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VCU Libraries Faculty Vita

Gariepy

Laura W. Gariepy

Head, Teaching and Learning (Instructor)
Teaching and Learning
Room 121C, James Branch Cabell Library
(804) 828-8562
lwgariepy@vcu.edu

Education

Doctoral student, Education: Research and Evaluation, Virginia Commonwealth University, in progress

M.S. Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009

B.S. Sociology and Legal Studies, Appalachian State University, 2006

Previous Professional Experience

Undergraduate Research Librarian, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2009-2012

Graduate Assistant, R.B. House Undergraduate Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2008-2009

Library Intern, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Library, Contracted by UNC, 2007-2009

Reference Assistant, Walter Royal Davis Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2007-2009

Publications

Gariepy, L.W., Mazure, E.S., McDaniel, J.A., White, E.R. (Manuscript Complete). "Staff Training." In D. Cook, A. Dobbs, and R. Sittler (Eds.), LibGuides: making dynamic web design and management simple for non web-designers. A LITA Guide. Neal-Schuman.

Gariepy, L.W. (2012). "The Environmental Protection Agency/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Libraries Internship Program: An Analysis of Former Interns' Careers." Journal of Education for Library & Information Science 53(1): 20-31.

Gariepy, L.W. "Classroom Assessment Techniques in One-Shot Instruction Sessions: Balancing Teaching, Learning, and Time." (publication pending in LOEX Conference Proceedings).

Westmoreland, L. "Choose your references with care." Footnotes 39(3) (2010).

Presentations

"Using Quick Assessment Methods to Generate Meaningful Data from One-Shot Instruction Sessions." (2011). Virginia Library Association Annual Conference in Portsmouth, VA.

"Classroom Assessment Techniques in One-Shot Instruction Sessions: Balancing Teaching, Learning, and Time." (2011). LOEX Encore Presentation, presented online via Elluminate. Selected as one of four out of 48 presentations originally presented at LOEX Annual Conference.

"Research Writing: The Whole in the Middle."(2010). With Faye Prichard, Bonnie Orzolek, Donna Coghill. Writing Across the Curriculum Conference, Bloomington, IN.

"Wikipedia: What's it Good For?" (2009). Berglund Seminar Series, VCU Honors College.

"Job Searching: the Student Perspective." (2009). With Tiffany Lopez. North Carolina Special Libraries Association's
Leveraging Your Career Workshop. Chapel Hill, NC.

University Committee Work

Instructional Technologies Advisory Group, 2012-present

Boren Scholarship Campus Review Panels, 2010-present

Fulbright Scholarship Campus Review Panels, 2009-present

Information Fluency Committee, 2009-2012

VCU Honor Council, 2009-present

VCU Libraries Committee Work

Faculty Organization, Chair, 2012-2013; Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, 2011-2012; Secretary, 2010-2011

Screening Committee: Undergraduate Research Librarian, Chair, 2012.

Screening Committee: Systems Librarian, 2012

Online Volunteers Task Force, 2011

Screening Committee: Associate University Librarian for Public Service, 2010

Ad Hoc Committee on Mentoring, 2009-2011

Professional Organizations

Association of College and Research Libraries

    • Instruction Section Management and Leadership Committee

Programming Coordinator, Virginia Libraries Association New Members Round Table

Beta Phi Mu (International Library and Information Studies Honor Society)

American Library Association

Research Interests

Instruction and user education, research and user services, technology and learning, learning assessment, program evaluation, leadership, library administration and policy