Library Juice Academy Instructors
Maria T. Accardi is Assistant Librarian and Coordinator of Instruction at the Library at Indiana University Southeast. Maria holds a BA in English from Northern Kentucky University, an MA in English from the University of Louisville, and an MLIS from the University of Pittsburgh. She served as a co-editor of and contributor to Critical Library Instruction: Theories and Methods (Library Juice Press, 2010), and is the author of the forthcoming Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction (Library Juice Press, 2013). Interview with Maria Accardi
Instructor for Changing Lives, Changing the World: Information Literacy and Critical Pedagogy
Melissa Adler holds a PhD in Library and Information Studies from the University of
Wisconsin Madison. She has seven years of working academic library experience, primarily in the realm of cataloging. She is also a regular cataloging instructor for the UW-Madison department of Continuing Education. Her work deals with classifications in knowledge production. She is particularly interested in how classifications discipline sexual minorities and other marginalized identities and communities. Interview with Melissa Adler
Instructor for Cataloging for the Non-Cataloger, Introduction to FRBR, and Introduction to RDA
Grace Agnew is Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems at the Rutgers University Libraries. She has been an adjunct professor in the Library Information Science program at Rutgers University since 2005, where she developed and taught the course, Metadata for the Information Professional. She is co-author of Getting Mileage Out of Metadata (ALA, 1999) and Digital Rights Management: A Librarians’ Guide to Technology and Practice (Chandos Press, 2008). Interview with Grace Agnew
Instructor for The Mechanics of Metadata
Marcus Banks is the Director of Library/Academic & Instructional Innovation at Samuel Merritt University. He earned his MLIS from Dominican University in 2002, and has worked at the National Library of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and the University of California San Francisco. Alternative means of creating and assessing scholarly work are his chief interests, and he looks forward to teaching this online course. CV, blog. Interview with Marcus
Instructor for Digital Scholarship: New Metrics, New Modes
Rebecca Blakiston is an Instructional Services Librarian and the Website Product Manager at the University of Arizona Libraries in Tucson, Arizona. She specializes in instructional design, focusing on scenario-based activities and active learning. She also provides oversight, management, and strategic planning for the library website, specializing in guerilla usability testing, writing for the web, and content strategy. She has published and presented nationally on topics including instructional design, e-learning, user experience, and continuous learning. Interview with Rebecca
Instructor for Do-It-Yourself Usability Testing, Writing for the Web, and Developing a Website Content Strategy
Rachel Bridgewater is a faculty librarian at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon. Rachel serves as the college’s copyright librarian, providing copyright interpretation and support for the college community and planning educational activities and outreach about copyright. Rachel regularly presents and teaches about copyright and other information policy issues both locally and nationally. In addition to her work at PCC, she teaches part-time for Emporia State University’s School of Library and Information Management. Rachel received her MLS from Emporia in 2004. Interview with Rachel.
Instructor for Copyright for Librarians 101: Copyright Basics, Copyright for Librarians 201: Current Issues, Exploring Fair Use
Nicole Capdarest-Arest is the Emerging Technologies Librarian at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Library in Tucson, Arizona. She specializes in emerging technologies in academic health sciences libraries; website design, development and management; online tools to enhance library services; mobile health; and health informatics. She also helps lead the ongoing development of the library's website, with emphasis on content strategy, usability, writing for the web, and mobile options
Instructor for Writing for the Web
Madeleine Charney is the Sustainability Studies Librarian at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. In 2011 she presented at the national conference for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, “Getting Closer: The Librarian, the Curriculum and the Office of Sustainability.” This past year she co-facilitated a 4-part webinar series “Libraries for Sustainability.” She continues to work on her “elevator speech” to inspire others about sustainability as a transformative movement and an opportunity to rethink and rework how we interact on this planet. Interview with Madeleine Charney
Instructor for The Sustainability Movement on Campus: Forming a Library Action Plan for Engagement
Robert Chavez holds a PhD in Classical Studies from Indiana University. From 1994-1999 he worked in the Library Electronic Text Resource Service at Indiana University Bloomington as an electronic text specialist. From 1999-2007 Robert worked at Tufts University at the Perseus Project and the Digital Collections and Archives as a programmer, digital humanist, and institutional repository program manager. He currently works for the New England Journal of Medicine in as Content Applications Architect. Interview with Robert Chavez
Instructor for Introduction to XML and Introduction to the Semantic Web, as well as the more advanced courses for our Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems
John Chrastka is the founder and executive directory of EveryLibrary, an organization that helps public, school, and college libraries win bonding, tax, and advisory referendum, ensuring stable funding and access to libraries for generations to come. He is also a partner in AssociaDirect, a Chicago-based consultancy focused on supporting associations in membership recruitment, conference, and governance activities. John serves as president of the Board of Trustees for the Berwyn (IL) Public Library (2006 – present) and is a former president of the Reaching Across Illinois Libraries System (RAILS) multi-type library system. He formerly served as Director for Membership Development at the American Library Association (ALA).
