WCSU Libraries

Genevieve (Jenny) Innes, MSIS, MA Public Services/Associate Librarian Ruth A. Haas Library Western Connecticut State University

Areas of Responsibility:

• I serve as the liaison librarian/subject specialist for the Departments of Education and Educational Psychology,
  Nursing, and Health Promotion and Exercise Sciences (HPX);
• I provide reference/research services, library instruction, and collection management for these departments;
• I staff the reference desk of Haas Library an average of 8 hours per week;
• I manage the Curriculum Collection, located on the 4th floor of Haas Library, west side of the building.

Ways to reach me (I welcome input on services and recommendations for library materials!):

• E-Mail

• IM

• Facebook

• Phone: 203-837-9141

• In Real Life: Room 405 Haas Library (I can also be found at the Haas Library Reference Desk, 837-9110, ~8 hours a week)

• By U.S. Mail: c/o Ruth A. Haas Library, Western Connecticut State University, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT 06810

Research Guides, Online Tutorials, Pathfinders

Education

• Education Web Research Guides
• Education Guide to Web Resources
• Guide to the Curriculum Collection at Haas Library

Nursing

• Information Literacy for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice (Online Tutorial)
• Nursing Research Guides
• Nursing Guide to Web Resources

HPX

• HPX Research Guides
• HPX Guide to Web Resources

Academic Credentials

• Master of Science, Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1997
• Master of Arts, Folklore, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996
• Thesis Title: "There are Times When I Feel Like Leaving: Symbols, Cultural Norms, and the Life of a Mexican Migrant Woman"
• Bachelor of Arts, Communications, University of Pennsylvania, 1986

Library Faculty Committee Membership

2008-2009

• Department Evaluation Committee
• Public Services Committee (Chair)
• Library Website Committee

University Committee Membership

2007-2009

• Institutional Review Board (IRB) Committee

2008-2010

• Library Representative, WCSU Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching (CELT) Advisory Board

CSU Committee Membership

2002- Present

• CSU Curriculum Materials Center Committee

Professional Memberships

• American Library Association
• Association of College and Research Libraries
• American Association of University Professors (AAUP)

Presentations, Publications & Papers

• "Faculty-Librarian Collaboration: An Online Information Literacy Tutorial for Students." Nurse Educator July/August 2008, 33(4), 145-146.
• "Immigration, Memory and Technology: The Planning, Implementation and Distribution of WCSU's Oral History Project," Co-presenter, 21st Annual CSU Academic Computing Conference, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, April 14, 2007. 
• "Building Bridges for Information Literacy," Roundtable facilitator, 13th Annual Conference, Association of College and Research Libraries, Baltimore, MD, March 31, 2007.
• "Building Bridges for Information Literacy 9-16," workshop organized and held on March 20, 2007 at Haas Library.  Collaboration between WCSU library faculty and area high school librarians.  Presentations by Jenny Innes, Russell Gladstone, Veronica Kenausis, and Xiaomei Gong.
• Get 'Em Coming and Going: An Interactive Information Literacy Workshop for Pre-Service Teachers, presentation for New England Library Instruction Group Annual Program, "Information Literacy Beyond the Diploma," Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, 2006. Bibliography & Web Resources.
• An Introduction to Information Literacy in the K-6 Classroom
• Information Literacy and the Information Commons: Setting the Stage for Learning, invited position paper, submitted as part of online doctoral course ED 802: Emerging Instructional Technologies.
• Challenged Literature in Castro's Cuba: Ideology, Censorship, and the Fate of the Revolution, presentation, 2nd Annual Banned and Challenged Literature Event, September 29, 2004, J. Eugene Smith Library, Eastern Connecticut State University.

Updated 10/08