Katherine (Katie) Elson Anderson

Librarian III

Paul Robeson Library

Rutgers University Libraries

Reference and Instruction Librarian

856.225.2830

katie.anderson@camden.rutgers.edu Education

School of Communication and Information Science, Rutgers University,

New Brunswick, New Jersey

Master of Library and Information Science, May 2007

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and German, May 1994

Concentrations in English and Medieval Renaissance Studies Experience

April 2009 to Present

Reference/Instruction Librarian, Head of Web Development

Paul Robeson Library, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ

Provide general and specialized reference and research assistance locally and through Rutgers

virtual reference services. Other duties include collection development, user-centered instruction,

university-wide committee work and participation in digital projects. Supervise the maintenance,

design, update and development of the library web site and virtual presence. Social media and

outreach coordinator; maintain social networking presence for the library (Facebook, Twitter,

Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, Google+ etc.). Liaison to the Psychology Department and the

Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.

January 2003 to March 2009

Supervisor, Access and Collection Services

Paul Robeson Library

Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey

Managed day-to-day operations of access and collection services at a large, urban academic

library; oversaw all aspects of access services, including ILL, reserves and billing.

April 1997 to January 2003

Software Quality Assurance and Information Analyst

Bloomberg, L.P., Princeton, New Jersey

Managed the Automated Software Testing Team. Responsibilities included: creation and

maintenance of training documentation for both users and testers; providing customer support,

troubleshooting and problem solving for internal users and customers.

March 1997 to August 1997

Evening Supervisor

Berkeley College, Woodbridge, New Jersey

Maintained library functions during evening hours, performed general reference, circulation and

interlibrary loan duties; trained students and staff on library computers; assisted students with

library and course work questions.

September 1995 to December 1996

Serials and Library Technical Supervisor

Kopolow Library, Olin School of Business

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Provided hardware and software support for library computer equipment. Created and maintained

the library home page and trained staff and students on library computers. Maintained the serials

collection, including ordering, tracking and check in.

August 1994 to September 1995

Evening Supervisor

Kopolow Library, Olin School of Business

Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

Responsible for library maintenance during evening hours; circulation, general information and

interlibrary loan duties; supervised and trained student workers. Developed and maintained

databases and website for serials and working papers.

Publications

Select publications available: http://soar.libraries.rutgers.edu/bib/Katie_Elson_Anderson/

Journal Articles

Anderson, K. E. (2015). Libraries and Tumblr: A quantitative analysis. Reference Services

Review, 43(2), forthcoming, June 2015.

Anderson, K. E. (2015). Ask me anything: What is Reddit? Library Hi Tech News, 32(5),

forthcoming, July 2015.

Anderson, K. E. and Still, J. M. (2013). Librarians’ Use of Images on LibGuides and Other

Social Media Platforms. Journal of Web Librarianship, 7(3), 272-291.

Anderson, K. E. and Still, J.M. (2011). An Introduction to Google Plus. Library Hi Tech News,

28(8), 7 - 10.

Under Review

Anderson, K.E. and Springs, G (2015). Assessing librarian expectations before and after

LibGuides implementation. Practical Academic Librarianship

Books

Anderson, K.E. and Cvetkovic V.B. (Eds.). (2015). Reinventing Reference: How Public,

Academic, and School Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of Google. Chicago: ALA

Editions.

Cvetkovic, V.B. and Anderson, K.E. (Eds.). (2010). Stop Plagiarism: A Handbook for Librarians

and Educators. New York: Neal-Schuman Publisher.

Book Chapters

Anderson, K.E. and Cvetkovic, V.B. (2015). Referencing the Future. In K.E Anderson and V.B.

Cvektkovic (Eds.), Reinventing Reference: How Libraries Deliver Value in the Age of

Google (pp. vii-xv) Chicago: ALA Editions.

Anderson, K. E. (2012). Performing Childhood on the Web. In V.B. Cvetkovic and D.Olsen

(Eds.), Fleeting Images: Portrayals of Children in Popular Culture (pp. 47-71). Lanham,

Maryland: Lexington Books.

Anderson, K. E. (2011). Does Anyone Have a Quarter? In J.Foy (Ed.), SpongeBob SquarePants

and Philosophy (pp. 155-168). Chicago: Open Court.

Anderson, K. E. and Cvetkovic, V.B. (2010). Teaching Intellectual Honesty in a Parodied World.

In V.B. Cvetkovic and K.E. Anderson (Eds.), Stop Plagiarism: A Handbook for

Librarians and Educators(pp. 3-12). New York: Neal-Schuman Publisher.

Anderson, K. E. (2010). Storytelling. In H. J. Birx (Ed.), 21st Century Anthropology: A

Reference Handbook (pp. 277-286). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Anderson, K. E. (2009). YouTube and YouTube-iness: Educating Gen M Through the Use of

Online Video. In V.B. Cvetkovic and R.J. Lackie (Eds.), Teaching Gen M: A Handbook

for Librarians and Educators (pp. 254-272). New York: Neal Schuman Publisher.