Presenter of the Webinar Series, EveryLibrary: Libraries on the Ballot
Christine D'Arpa is a doctoral student at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois. She has taught the distance education option of the introductory archives course at UIUC and worked as an archivist and oral historian. She trained as a librarian and archivist at GSLIS and continues to straddle those worlds presenting at conferences on the future of archival education in library and information science programs. Interview with Chris D'Arpa
Instructor for Introduction to Archives Administration and Management
Dr. John J. Doherty is an instructional designer with the Northern Arizona University's e-Learning Center. From 1993 to 2007 he worked in academic libraries, with an emphasis on library instruction and critical information literacy. He has published and presented nationally and internationally in these areas, including "Design to learn, learn to design: using backward design for information literacy instruction" (co-authored with Bruce E. Fox in Communications in Information Literacy, 5.2, 2011).
Instructor for Online Instruction
Annie Downey currently serves as the Director of Research Services at the Reed College Library, in Portland OR. She is the former Head of Research and Instructional Services at the University of North Texas, where she also served as Manager of the Instruction Unit, Outreach Librarian, Reference and Instruction Librarian, and a Graduate Library Assistant. She is in the dissertation phase of her PhD in Higher Education at UNT, where the focus of her research is critical information literacy. She also teaches Academic Libraries at Texas Woman's University School of Library and Information Science. Interview with Annie Downey
Instructor for Techniques for Creative Problem Solving in Libraries and Academia 101: A Crash Course on How Colleges and Universities Work
Emily Drabinski is Coordinator of Library Instruction at LIU Brooklyn. She is co-editor of Critical Library Instruction: Theories & Methods (Library Juice Press, 2010), and sits on the editorial board of Radical Teacher. Emily also edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Litwin Books/Library Juice Press. Midway through a rigorous tenure track, she has lots of balls in the air, but feels pretty under control. Emily's Website, Interview with Emily
Instructor for Working Faster, Working Smarter: Productivity Strategies for Librarians
Julie Biando Edwards is the Ethnic Studies Librarian and the Multicultural Coordinator at the Mansfield Library - University of Montana. Her interests are in public libraries and community, critical librarianship, and libraries and human rights. She has published in Libraries & The Cultural Record, Public Libraries, and the journal Information for Social Change, and has presented at various local, regional, national, and international conferences. She co-edited, with Stephan P. Edwards, Beyond Article 19: Libraries and Social and Cultural Rights (Library Juice Press, 2010). Interview with Julie Edwards
Instructor for Diversity Plans for Academic Libraries
Carolyn Ellis is the Digital User Experience Librarian at The University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries. She holds a bachelor’s degree in art history from Trinity University and a master’s degree in library and information science from The University of Texas at Austin. She has over 15 years of experience in developing and managing web projects, user-centered design, usability testing, project management, change communications and process improvement while working in libraries, information technology and community development organizations.
Instructor for Designing a Usable Website (Concepts of User-Centered Design)
Tony Garrett, Ed. D. is the Head of Reference and Access Services at Troy University. He has worked in academic libraries for 13 years. He received his Ed. D. from Nova Southeastern University and his MLIS from the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is particularly interested in leadership and public services in academic libraries.
Instructor for Success in First Library Supervisor Position
Aliqae Geraci is the Industrial and Labor Relations Research Librarian at Cornell University's Hospitality, Labor and Management Library. A former public librarian and labor researcher, she is a co-founder of Save NYC Libraries and serves on the Board of Directors of Urban Librarians Unite. Aliqae speaks and writes about library advocacy and library workers' organizations, and is the co-author of the forthcoming Grassroots Library Advocacy (ALA Editions, 2012). Interview with Aliqae Geraci
Instructor for Team-Based Work Structures and Productivity
Robin Hastings is the Director of Technology Services for the North East Kansas Library System. In that capacity, she manages the library’s network, social media, and staff training initiatives. She has presented on Mashups, Cloud Computing, RSS, Drupal, Library Learning 2.0, Project Management and many other topics. She is the author of The Collaboration 2.0 Library Technology Report, published by ALA, and Microblogging and Lifestreaming in Libraries, published by Neal-Schuman and LITA.
