Kimberly Shotick, Assistant Professor and Student Success Librarian at the University Libraries, has co-authored the book Practical Marketing for the Academic Library with Stephanie Espinoza Villamor. Their book details the processes involved in successful academic library marketing from creating a marketing team to assessing outcomes. The book contains case studies
Read moreOn May 5th, 2022, NIU Libraries celebrated faculty authors who published or edited books during 2020 and 2021. The celebration highlighted scholarly excellence and included works by faculty from the colleges of Business, Education, Liberal Arts & Sciences, the School of Visual and Performing Arts, and the University Libraries. In
Read moreAlissa Droog recently co-authored a short reflective article with Joanna Nemeth at Athabasca University: Reflecting on our Time as Digital Literacies Librarians in Pathfinder: A Canadian Journal for Information Science Students and Early Career Professionals. In this article, the authors reflection on their experiences as Digital Literacy/ies Librarians, the ambiguity
Read moreNorthern Illinois University is a Carnegie 2 research institution tucked away in DeKalb. It has the distinction of being home to Illinois’ only Center for Southeast Asia Studies. The Founders Memorial Library holds a distinctive collection of materials to support the work of the Center. In addition to his responsibilities
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NIU Libraries Dean Fred Barnhart, a champion of student success who played a key role in helping the university weather pandemic-related challenges, has accepted a second four-year appointment. “I’m excited to continue our work as we demonstrate that University Libraries is much more than books on the shelf or databases on a
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