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I maintain an ongoing line of research focused on libraries as strategic organizations, communication within libraries, the human-technology interface, and the role of critical theory in both librarianship and teaching. My research is interdisciplinary in nature drawing upon anthropology, communication studies, information science, and sociology.
- Masters of Library and Information Sciences (MLIS), Library and Information Sciences, University of Iowa, 2005
- MA, Communication Studies, University of Arizona, 1993
- BS, Communication Studies, State University of New York-Oneonta, 1991
- CPR certification, University Libraries
- Teaching Improvement Grant, Center for Teaching & Learning, (2011 - 2011)
- Course Design/Redesign Fellowship, , Center for Teaching & Learning, (2011 - 2011)
- Teaching Improvement Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning2017)
- Teaching Improvement Grant, Center for Teaching and Learning2013)
Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W.. 'Measuring That Which Is Valued': Implementing and Managing Efficient Formative Assessment and Evaluation of Library Instruction. In Brick and Click Libraries: Proceedings of an Academic Library Conference. Maryville, MO: B.D. Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University, 2015.
- Aldrich, Alan W.. Universities and libraries move to the mobile web. , On-line publication. Vol. 33, Iss. 2 Educause Quarterly, 2010.
- Aldrich, Alan W., and Leibiger, Carol . Face it! Reference work and politeness theory go hand in hand. In Proceedings of the Fourteenth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, editors D. M. Mueller, 235-246. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries , 2009.
- Aldrich, Alan W.. Judging books by their covers: Managing the tensions between paperback and cloth-bound purchases in academic libraries., 57-70. Vol. 70, Iss. 1 College and Research Libraries , 2009.
- Aldrich, Alan W.. Creating collaborative workstations for reference and public use in academic libraries , 364-377. Vol. 15, Iss. 3 College and Undergraduate Libraries, 2008.
- Aldrich, Alan W.. Following the phosphorous trail of research library mission statements into present and future harbors. In Sailing into the future: Charting our destiny: Proceedings of the Thirteenth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries, editors H. A. Thompson , 304-316. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2007.
- Aldrich, Alan W.. Considering culture in the analysis of arguments. In Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the International Society for the Study of Argumentation, editors F. H. van Eemeren, J. A. Blair, C. A. Willard, and A. F. Snoeck-Henklemans (eds), pp. 3-8. Amsterdam: SIC-SAT, 2003.
- Aakhus, Mark, and Aldrich, Alan W.. Crafting Communication Activity: Understanding Felicity in "I Wish I. . . " Compliments, 395-425. Vol. 35, Iss. 4 Research in Language and Social Interaction, 2002.
- Aldrich, Alan W.. Framing blame and managing accountability to pragma-dialectical principles in congressional testimony. . In In Eemeren, F. (Ed.), Legal argumentation and advances in pragma-dialectics , pp. 309-321. Amsterdam: SIC-SAT, 2002.
- Nidumolu, Sarma, Subramani, Mani, and Aldrich, Alan W.. Situated learning and the situated knowledge web: Exploring the ground beneath knowledge management., 115-150. Vol. 18, Iss. 1 Journal of Management Information Systems, 2001.
- Leibiger, Carol A., and Aldrich, Alan W.. The Metaphors We Teach By: Cultural Humility from the Guest Perspective as Anti-Racist Pedagogy. In Creating an Inclusive Library: Approaches for Increasing Engagement, and Use with Students of Color, editors Yen Tran, Michael Aguilar, and Adriana Poo. Chicago,IL: ACRL press.
- Leibiger, Carol A., and Aldrich, Alan W.. “Making It Happen”: Building Relational Teaching into the Online World of COVID-19.., Editors Ellysa Stern Cahoy and Maribeth Slebodnik, 27-51. Vol. 22, Iss. 1 Baltimore, MD: portal: Libraries and the Academy. John Hopkins University Press. (DOI: 10.1353/pla.2022.0008)
- Leibiger, Carol A., and Aldrich, Alan W., Oúŋye: The relevance of place in providing culturally sensitive information-literacy instruction for indigenous students. . Presented at the Workshop for Instruction in Library Use, Winnipeg, Canada. (May 23, 2019)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “Take a Walk on the Wilde Side: Applying Hybrid Analytical Techniques to Evaluation of Library Instruction” . Presented at the Empirical Librarians Conference, Knoxville, TN. (February 16, 2018)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Making the Complex Simple: Managing the Analysis of Large-Scale Evaluation of Library Instruction. Presented at the Brick & Click Library Conference, Maryville, MO. (November 03, 2017)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Evaluating and Assessing 'Against the Grain': Applying Mixed Methods in Support of Critical Library Pedagogy. Presented at the European Information Literacy Conference, Saint Malo, France. (September 18, 2017)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “Measure Once, Analyze Twice: Putting Quantitative and Qualitative Data in Dialogue”. Presented at the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (May 30, 2017)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Train the trainer: Enhancing information-literacy instruction of distance students. Presented at the European Information Literacy Conference, Prague, Czech Republic. (October 10, 2016)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “Yuthókeča: Rethinking Metaphors for Transformational Instruction”. Presented at the Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. (May 29, 2016)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About”: Initiating and Maintaining Scalable Library Assessment and Evaluation. Presented at the Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. (March 17, 2016)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., ʽMeasuring That Which Is Valued’: Implementing and Managing Efficient Formative Assessment and Evaluation of Library Instruction. Presented at the Brick & Click Library Conference, Maryville, MO. (November 06, 2015)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., ’Walk This Way’: Applying Radical Information Literacy to Instruction. Presented at the European Information Literacy Conference, Tallinn, Estonia. (October 20, 2015)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Excitation About Citation: Using Learn2Cite™ to Support Active Learning of Citation Style.. Presented at the Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. (March 19, 2015)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “It’s Hip to Flip: Using Inverted Instruction to Address Needs of High- and Low-Volume Information-Literacy Teaching.” . Presented at the European Information Literacy Conference, Dubrovnik, Croatia. (October 21, 2014)
