I am an Associate Professor, the Instructional Services Coordinator, and a Research & Instruction Librarian at Staley Library at Millikin University. My main duties are to coordinate and assess the library's information literacy program, to supervise the library's interlibrary loan services, to serve as the liaison to designated academic departments/schools, to provide research assistance to students, and to coordinate the University's first year seminar course.
Office:
162 University Commons
Email:
molsen 'at' millikin.edu
Telephone:
217-420-6719
Mailing Address:
Staley Library
Millikin University
1184 West Main Street
Decatur, IL 62522
Instructional Services Coordinator
Coordinate library instruction in Writing Practicum, Honors Writing Studio, and University Seminar courses
Lead the assessment of library instruction
Interlibrary Loan Supervisor
Oversee the locating and borrowing of needed materials (books, articles, etc.) not available in Staley Library for Millikin University students, faculty, and staff
Liaison to the departments of Psychology, Modern Languages, Sociology & Criminal Justice, and Philosophy and the School of Education, School of Art & Creative Media, and Tabor School of Business
Collection development and management
Provide classroom instruction and create instructional materials
Research Assistance
Assist primarily students in person, on the phone, and via virtual meetings with their research needs
University Seminar Coordinator
Staff, assess, and facilitate the delivery of Millikin University's first year seminar course
American Library Association
Subject editor for the Philosophy section of Resources for College Libraries
Millikin University
Assessment and Accreditation Committee
Committee on Teacher Education Programs (CTEP), non-voting member
"AI in the Classroom" Millikin University Opening Faculty Workshop. Decatur, IL. August 20, 2024. Presentation with J. Mark Munoz.
"Building a Common First Year Seminar Experience." Millikin University Opening Faculty Workshop. Decatur, IL. August 20, 2024. Presentation with Paula Stickles.
"ChatGPT/Bard in the Classroom: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly." Millikin University Opening Faculty Workshop. Decatur, IL. August 14, 2023. Presentation with Julie Bates and Rachel Bicicchi.
"You Can Go Your Own Way: Individualizing Lesson Plans Based on Shared Learning Objectives in a General Education Writing Course." 11th Annual CARLI Online Instruction Showcase. June 1, 2023. Presentation with Elizabeth Hollendonner.
"ChatGPT." Millikin Faculty Brownbag. Decatur, IL. May 5, 2023. Presentation with Julie Bates, Rachel Bicicchi, and Ed Weber.
"Staley Library Investigation." 8th Annual CARLI Online Instruction Showcase. May 29, 2020.
"Critical Librarianship." Millikin Academic Interdisciplinary Conference, Decatur, IL. March 3, 2017. Presentation with Rachel Bicicchi and Amanda Pippitt.
"Research Resources for Small Business Owners." Millikin SCORE Chapter breakfast. Decatur, IL. September 8, 2016.
"Creating Insanely Great Instruction Sessions: What Librarians can Learn from Steve Jobs." 40th Annual LOEX (Library Orientation Exchange) Conference, Columbus, OH. May 3, 2012.
"E-Books in Libraries." Presentation for Kent Library staff. Cape Girardeau, MO. July 26, 2011.
"The Future of Academic Libraries." Presentation for Kent Library staff. Cape Girardeau, MO. June 29, 2010.
"Information literacy and the rhetorical tradition: Collaborating with library faculty to help students achieve speeches 'worth listening to'." Central States Communication Association Annual Convention, Cincinnati, OH. April 15, 2010. Presentation with Glen Williams and Claudia Ruediger.
"A Bridge to Somewhere: Collaboration to Nurture Information Literacy." 49th Annual National Conference of the Association for General and Liberal Studies, St. Louis, MO. October 2, 2009. Presentation with Glen Williams and Claudia Ruediger.
"Professional Ethics in Libraries." Presentation for Kent Library staff. Cape Girardeau, MO. July 7, 2009.
"Drinking from a Fire Hose: Information Literacy in the Internet Age." Center for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning’s Technology Serving Learning Summer 2009 Institute. Cape Girardeau, MO. May 27, 2009.
"Collecting to the Core – Pierre Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary." Against the Grain, Vol. 29, No. 3, June 2017. p34-36.
Review of The Internet Book of Life: Use the Web to Grow Richer, Smarter, Healthier, and Happier by Irene McDermott. Endnotes: The Journal of the New Members Round Table Table. Volume 2, Number 1, November 2011.
"The Quarterly Interview: Matthew Olsen." LOEX Quarterly. Volume 39, Number 1, Spring 2012.
M.L.I.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004
M.A., Philosophy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2000
B.A., Philosophy and German (summa cum laude), Albright College, 1996