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Carolyn Caffrey

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Carolyn Caffrey
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2nd floor LIB South 2037M
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Instruction & Assessment Coordinator, Associate Librarian

As our library's instruction and assessment coordinator, I lead the library's information literacy program including our LIB 151 course. I also partner with colleagues and departments in the library to assess our services and student learning outcomes.

Education
MLS, Indiana University, 2011
BA Feminist Studies, UC Santa Cruz, 2009

Select Publications
with White-Farnham, J., (2023). Examining our roots: The origins and evolution of outreach in academic libraries, 1958-2020. Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, Vol. 3.

with Galoozis, E., & Halpern, R. (Eds.) (July 2020). Hidden architectures of information literacy programs: Structures, practices, and contexts. ACRL.

with Clarke, M.(2020). No-show at the reference desk: Perceptions of appointments. Reference Services Review, 48(2), 319-332. https://doi.org/10.1108/RSR-01-2020-0004

(2019). Teaching algorithmic bias in a credit-bearing course. International Information & Library Review, 51(4). 321-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/10572317.2019

with Galoozis, E. (2018). False narratives of generational difference in academic libraries: Towards an intersectional approach. The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy, 88(2), 177-192. https://doi.org/10.1086/696582

with Halpern, R. (2016). At odds with assessment: Being a critical educator within the academy. In N. Pagowsky & K. McElroy (Eds.), Critical library pedagogy handbook vol. 1 (pp. 41-53). ACRL.

with White-Farnham, J. (2014). “She has a vocabulary I just don’t have”: Faculty culture and information literacy collaboration. Collaborative Librarianship, 5(4), 235–242. https://digitalcommons.du.edu/collaborativelibrarianship/vol5/iss4/3

Teaching
LIB 151: Fundamentals of Information Literacy
UNV 101: Hackers, Pirates, and Robots - Finding and Using Information in the Digital Age

My Guides

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All About Peer Review
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Citation
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Publication Metrics
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Seed Library
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Sustainability
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