Allison Carr
Social Sciences Librarian

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Subject areas

• Communication and Mass Media
• Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Global Studies
• Political Science
• Sociology
• Women's Studies

Research interests

Transfer students' research skills; Increasing student learning in an online environment; preparing new librarians for the profession.

Publications & Presentations

"Research as a cognitive process." Co-presenter. Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL) Works, January 2008.

Farrell, K., & Carr, A. E. (2006). A blended model of instructional design for learning objects. In A. Koohang, & K. Harman (Eds.), Learning objects and instructional design (pp. 359-405).

Carr, A. E. (2005). “So you want to be an academic librarian.” The Call Number. Available online: http://slisgroups.sjsu.edu/lissten/call_number/2005/Fall05CallNum.pdf

Leonard, E., Carr, A., & Farrell, K. (2005). “This Summer, Worship a Book.” Library Journal 130(19) 41-44. Available online http://www.libraryjournal.com

“Read, Write, Think, Dream: Creating a Community of Adult Readers,” Co-presenter. Poster Session, American Library Association Annual Conference, June 2005; and Southern California Instruction Librarians (SCIL) Works, February 2006.

Awards

Assessing Information Competency Skills of Transfer Students - Awarded October 2006. North County Higher Education Alliance (NCHEA) - $1360.00 – Co-principle investigators: Katy French (Palomar CC) and Pamela Perry (MiraCosta CC)

Memberships

• Southern California Instruction Librarians
• California Association of Research Libraries
• Association of College and Research Libraries
• American Libraries Association