The Earlham Libraries strive to extend a legacy of excellence in instruction, building on the work of decades of dedicated staff and two illustrious leaders. Evan Ira Farber was head librarian from 1962 to 1994, "becoming his profession's most articulate spokesman for college librarianship and bibliographic instruction" (Werking). Thomas G. Kirk, Jr. directed the libraries from 1994 to 2009 and was the ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) Academic/Research Librarian of the Year in 2004. Under Kirk's leadership, Earlham won the 2001 Excellence in Academic Libraries college category award for "almost 40 years of excellence in contributions to student learning; in partnering with faculty; and in the transformation of the educational program of Earlham College. Earlham College librarians have made significant contributions to the college, to regional associations, to ACRL and ALA, and to the development of library instruction and information literacy programs across the nation" (American Library Association).
Recent instruction-related publications and presentations from Earlham librarians include but are not limited to:
Amy Bryant & Karla Fribley. (March 2023). 10 years in: Moving from first-gen retention pilot to signature program [Poster Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Karla Fribley & Amy Bryant. (May 2021). Librarians as first-generation student retention partners [Poster Presentation]. ALI Annual Meeting, Online.
Karla Fribley. (April 2021). Building a program for first-generation college students [Conference Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Online.
Karla Fribley, Jason M. Vance, & Justin G. Gardner. (2021). Academic librarians and campus-wide faculty development: A national survey. portal: Libraries and the Academy 21(2), 253-274.
Tom Hamm & Jenny Freed. (2021). Earlham College (Campus History Series). Arcadia Publishing.
Amy Bryant, Betsy Schlabach, & Becky Jestice. (March 2020). Faculty and librarians collaborating to support off-campus undergraduate research experience [Conference Presentation]. Reed College Supporting Undergraduate Research Conference, Portland, Oregon. (Canceled due to COVID-19.)
Neal Baker, Kate Leuschke Blinn, & Bonita Washington-Lacey. (2020). Mission renewal: Information literacy as a campus diversity and inclusion program. In C. Boff & C. Cardwell (Eds.), Leading change in academic libraries. ACRL.
Karla Fribley, Amy Bryant, José-Ignacio Pareja, Bonita Washington-Lacey, & Neal Baker. (2020). How librarians can improve first-generation student retention through outreach, immersion, and partnerships. In C. Bombaro (Ed.), Diversity, equity, and inclusion in action: Planning, leadership, and programming. ALA Editions.
Neal Baker & José-Ignacio Pareja. (October 11, 2019). The impact of mobile technology on two summer away programs [Conference Presentation]. Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Amy Bryant. (September 2019) Improving persistence rates for first generation students [Conference Presentation]. Oberlin Group Webinar on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Online.
Karla Fribley. (April 12, 2019). Skip faculty workshops—host a spa day instead [Poster Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
Amy Bryant. (April 11, 2019). Building competencies, connections, and persistence with first generation students [Poster Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Cleveland, Ohio.
Neal Baker, José-Ignacio Pareja, & Joe Green. (October 31, 2018). LIFT: A library instructional technology program for first-generation students [Poster Presentation]. EDUCAUSE 2018, Denver, Colorado.
Karla Fribley. (October 2018). Enhancing course design with massages: Faculty development as a spa day [Poster Presentation]. Original Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Oxford, Ohio.
Amy Bryant. (June 12, 2018). Faculty, librarian, and student research at the Library of Congress [Poster Presentation]. PALNI Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Amy Bryant & Kate Blinn. (June 8, 2018). Building competencies, connections, and persistence with first-generation students [Conference Presentation]. WILU Conference, Ottawa, Canada.
Neal Baker. (April 2018). Mission critical: Information literacy reframed as a university equality and diversity initiative [Conference Presentation]. LILAC 2018, University of Liverpool, UK.
Mary Bogue, Barbara Albee, & Lisa Dick. (November 14, 2017). Unlocking the mysteries of Technical Services [Conference Presentation]. ILF Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Amy Bryant. (November 2017). Collaboratively created virtual reality learning environments [Conference Presentation]. 2017 LITA Forum, Denver, Colorado.
Karla Fribley. (November 8, 2017). Promoting Moodle with massages: Running a spa-themed faculty training [Conference Presentation]. MoodleMoot USA Annual Conference, Miami, Florida.
Laura Leavitt & Neal Baker. (October 7, 2017). Writing center + Library = Digital writing interdisciplinary faculty development [Poster Presentation]. Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Polly Albright, Joe Green, Bonita Washington-Lacey, & Neal Baker. (June 18, 2017). First-generation, continuing generation.... ALL generations: Improving support for endurance and success [Conference Presentation]. HEDS Conference 2017, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Amy Bryant & Mary Bogue. (March 23, 2017). Showcasing campus creativity to form meaningful library aesthetics: Building & curating a unique collection of art created by students & faculty [Poster Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.
Neal Baker & Jane Marie Pinzino. (2017). A reserved table for first-generation students. In R. Pun & M. Houlihan (Eds.), The first-year experience cookbook (pp. 59–60). Association of College & Research Libraries.
