June 15, 2020
MLS program celebrates Spring 2020 accomplishments
The Master of Library Science program celebrated many faculty and alumni accomplishments during the spring 2020 semester. Below are the highlights:
Faculty
Drs. Kawanna Bright (center) and Mónica Colón-Aguirre (right) at the IFLA Librarianship, Information Studies, and News Media International Perspectives Congress in Mexico City with colleague Dr. Krystyna Matusiak of the University of Denver.
Assistant Professors Kawanna Bright & Mónica Colón-Aguirre presented an invited paper entitled “Encouraging interdisciplinarity: The impact of assignment requirements on students’ use of interdisciplinary sources in an LIS research methods course” at the IFLA Librarianship, Information Studies, and News Media International Perspectives Congress in Mexico City. They also co-taught a workshop at the congress with Dr. Krystyna Matusiak (University of Denver) entitled “Becoming a stronger researcher-practitioner: Research methods in Library and Information Science (LIS).”
Dr. Bright presented “Sorry, I didn’t realize…”: Techniques for being inclusive in the planning and provision of library services and programs” at Azalea Coast Library Association’s Biennial Spring Conference and co-presented “Reaching underserved students in the school library” at Pitt County Schools Professional Development Day.
Associate Professor Kaye Dotson was elected Board Member of the Friends of Joyner Library.
Assistant Professor Africa S. Hands was elected Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect of the ALA Library Research Round Table. Dr. Hands also gave an invited talk titled, “From the margins to the center” on library services for first-generation students at Joyner Library Staff Development Day.
Assistant Professor Rita Soulen published “The continuum of care: A model for collaboration with new teachers” in Knowledge Quest and “School librarian interventions for new-teacher resilience: A CLASS II field study” in School Library Research.
Dr. Lou Sua
Teaching Assistant Professor Lou Sua retired after over 7 years on faculty in the MLS program.
Alumni
Hugh Davis was named Director of the Albemarle Regional Library.
Alumna Ashley Lane, center, with Dr. Lou Sua, left, and Dr. Barbara Marson.
Ashley Lane co-presented “Keeping it millennial” at North Carolina Community College Library Association Conference.
Crystal Prevatte presented “Utilizing google sheets for collection assessment” at the North Carolina Community College Library Association Conference.
Britney Shawley presented “Closing the experience gap: Designing & administering library user surveys” at the North Carolina Community College Library Association Conference.
Leah Talbert was named Educator of the Year at William Monroe High School in Greene County, VA.