Ms. Shelley Arvin

Ms. Shelley Arvin
Associate Librarian
All Employees
Cunningham Memorial Library
Library, Room 113
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812-237-2605

Education

  • Other - Information Science, Indiana University - 2001
  • B.A. - Biology, Indiana University - 1996

Awards and Honors

  • Winifred Sewell Award 2012 - 2012

Teaching Interests

  • Information literacy in Biology, Chemistry & Physics, Economics, Genetic Counseling, Nursing, Science Education

Intellectual Contributions

  • Library Assessment: How High the Mountain! - B. D. Owens Library, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, MO - 2019
  • Build It and They Will Come? A Review of ScienceDirect Topics - Online Searcher Magazine, Medford NJ - 2018
  • Where did the reference desk go?: Transforming staff and space to meet user needs - Routledge, Philadelphia, PA - 2016
  • Analysis of inconsistencies in terminology of spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) and its effect upon retrieval of research - Medical Libraries Association - 2013
  • A Case Study of Synchronous Virtual Reference in an Academic Library - Internet Reference Services Quarterly - 2012

Presentations

  • Library Assessment: How High the Mountain!. 19th Brick & Click Academic Libraries Conference, 2019.
  • An Online Information Literacy Curriculum for the Sciences. Great Lakes Science Boot Camp, 2019.
  • Library Immersion in Shared Governance. ACRL/NY 2015 Symposium, 2016.
  • The many names of Kennedy Disease. Great Lakes Science Boot Camp, 2015.

Contract, Fellowship, Grant or Sponsored Research

  • Grant: Library Assessment Support Funding Proposal - Assessment & Accreditation Council 2016 - 2017. Funded - $500
  • Grant: Information Literacy - It's a Sycamore Thing 2013 - 2014. Funded - $10,000

Research Interests

  • Library assessment, searching for information, the definitions of scholarship and research across disciplines

University Service

  • Role: Member - University Assessment Council 2013 - 2020
  • Role: Chair - Assessment Leadership Team 2017 - 2020
  • Role: Other - American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Treasurer 2014

Professional Service

  • Role: Officer, Other Officer - Special Libraries Association, Competitive Intelligence Division (Webmaster) 2007
  • Role: Committee Chair - Medical Libraries Association, Nursing & Allied Health Section, Research Committee 2013 - 2014

Public/Community Service

  • Role: Other - Wabash Valley Audubon Society 2010 - 2014
  • Role: Committee Member - Maple Center Library Advisory Committee 2016 - 2016