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Felicia Smith

Information & Instructional Services Librarian

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Felicia's role in the library

I am the Information & Instructional Services Librarian at the Information Center desk in Green Library. I provide reference service and conduct tours and workshops. I create monthly book exhibits to highlight unique aspects of our collections. I provide research support for students in the Program in Writing and Rhetoric (PWR). I am also the RefWorks administrator for Stanford University Libraries. 

Course Guides by Felicia

Professional activities

Reference Services Review Editorial Advisory Board, 2010-Present
International Federation of Library Association (IFLA), 2008-Present
American Library Association (ALA), 2000–Present

Selected publications

BOOK

Cybrarian Extraordinaire: Compelling Information Literacy Instruction. Westport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, February 2011.


BOOK CHAPTER
Smith, Felicia. 2009. Life Saving Library Outreach. In Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, edited by Carol Smallwood, ALA Publication. 
 
Smith, Felicia. 2009. Freedom Readers in a Juvenile Correctional Facility. In Librarians as Community Partners: An Outreach Handbook, edited by Carol Smallwood, ALA Publication.
 

PUBLICATIONS
Smith, Felicia. 2012. Helicopter Librarian: Expect the Unexpected. Library Journal, Aug. 28, 2012.

Smith, Felicia. 2007. Pirate-Teacher. Journal of Academic Librarianship, Volume 33, Number 2, pp. 276-288.
 
Smith, Felicia. 2007. Games for Teaching Information Literacy Skills. Library Philosophy and Practice, Volume 9, Number 2, April.

Smith, Felicia. 2007. J.A.W.S. -- A Historical PerspectiveJournal of Electronic Publishing, Volume 10, Number 2, Spring.  
 
INVITED LECTURES 
“5-Minutes of a Day in the Life of the Pirate Librarian,” California Academic and Research Libraries Conference, San Diego, CA, April 2012.
 
“Outreach to Inmates: Kindles in Kiddie Jail," National Diversity in Libraries Conference, Princeton University, New Jersey, July 2010.
 
“YouTube, Second Life and Kindles in Library Instruction,” LOEX-of-the-West Conference, Mount Royal University, June 2010, Calgary, Alberta.
 
“Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye with Library Technology,” International Federation of Library Association, August 2009, Bologna, Italy.

More about Felicia

Before coming to Stanford, I spent seven  years working at the Hesburgh Libraries at the University of Notre Dame. Before that I worked at Medical, Business, and Public libraries. Interestingly enough, I was employed as a Certified Criminal Defense Private Investigator before becoming a librarian.

Education

MLIS, Dominican University
BA, Public Relations, University of Illinois at Chicago