Laura W. Gariepy is the new Assistant Head of Instructional Services at James 
Branch Cabell Library.
In her new position, she will lead efforts to create an integrated program that teaches research skills to undergraduates and graduate students, promotes information literacy and enhances the student experience at VCU. Gariepy will supervise a team of five to lead the design, delivery and assessment of teaching activities. Within the library, the research and instructional services division creates educational experiences, coaches individuals working on specific projects, advises students on research methods and best practices and answers thousands of questions each year.
During the last fiscal year, librarians working in this division on the Monroe Park campus managed thousands of one-on-one, face-to-face sessions with patrons. These included some 530 individual consultations for in-depth research coaching, 300 attendees at walk-in research and writing clinics and nearly 4,000 phone or email inquiries. Librarians conducted 607 classroom sessions attended by more than 23,000 students.
Gariepy brings a foundation of experience and academic preparation to her new role. As undergraduate student programs librarian since 2009, she has been in the forefront of efforts by the VCU Libraries to strengthen its engagement with undergraduate teaching and improve the student experience at VCU.
Prior to her arrival at VCU, she was a graduate assistant at House Undergraduate Library at The University of North Carolina-Chapel HIll and a reference assistant in Davis Library at UNC-Chapel Hill. She worked as an intern for two years at the Environmental Protection Agency Library in the Research Triangle Park, N.C.
She holds a B.A. in sociology from Appalachian State University and the M.S. in library science from UNC-Chapel Hill.
Branch Cabell Library. In her new position, she will lead efforts to create an integrated program that teaches research skills to undergraduates and graduate students, promotes information literacy and enhances the student experience at VCU. Gariepy will supervise a team of five to lead the design, delivery and assessment of teaching activities. Within the library, the research and instructional services division creates educational experiences, coaches individuals working on specific projects, advises students on research methods and best practices and answers thousands of questions each year.
During the last fiscal year, librarians working in this division on the Monroe Park campus managed thousands of one-on-one, face-to-face sessions with patrons. These included some 530 individual consultations for in-depth research coaching, 300 attendees at walk-in research and writing clinics and nearly 4,000 phone or email inquiries. Librarians conducted 607 classroom sessions attended by more than 23,000 students.
Gariepy brings a foundation of experience and academic preparation to her new role. As undergraduate student programs librarian since 2009, she has been in the forefront of efforts by the VCU Libraries to strengthen its engagement with undergraduate teaching and improve the student experience at VCU.
Prior to her arrival at VCU, she was a graduate assistant at House Undergraduate Library at The University of North Carolina-Chapel HIll and a reference assistant in Davis Library at UNC-Chapel Hill. She worked as an intern for two years at the Environmental Protection Agency Library in the Research Triangle Park, N.C.
She holds a B.A. in sociology from Appalachian State University and the M.S. in library science from UNC-Chapel Hill.