Alexander Watkins | Curriculum Vitae | January 2017
MSLIS, Library and Information Science, Pratt Institute, 2012
MS, History of Art & Design, Pratt Institute, 2012
BA, Majors in the History of Art and Anthropology, University of California Berkeley, 2007
University Libraries, University of Colorado Boulder
Watkins, Alexander. “Facilitating Global Art Conversations: Availability of Art Scholarship in Latin America.” Evidence Based Library and Information Practice 11, no. 4 (December 2016). (Referred)
Watkins, Alexander. “Open Access and the Future of Art Scholarship.” Art Libraries Journal 40, no. 4 (December 2015). (Invited)
Watkins, Alexander, and Katherine Morrison. “Can only Librarians do Library Instruction? Collaborating with graduate students to teach discipline-specific information literacy.” The Journal of Creative Library Practice (February 2015). (Referred)
Watkins, Alexander. “Zotero for Personal Image Management,” Art Documentation 32, no. 2 (Fall 2013), 301-313. (Refereed)
Evans, Sian, Hilary Thompson, and Alexander Watkins. “Discovering Open Access Art History: A Comparative Study of the Indexing of Open Access Art Journals.” Serials Librarian 61, no. 2 (Fall 2011), 168-188.
Manzella, Christina, and Alexander Watkins. “Performance Anxiety: Performance Art in Twenty-First Century Catalogs and Archives.” Art Documentation 30, no. 1 (Spring 2011), 28-32. (Refereed)
Watkins, Alexander. “Teaching Inclusive Authorities: Indigenous Ways of Knowing and the Framework for Information Literacy in Native Art.” In Disciplinary Applications of Information Literacy Threshold Concepts. ACRL. (In press, expected 2017)
Lindquist, Thea, Holley Long, and Alexander Watkins. “Advancing Digital Humanities at the University of Colorado Boulder through Evidence based Service Design.” In Laying the Foundation: Digital Humanities in Academic Libraries. Layfette, IN: Purdue University Press, 2016.
Watkins, Alexander. “Agency and Illusion: Free Will and the Perspectival Constructions of Andrea Pozzo.” In The Most Noble of the Senses: Anamorphosis, Trompe-L'Oeil, and Other Optical Illusions in Early Modern Art, edited by Lilian H. Zirpolo. Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Zephyrus Scholarly Publications, 2016. (Refereed)
Watkins, Alexander, and Rebecca Kuglitsch. “Creating connective Library Spaces: A librarian-student collaboration model.” In Enhancing Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century Academic Library: Successful Innovations That Make a Difference, edited by Bradford Eden, 157-169. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
Watkins, Alexander. Review of “In the Light of Naples: The Art of Francesco de Mura.” ARLIS/NA reviews. December, 2016.
Watkins, Alexander. Teaching the Law and Ethics of Image Use in an Age of Appropriate and Piracy. LOEX Conference Proceedings (Library Orientation Series No. 47).
Lindquist, Thea, Holley Long, and Alexander Watkins. “Designing a Digital Humanities Strategy Using Data-Driven Assessment Methods.” Feature blog post for dh+lib: where the digital humanities and librarianship meet (January, 2015).
Lindquist, Thea, Holley Long, Alexander Watkins, et. al. DH + CU: Future Directions for Digital Humanities at CU Boulder. Digital Humanities Task Force Report, 46 pp. December, 2013.
Watkins, Alexander. Review of “Elevating Western American Art: Developing an Institute in the Cultural Capital of the Rockies.” ARLIS/NA reviews. November, 2012.
Couture, Juliann, Rebecca Kuglitsch, and Alexander Watkins. “Leveraging service learning projects to gather data to create future libraries.” Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, London, UK. May, 2016.
Lindquist, Thea, Holley Long, and Alexander Watkins. “Multi-methodology in Library Research: Using mixed methods to examine changing researcher needs in the digital humanities.” Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Libraries, Istanbul, Turkey. May, 2014.
Kuglitsch, Rebecca and Alexander Watkins. “Generating your own STEAM: Libraries as part of informal learning ecosystems in art & science.” ARLIS/NA + VRA Joint Conference, Seattle, WA. March, 2016.
Madden, Bridget and Alexander Watkins. Organizers and co-moderators for the panel “Unlocking Images, Ideas, and Content: Open Access Images as a Key to Enabling Art and Scholarly Innovation.” ARLIS/NA + VRA Joint Conference, Seattle, WA. March, 2016.
Kuglitsch, Rebecca and Alexander Watkins. “Picking up STEAM: Grounding the Framework for Information Literacy in the disciplines using STEM + Art as case studies.” LOEX Fall Focus: ACRL Framework, Ypsilanti, MI. November, 2015.
Watkins, Alexander and Katherine Morrison. “Can Only Librarians Do Library Instruction? Collaborating with Art History Graduate Students to Teach Information Literacy.” ARLIS/NA Conference, Fort Worth, TX. March, 2015.
Watkins, Alexander. “Publishing and Making your work Open Access.” (Invited) Advancing the Profession Through Publishing, ARLIS/NA Conference, Fort Worth, TX. March, 2015.