Instructor for Introduction to Project Management
Cody Hennesy is the E-Learning Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley, where he focuses on the intersection of the library, technology and learning. He has coded a variety of academic library sites and tools and recently developed the front-end for the online resource, Alternatives in Print: A Directory of Alternative Publishers and Critical Periodicals.
Instructor for Introduction to Drupal for Libraries
Samantha Schmehl Hines received her MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2003. In 2004 she was hired as the Social Science Librarian by the Mansfield Library at The University of Montana-Missoula and is currently the Distance Education Coordinator and Head Librarian for the Missoula College campus of The University of Montana. She writes and presents widely on issues of online library services, information literacy instruction, and library middle management, and is the author of Productivity for Librarians (2010, Chandos).
Instructor for Weeding the Academic Library With Confidence
BWS Johnson is a library consultant. Brooke has participated in the Koha Open Source Library community since authoring the Newbie Guide in 2004. Johnson also served as a panelist for the prestigious Access To Learning Award, which given to innovative libraries by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Johnson has spoken locally, nationally, and internationally on a variety of topics.
Instructor for Considering an Open Source ILS
Sarah A.V. Kirby is a librarian, professional genealogist, teacher, and rocket scientist (aerospace engineer). As a genealogist her specialization is in New England, New York, and the Midwest. Sarah holds a Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical Studies, concentrating in Genealogical Librarianship, from the National Institute for Genealogical Studies. She serves as the lead volunteer librarian for the Lake County (IL) Genealogical Society. She has been a corporate librarian for over a decade, and operates a library services consulting firm, Appletree Knowledge Services. In her first career, she worked at NASA’s Mission Control and worked in the Space Shuttle, Astronaut on Mir, and Space Station programs.
Instructor for Introduction to Genealogical Librarianship
Beth Knazook holds an MA in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management from Ryerson University/ George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film. She has previously worked as the Curatorial Specialist for Ryerson University Archives & Special Collections and as the Photo Archivist for the Stratford Festival of Canada. She has presented at library and archives conferences on topics of digital access and cataloguing methods for image-based resources, and she will begin her doctoral studies in Art History and Art Conservation at Queen's University in September 2013 with a focus on the history, use and care of nineteenth century photographically-illustrated books. Interview with Beth
Instructor for What Do I Do With All These Pictures? Getting Started With Digital Image Collections
Debra Lucas-Alfieri has been the Head of Reference and Interlibrary Loan at D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY, since 2002. She has published several book chapters and peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as dozens of encyclopedia articles. She has served as a guest lecturer in the field of librarianship and research (2007-), was the Leadership Institute Graduation Keynote Speaker (2009) and is in Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who of American Women (2008-).
Instructor for Marketing the Library in the 21st Century
Jeremy McGinniss is Associate Librarian for User Services at Baptist Bible College and Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennyslvania. He earned his MLIS in 2009 from the University of Pittsburgh. Jeremy spends most of his time working to develop, grow and advocate for different ways to connect students, staff and faculty with the library and its resources. He spends the rest of it playing with new technologies for use in and with the library.
Instructor for Student Staff Development
Sonali Mishra is a User Experience Specialist at the University of Michigan Library in Ann Arbor, MI. She plans and conducts user research for the library website, specializing in qualitative research methods. She also acts as a UX designer for the website, providing expertise in usability, strategic planning, and overall user experience.
Instructor for Beyond Usability Testing: Other Research Methods
Courtney Mlinar is the Academic Support Services / Reference Librarian and Webmaster for the HPD Library at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She is the Liaison Librarian for the Colleges of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy and Optometry. She is a frequent presentor at conferences; recent presentations include “Medicine is Mobile”, “Medical Mobile Apps”, and “HPD Liaison Librarians” for NSU HPD Faculty Developments. Interview with Courtney Mlinar
Instructor for Embedded Librarianship
Gary Price is a librarian, author, and an online information analyst based in suburban Washington, DC. He is the co-founder and co-editor of infoDOCKET and FullTextReports.com, and a contributing editor at Search Engine Land. Price is a frequent speaker at professional and trade conferences, a contributor to Searcher and Information Today, and co-author (with Chris Sherman) of The Invisible Web, published by CyberAge Books.