Anderson, K. E. (2007). World Wide Web Resources on Children and Childhood Studies. In V.

Bowman (Ed.), Scholarly Resources for Children and Childhood Studies: A Research

Guide and Annotated Bibliography (pp. 254-272). Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press.

Conference Proceedings

Larrivee, A. and Anderson, K.E. (2013). I'll Meet You Online: Discussing Librarians' Preference

of Virtual Meeting Platforms. In F. Baudion and C. Johnson (Eds.), Brick and Click: An

Academic Library Symposium (pp. 43-48). Northwest Missouri State University.

Encyclopedia Articles

Anderson, K. E. (2011). Anthropological Networks. In George Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of

Social Networking (pp. 44-58). Thousand Oaks, CA.:Sage Publications.

Anderson, K. E. (2011). Native Americans. In G. Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social

Networking (pp.573-576). Thousand Oaks, CA.: Sage Publications.

Anderson, K. E. (2011). New Jersey. In G.Barnett (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social

Networking, (pp.642-644). Thousand Oaks, CA:.Sage Publications.

Anderson, K. E. (2010). The VW Camper Van. In F. Nadis (Ed.), World History

Encyclopedia, (p. 255). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.

Newsletters

Anderson, K. E. (2010). ALA Land- Midwinter 2010. NMRT Footnotes, Newsletter of the New

Members Round Table of the American Library Association, 39(3) available:

http://www.ala.org/nmrt/news/footnotes/february2010/ALA_Land_Midwinter_2010_And

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Book Reviews

Anderson, K.E. (2010). Review of the book Who Do They Think They Are?: Teenage Girls and

Their Avatars in Spaces of Social Online Communication, by Connie M. Morrison. MP:

An Online Feminist Journal 3(2), 148-153. Available: http://academinist.org/wp-

content/uploads/2010/06/MP03_02_07Anderson_Review.pdf

Papers, Abstracts and Lectures

“Heroine as Huntress: Images of Female Archers in Comics, Fantasy and Science Fiction.” Buffy

to Batgirl, Rutgers University, Camden, NJ. May 2, 2014 (presenter).

“I’ll Be Shooting for My Own Hand: Images of Female Archers in Popular Culture.” Mid-

Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association. Children and Childhood Studies Panel,

Atlantic City, NJ, November 9, 2013 (presenter).

"I'll Meet You Online: Discussing Librarians' Preference of Virtual Meeting Platforms" and

Click: An Academic Library Symposium, Northwest Missouri State University,

November 1, 2013. (co-presenter with Anne Larrivee).

“Reference in the Residence Halls” New Jersey Library Association, Annual Conference,

Atlantic City, NJ. June 5, 2013 (poster with Zara Wilkinson).

“Assessing LibGuides at Rutgers University Libraries” New Jersey Library Association, Annual

Conference, Atlantic City, NJ. June 6, 2012 (poster with Gene Springs and Michelle

Oswell).

“Sharing Parenthood: Images of Children on YouTube.” National Popular Culture Association

Conference, Motherhood/Fatherhood and Popular Culture Panel. Boston, MA, April 13,

2012 (presenter).

“The Giants of YouTube: David vs. Charlie.” Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture

Association. Children and Childhood Studies Panel. Philadelphia, PA. November 4, 2012

(presenter).

“Librarian’s Use of Social Media Profile Photos.” Library 2.011 Worldwide Virtual Conference,

November 2, 2011 (presenter with Julie Still).

“YouTube and YouTube-iness: YouTube as a Research and Instruction Tool.” Association of

College and Research Libraries e-Learning webcast. June 7, 2011 (presenter with Vibiana

Bowman Cvetkovic).

“Philosophy from a Pineapple Under the Sea.” Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture

Association, Children and Childhood Studies Panel. Alexandria, VA, October 29, 2010

(presenter and panel chair).

“Marketing Electronic Resources.” Everything You Wanted to Know About Teaching

Information Literacy But Were Too Afraid to Ask. Information Literacy Workshop

presented by NJLA College and University Section/ACRL-NJ User Education Committee

and VALE Shared Information Literacy Committee. Rider University, Lawrenceville,

NJ, June 7, 2010 (moderator with Theo Haynes).

“Storytelling in the Digital Age.” National Popular/American Culture Association Conference,

Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture Panel. St. Louis, MO, April 2, 2010

(presenter).

“Bastian Balthazhar Bux Redux, Storytelling in the Digital Age.” Mid-Atlantic

Popular/American Culture Association, Children and Childhood Studies Panel. Boston,

MA, November 7, 2009 (presenter).

Invited Presentations

"What are they saying about us? Using social media to find out what our patrons are saying "

Table Talk at Techfest 2015. Presented by LibraryLinkNJ, the New Jersey State Library

and the New Jersey Library Association, Gloucester County Library, NJ. March 24, 2015.

Presenter.

"Tumblarian Talk." Conversation Starter, American Library Association Annual Conference, Las

Vegas, NV. June 30, 2014 (panelist).