Watkins, Alexander. “Zotero for Personal Image Management.” Poster Presentation, Visual Resources Association Annual Conference, Denver, CO. March, 2015
Lindquist, Thea, Holley Long & Alexander Watkins. “Supporting Digital Humanists: Taking a data-driven approach to needs assessment and service design.” Data-Driven Digital Humanities and the Library, Charleston, SC. June, 2014.
Kuglitsch, Rebecca, Natalia Tingle, and Alexander Watkins. “Using Cloud Services to Facilitate Research Consultations: A study of student experiences and preferences.” Poster presentation, Special Libraries Association Annual Conference, Vancouver, Canada. June, 2014.
Watkins, Alexander. “Teaching the Law and Ethics of Image Use in an Age of Appropriate and Piracy.” LOEX Conference, Grand Rapids, MI. May, 2014.
Watkins, Alexander. “Untangling the Law and Ethics of Image Use in an Age of Appropriation and Piracy.” ARLIS/NA Conference, Washington, DC. May, 2014.
Watkins, Alexander. “Why Open Access Matters for the Arts.” ACRL Arts Discussion Forum, ALA Annual Conference, Chicago, IL. June, 2013.
Watkins, Alexander. “Expanding Zotero’s Image Universe: Building translators to harvest our digital collections.” Emerging Technology Forum, ARLIS/NA Conference, Pasadena, CA. April 2013.
Watkins, Alexander. “Preservation and Documentation of Performance Art: Problematics.” Jong-Ku Kim’s Visiting Artist Lecture & Panel, Boulder, CO. February 2014.
Watkins, Alexander. “Open Access and the Humanities.” Open Access at CU, Boulder, CO. October 2012.
Watkins, Alexander. “Teaching the Law and Ethics of Image Use in an Age of Appropriate and Piracy.” LOEX Encore Presentation. June, 2014. (Invited)
Watkins, Alexander. “Why Open Access Matters for the Arts.” Perspectives on Art Publishing: Past, Present, Future and Open, ARLIS/NA and ACRL-Arts joint webinar. February, 2014. (Invited)
Watkins, Alexander. H.W. Wilson Foundation Research Award for the project “Collecting, Organizing, and Teaching with Ephemera of the European Art Biennials.” $2,000 grant from the Art Libraries Society of North America.
Watkins, Alexander, Valerie Albicker, and Deborah Fink. Jongku Kim’s Artist in Residence Visit, Performance Piece, and Panel Discussion, $3,000 grant from the President’s Fund for the Humanities. November, 2013.
Lindquist, Thea, Holley Long, and Alexander Watkins. Digital Humanities Symposium and Workshop, $3,500 special event grant from the CU Boulder Committee on the Arts and Humanities. March, 2013.
ARTH 4029/5029: Art History Research Methods (1 credit course). Fall: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016. Spring: 2016.
ENVD 4764: Research Skills in Environmental Design (1 credit course). Spring: 2014.
21-30 Course integrated library seminars per semester
Coordination of 15-17 graduate student led library seminars per semester for ARTH1300 and ARTH1400
ProQuest Arts Advisory Board, 2015-2016
ARLIS/NA Public Policy Committee, 2014-2017
ARLIS/NA Professional Development Committee, Education Subcommittee, 2014-2016
ARLIS/NA Mountain West Chapter, 2012-
CU Art Museum Collections Committee, 2015-
Faculty Student Mentor Program, Faculty Mentor, 2014
Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Design Search Committee, 2014
College of Media, Communication and Information Implementation Committee
Digital Scholarship Librarian Search Committee, 2016
Faculty Director of Libraries Information Technology Search Committee, 2014
Social Media Team, 2013-
Virtual Presence Working Group, 2013-2016
Committee on Recruitment to the Profession of Academic Librarianship, 2013-2014
Digital Humanities Task Force, 2013
Interdisciplinary Humanities and Social Sciences Librarians Search Committee, 2013
Scholarly Initiatives Working Group, 2012-
User Experience Working Group, 2012-2013
Peer Reviewer for Art Documentation, 2014-
Conference Mentor, ARLIS/NA Conference, March 2015
Mentor for Art Librarianship Practicum Students/Interns, Spring 2014, Fall 2015
Mentor for Libraries’ Provost Fellow, Spring 2013, Spring 2016
Managers Academy: Employee Management and Compliance Essentials, Boulder, CO. July 12-13, 2016.
ARLIS/NA Leadership Institute, Seattle, WA. March 9, 2016.
ARLIS/NA Leadership Institute, Fort Worth, TX. March 23, 2015.
Generations in the Workplace, Boulder, CO. March 11, 2015.
Omeka Training for Libraries & Museums, for Classroom Use, and Advanced Functionality taught by Amanda French, Boulder, CO. August 24, 2014.
Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion (LEAP). Boulder, CO. May 14-16, 2013.
Crafting Assessment Questions: Creating the Tools to Assess Information Literacy Objectives for Art and Design, Pasadena, CA. April 26, 2013 .
Zotero Workshop, Boulder, CO. November 15-16, 2012.
THATcamp: Digital Humanities in Libraries, Denver, CO. November 2012.