- Aldrich, Alan W., "Give a Flip: Making Library Instruction Scalable and Sustainable Through Inversion". Presented at the Library Instruction West Conference, Portland, Oregon. (July 24, 2014)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., The Inversion Conversion: Applying Flipped Teaching to Library Instruction. Presented at the Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. (March 20, 2014)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “'I Will Not Be a Tourist in the Land of Images': Adding the Visual to Information Literacy Instruction". Presented at the European Information Literacy Conference, Istanbul, Turkey. (October 23, 2013)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “The Mother of all LibGuides": Applying Principles of Communication and Network Theory in LibGuide Design . Presented at the Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Indianapolis, IN. (March 26, 2013)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., New Wine into Old Wineskins?: Adding the Visual to Information Literacy Instruction. Presented at the Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. (March 20, 2013)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., The Mother of all LibGuides: Reduce Maintenance and Enhance Uniformity Through Strategic Planning. Presented at the Library Technology Conference, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. (March 14, 2012)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., The Mother of all LibGuides. Presented at the South Dakota Library Association Conference, Spearfish, SD. (October 06, 2011)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Digitizing History: Making a Civil War Diary Come Alive. Presented at the 43rd Annual Dakota Conference: The Civil War & The Northern Plains, Sioux Falls, SD. (April 29, 2011)
- Alexander, David L., and Aldrich, Alan W., Communicating with Technology. Presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association/Montana Library Association Joint Conference, Billings, Montana. (April 09, 2011)
- Aldrich, Alan W., and Trisch, Pierson, If we build it, will they come? Novel approaches to collecting and supporting digital library content. Presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association annual meeting, Billings, MT. (April 07, 2011)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Making it sticky: Adding value to your digital library projects. Presented at the Library Technology Conference, St. Paul, MN. (March 17, 2011)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., “Doctor, Doctor, My students have Googlitis!”: Faculty intervention via information literacy instruction. . Presented at the Great Plains Conference on Teaching in the Social Sciences (GPCoTSS), Vermillion, SD. (October 2010)
- Aldrich, Alan W., A Civil War Diary Digital Library Project., Sioux Falls, SD. (September 2010)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Midyette, John D., Leibiger, Carol , and DeJager-Loftus, Danielle, Put yourself ahead of the technology curve: Start integrating the mobile movement into your everyday services., Sioux Falls, SD. (September 2010)
- Aldrich, Alan W., DeJager-Loftus, Danielle, Leibiger, Carol , and Midyette, John D., Put yourself ahead of the technology curve: Start integrating the mobile movement into your everyday services. Presented at the South Dakota Library Association Conference, Sioux Falls, SD. (September 2010)
- Aldrich, Alan W., DeJager-Loftus, Danielle, Leibiger, Carol , and Midyette, John D., And one device will rule them all: Make way for mobile technologies. Presented at the LibTech 2010 conference, St. Paul, MN. (March 2010)
- Aldrich, Alan W., DeJager-Loftus, Danielle, Leibiger, Carol , and Midyette, John D., And one device will rule them all: Make way for mobile technologies. Presented at the LibTech 2010 conference, St. Paul, MN. (March 2010)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Face It! Reference Work and Politeness Theory Go Hand in Hand. Presented at the Association of College & Research Libraries Conference, Seattle, WA. (January 2009)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Honoring Accounts in Reference Encounters. Presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association Conference, Wchita, KS. (January 2009)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Using collaborative design to provide instruction and information in libraries. Presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. (May 2008)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Following the phosphorous trail of research library mission statements into present and future harbors. Presented at the American College and Research Libraries biannual meeting, Baltimore, MD. (March 2007)
- Aldrich, Alan W., A typology of collection development decision metrics. Presented at the Mountain Plains Library Association annual meeting, Albuquerque, NM. (March 2007)
- Leibiger, Carol , Aldrich, Alan W., and Peterson, Andrea , WRite On! The Interactive WRite Cite Tutorial for Teaching Citation Styles. Presented at the Colorado Academic Library Summit, Denver, CO. (January 2007)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Parallel interactions in digital libraries by multiple users. Presented at the 2nd International Conference on Digital Libraries, New Delhi, India. (December 2006)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Combining Camtasia with hand held video players in support of interactive learning in academic libraries. . Presented at the American Library Association annual meeting, New Orleans, LA. (June 2006)
- Aldrich, Alan W., Changing channels in the pedagogy of information. Presented at the Minitex Reference Symposium, St. Paul, MN. (May 2006)
- Leibiger, Carol , and Aldrich, Alan W., Interactive Citation-Style Instruction Using the Write-Cite Tutorial. Presented at the Brick and Click Academic Library Symposium, Maryville, MO. (January 2006)