Karla Fribley. (2017). How would you use it? Designing a library workshop to engage young writers in their field. In C. Smallwood and V. Gubnitskaia (Eds.), Library partnerships with writers and poets: Case studies. McFarland.
Karla Fribley. (2017). Using the ADDIE Process to design two discrete models of faculty programming. In B. West, K. Hoffman, & M. Costello (Eds.), Creative instructional design: Practical Applications for librarians. Association of College and Research Libraries.
Amy Bryant. (October 2015). How to create a world in less than seven days: How your library can create an OpenSim Virtual Reality Environment [Poster Presentation]. IOLUG Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Amy Bryant. (October 2015). Innovation at the nexus of libraries and IT: Library, IT, faculty, and student collaboration to create a virtual reality environment [Conference Presentation]. EDUCAUSE 2015, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Neal Baker. (2014). Film studies. In P. Ragains (Ed.), Information literacy instruction that works: A guide to teaching by discipline and student population (2nd ed.) (pp.145-154). American Library Association.
Amy Bryant. (April 11, 2013). Library as career incubator: Developing future professionals via undergraduate mentoring, alumni networking, and work shadowing [Poster Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Neal Baker & Nancy Taylor. (2013). Measuring the ‘excellence’ of librarianship at Earlham College. In J. Hill & S. Swords Steffen (Eds.), Excellence in the stacks: Strategies, practices and reflections of award-winning libraries (pp. 1-14). Chandos Publishing.
Tayo Nagosawa. (December 2012). Customized learning support services in order to build collaboration between faculty members and librarians in education: Based on a case study of Earlham College. Journal of Japan Society of Library and Information Science, 58(4), 295-201.
Amy Bryant. (November 2012). Beyond Meebo: Virtual reference options for your library – LibraryH3lp at Earlham College [Panel Presentation]. IOLUG Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Tayo Nagosawa. (March 2012). Librarians’ approaches to building nodal points in order to build collaboration between faculty members and librarians in education: Based on a case study of Earlham College. Journal of Japan Society of Library and Information Science, 58(1), 18-34.
Amy Bryant. (December 2, 2011). Traveling librarians: Building campus, community, and international relationships through support and leadership of off-campus programs [Conference Presentation]. ACRL/NY Annual Symposium, New York, New York.
Amy Bryant. (April 1, 2011). Traveling librarians: Building campus, community, and international relationships through support and leadership of off-campus programs [Panel Speaker]. ACRL Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Neal Baker. (April 1, 2011). The Pedagogy of Gaming [Panel Speaker]. ACRL Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Amy Bryant. (June 2010). Mentoring opportunities within Information Services: Librarians as mentors [Panel Presentation]. Friends Association for Higher Education Annual Conference, William Penn University, Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Amy Bryant. (March 2010). Changing faculty and student expectations: Evidence and insights from the MISO survey [Conference Presentation]. NITLE Summit, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Amy Bryant. (March 9, 2010). The perfect storm: Assessing trends in IT and library services; MISO survey results from 2005 to 2009 [Conference Presentation]. NERCOMP Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island.
Neal Baker & Aletha Stahl. (January 19, 2010). Prêt-à-porter technology: Rebooting the Earlham College Study Abroad Program à la française [Poster Presentation]. EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas.
Neal Baker. (March 15, 2009). Improving on excellence: Looking beyond information literacy to 21st-century educational paradigms and virtual worlds [Panel Speaker]. ACRL Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Amy Bryant. (March 14, 2009). Sustainable digitization by students: How undergraduate students, librarians, and archivists collaboratively planned and implemented the digitization of archival photographs [Poster Presentation]. ACRL Conference, Seattle, Washington.
Anne Meyer Byler & Amy Bryant. (September 2008). Plowshares collaborative digitized archives for peace studies. Microform and Imaging Review, 37(3), 111-120.
Tayo Nagosawa. (July 2007). A case study on learning and teaching support provided by Earlham College. Library and Information Science, 57, 33-50.
Neal Baker & Thomas G. Kirk, Jr. (2007). Merged service outcomes at Earlham College. Reference Services Review, 35(3), 379-387.
Neal Baker & Thomas G. Kirk, Jr. (2007). Emergence/emergency? The Earlham Libraries and the first-year experience. In L. Hardesty (Ed.), The role of the library in the first college year (pp. 229-233). National Center for the First Year Experience and Students in Transition, University of South Carolina.
Amy Bryant. (May 19, 2006). Creating a collaborative digital collection: The Plowshares Peace Studies Project [Conference Presentation]. IOLUG Digitization Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Amy Bryant. (October 18, 2005). Getting IDEAS: Liberal arts colleges collaborating on digital collections for Asian Studies [Conference Presentation]. EDUCAUSE 2005, Orlando, Florida.
Works Cited
American Library Association. (February 2001). ACRL Selects "Excellence in Academic Libraries" Winners.
Richard Hume Werking. (2007). The library as an instrument of education: Appreciating Evan Farber. In College libraries and the teaching/learning process: Selections from the writings of Evan Ira Farber. Earlham College Press.
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