Presenter of the Webinar Series, What's New with Gary Price
Scott Rice is the E-Learning and Digital Initiatives Librarian at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, where he works on producing, promoting, and assessing e-learning, as well as emerging technologies and other digital projects. His research interests include e-learning, mobile applications, and educational gaming. He is the co-editor of the book Gaming in Academic Libraries: Collections, Marketing and Information Literacy.
Instructor for Game-Based Learning in Library Instruction
Katie Scherrer is a library consultant and training specialist whose work focuses on improving library services to Latino and Spanish-speaking children and families. She previously worked as the first Spanish Program Specialist for the Columbus Metropolitan Library and as a Children’s Librarian at the uniquely bilingual Village Branch of the Lexington Public Library. Katie has presented many workshops on bilingual storytime and library services to Latino families for librarians across the country, including at the 2010 Virginia Hamilton Conference on Multicultural Literature for Youth. Katie's Website, Interview with Katie
Instructor for Connecting with Spanish-Speaking Communities and Bilingual Storytime at Your Biblioteca
Ray Schwartz currently serves as the Systems Specialist Librarian at the William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. His recent presentations include ‘Application of EZProxy logs, Voyager’s Patron Database, MySQL, and ColdFusion for Comparative Usage Analysis of Library Resources’, ‘Data Warehousing and Mining Data from Library and University Systems for Assessment of Library Operations’, and ‘Crushing, Blending and Stretching Transactional Data’ for the Ex Libris Users’ Conferences.
Instructor for Collecting and Evaluating Electronic Transactions from Library Services
Julia Skinner is a doctoral student at Florida State University's School of Library & Information Studies. Her research interests include social media, library history, and services for sexual assault survivors. She has worked in special collections, and has her MLS and Center for the Book graduate certificate from the University of Iowa, and is originally from Boulder, Colorado. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, gardening, music, and making art. Website
Instructor for The Librarian as Scholar: Taking Part in Scholarly Communication and Social Media for Libraries
Joanne Sprott has been a freelance book indexer, copy editor, and proofreader since 1995. She holds a BA in Linguistics from the University of New Hampshire. Joanne’s background in instruction includes developing and presenting the six-hour Basic Indexing Workshop given at the American Society for Indexing's (ASI's) annual conference (1998 to 2002), and editing materials and managing exam administration for ASI's Training in Indexing course (2009 to present). Prior to starting her editorial and indexing business, Joanne worked in university administration at Brown University in Providence Rhode Island (1986–1990). Joanne's Website
Instructor for Introduction to Book Indexing
Susan Teague Rector holds a Master’s degree in Information Science from the University of NC-Chapel Hill. She has over 15 years of experience in Web technologies, with 6 years in academic libraries. In her current role at University of Colorado, Susan specializes in information architecture (IA) and UX design for University Web Services. Previously Susan led the IA, design and implementation of a new website for NCSU Libraries in 2010; and led IA, design and usability testing as Web Applications Manager at VCU Libraries. She has presented nationally on Web topics, as well as published in the Journal of Web Librarianship and CRLN.
Instructor for Information Architecture: Designing Navigation for Library Websites
Martin Wallace is a Science & Engineering Librarian at the University of Maine, Orono, and serves as Maine’s only representative to the Patent and Trademark Resource Center (PTRC), a program administered by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is serving his second term as secretary of the Patent and Trademark Resource Center Association (PTRCA). Martin received his MLIS from the University of North Texas in 2005 and is currently pursuing an MS in Information Systems, with his primary focus in information systems law.
Instructor for Patent Searching
Andrew Walsh is a widely published and award winning Teaching Fellow & Academic Librarian. Andrew is particularly interested in the development and introduction of innovative means of information literacy instruction; the theory of information literacy; and the use of active learning; Game Based Learning and mobile technologies within the library environment. As such he publishes widely in trade publications as well as peer reviewed journals, has authored books on both Active Learning and Mobile technology in libraries along with various book chapters, and is in demand as a keynote speaker internationally.
Instructor for Getting More Active Learning Into Your Teaching