"Tumblr" Table Talk at Technology Speed Dating. Presented by LibraryLinkNJ, the New Jersey

State Library and the New Jersey Library Association, Gloucester County Library, NJ.

April 24, 2014 (presenter).

“Paul Robeson Library: Events, programs, outreach and emerging technologies” Rutgers

University Libraries, State of the Libraries, November 2012 (poster with Zara Wilkinson

and John Gibson).

”Virtual Outreach and Social Media at Paul Robeson Library.” Presentation to the Library and

Information Student Association (LISSA) of the Rutgers School of Communication and

Information, New Brunswick, NJ March 21, 2012.

“TurnedOn, LinkedIn and DropBoxed”. Tips and Tools. Rutgers University Libraries,

Lunchtime Seminar. New Brunswick, NJ, March 3, 2012 (presenter).

“We Tweet, Therefore (You Know) We Are: Virtual Outreach and Social Media at Paul Robeson

Library”. Rutgers University Libraries, State of the Libraries, New Brunswick, NJ,

November 30, 2011 (poster).

“Teaching Gen M.” Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers University. Faculty Workshop.

New Brunswick, New Jersey. November 17, 2010 (presenter with Vibiana Bowman

Cvetkovic).

“Using Social Networking to Connect with Patrons.” Rutgers University Libraries, State of the

Libraries, New Brunswick, NJ, November 12, 2009 (poster).

“Twitter: It’s Not Just for Breakfast Anymore.” Rutgers University Libraries, Scholarly and

Professional Activity Committee, New Brunswick, NJ, October 21, 2009 (presenter).

“Teaching Gen M: Meet the Authors.” Barnes and Noble/Rutgers Cappuccino Academy.

Marlton, New Jersey. September 10, 2009 (presenter with Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic

and Robert J. Lackie.)

“Teaching Gen M: Meet the Authors.” Barnes and Noble/Rutgers Cappuccino Academy. Online

chat. September 3, 2009 (presenter with Vibiana Bowman Cvetkovic).

“Electronic Delivery of Print Periodical Articles from the Stacks: A Pilot Project.” NJLA 2008

Conference, May 1, 2008 (poster with Krista Dandurand, Rutgers University Libraries,

Judy Gardner, Rutgers University Library; and Holly Muller, Rutgers University

Libraries).

“RUL Inventory” State of the Libraries, Rutgers University Libraries, November 1, 2006 (poster

with Andy Martinez, Rutgers University Libraries and Roger Smith, Rutgers University

Libraries).

“Report from Ivies+ Access Services Symposium.” Lunchtime Seminar, Rutgers University

Libraries, May 2005 (panel member and presenter).

“Robeson Library Renovations.” State of the Libraries, Rutgers University Libraries, November

3, 2004 (presenter with Libby Hart, Rutgers University Libraries).

Professional Activities

National Associations

American Library Association (since 2006)

o Advocacy Coordinating Group, RUSA representative (2009-2011)

ACRL (Division of ALA) (since 2010)

ANSS (Anthropology section of ACRL)

o Secretary, Executive Committee (2013-2015)

o Liaison Committee (2011-present, current co-chair)

o Program Planning Committee, San Francisco (2013-2015)

o Cyber Task Force (2012)

o Program Planning Committee, Chicago, 2013 (co-chair 2011-2013)

ULS (University Libraries Section of ACRL)

o Academic Outreach Committee (2013-present)

Reference and User Services Association (Division of ALA)

o Membership Committee (2009-2011)

o Access to Information Committee (2009-2011)

American Library Association New Members Round Table (since 2009)

o Liaison to RUSA (2009-2010)

Popular Culture Association/American Culture Assocation

State and Regional Organizations

South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative (SJRLC)

o Children’s and YA Book Reviewer (2009-2011)

Virtual Academic Library Environment of New Jersey (VALE)

Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association

LibraryLinkNJ

Rutgers University, Camden

Civic Engagement Fellow (2014 cohort)

General Education Committee (2013-2014)

Rutgers University Libraries Organizations

Rutgers University Libraries User Services Council, General representative (2010-2014)

o Co-Chair (2011-2014)

Rutgers University Libraries Mobile Devices Task Force (2010-2012)

o Co-chair (2010-2012)

Rutgers University Libraries Ask a Librarian and Meebo (IM) Team (2009-present)

Rutgers University Libraries Chat Reference Task Force (2010- 2011)

Rutgers University Libraries Information Literacy Implementation Advisory Committee

(2011-2012)

Rutgers University Libraries Instructional Community of Practice (2012-2013)

Rutgers University Libraries LibGuides Implementation Task Force (2010-2013)

Rutgers University Libraries Organization Review, Reference Team (2009)

Rutgers University Libraries Planning and Coordinating Committee (2009-2012)

Rutgers University Libraries Web Advisory Committee (2010-2012)

Rutgers University Libraries Web Board (2010- present)

Community Service

Clementon Elementary School, Home and School Association, Executive (2012-present)

Clementon Environmental Commission (2006-Present), Clementon, New Jersey