lauren pressley | my professional life, browsable

This online portfolio contains information relating to my professional work, association involvement, publications, and presentations.  I also write regularly at Lauren’s Library Blog. If you would like to get in touch you can contact me at lauren@laurenpressley.com.

April 2009 –

Columbia, South Carolina

Salt Lake City, Utah

Elon University, NC

Seattle, WA.

Midwinter Meeting;  Denver, CO.

University of North Carolina-Greensboro, May 2007.
Subjects: Academic Librarianship, Emerging Technologies, Instructional Technology, Library Instruction

North Carolina State University, May 2003.
Subjects: Feminist Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Social Epistemology

North Carolina State University, May 2002.
Subjects: Gendered Communication, Interpersonal and Public Communication

Z. Smith Reynolds Library, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
July 2007-present

Develop and co-teach a weekly class on instruction for librarians
Develop and teach monthly emerging technology talks for library staff
Develop and co-facilitate a monthly educational technologies discussion group with the Teaching and Learning Center
Develop information literacy course activities
Create a local Learning Objects repository
Create content for social [...]

Etches-Johnson, Amanda, Jason Griffey, Joe Murphy, Lauren Pressley, & David Walker. “Top Tech Trends.” ALA Midwinter. Boston, MA. January 17, 2010. Invited.

Pressley, Lauren. “Adapting to a Changing World: Exceptional Services for a New Information Environment.” South Carolina Library Association. Columbia, SC, October 29, 2009. Invited.
The information environment is changing around us, and our users’ expectations are shifting in light of their experiences. This session will discuss these changes, and ways libraries can adapt to remain relevant [...]

Pressley, Lauren. (2005-present). “Lauren’s Library Blog.” http://laurenpressley.com/library.

Pressley, Lauren. (2009). “Featured Alumna: Lauren Pressley.” Minerva’s Library.

Pressley, Lauren. (2009). “Essay on Library 101.” Library 101.

Beta Phi Mu

Library Journal’s Movers & Shakers 2009

ACRL National Conference Librarian Scholarship

North Carolina Library Association Leadership Institute

January 2009 – Present

Representing LITA’s Web Coordinating Committee

Women’s Studies Section, Association for College and Research Libraries
January 2006 – July 2009

Researched software and creating women’s studies instruction wiki for women’s studies librarians
Researched software and created communication blog for committee members
Created database guide for GLBT Life

March 2009 – present

North Carolina Library Association
2008 – present

Organized speakers for “High Tech / Low Cost Solutions for Libraries” workshop
Establish Technology and Trends blog, wiki, del.icio.us, and Twitter account

April 2009
Acted as program mentor for a two week period
Answered student questions through a forum in Facebook

2008 -

Created two birthday bulletin boards
Created staff survey for staff appreciation week
Collaborated with committee for the annual staff appreciation luncheon

Co-taught with Kevin Gilbertson
Incorporated a reading assignment of current books in information issues
Student groups designed their own final projects
Groups created displays marketing their final project
Course blog can be seen at http://blog.zsr.wfu.edu/infoverse/

Tedford, Rosalind & Lauren Pressley.”Administrative Support for Librarians Teaching For-Credit Information Literacy.” In Best Practices for Teaching Credit-Bearing Information Literacy Courses. Ed. Christopher Hollister. ACRL, 2010. Forthcoming

Pressley, Lauren. (2009). Wikis in Libraries. The Tech Set: Practical Guides to New Tech for Librarians. Ed. Ellyssa Kroski. Neal-Schuman.  (forthcoming)