise review of four selection tools for collecting boardgames intended for children. Discusses advantages, drawbacks, and best use scenarios.
Skills:
Research support, Written communication
Competency:
LIS standards and ethics
Social Media Literacy Handbook (Teaching/Learning) ⮕
This web-based handbook is designed to support development of digital literacy skills. It aims to contextualize cognitive techniques to spot misinformation, logical fallacies, and propaganda tactics on social media sites and in general.
Skills:
Inclusive Teaching and Learning Strategies, Written Communication
Competencies:
LIS Standards and Ethics, Web Design
Washington Elm Storymap (Archival/Cataloging) ⮕
Storymap telling the story of the historic Washington Elm in Loveland, CO.
Skills:
Research, Written Communication
Competency:
Arhival description
XML Documents (Archival/Cataloging) ⮕
View completed XML files for items in Simple Dublin core, Qualified Dublin Core, MODS, and VRA.
Skills:
Research Support, Written Communication
Competencies:
LIS Standards, Metadata and Archival Description, XML