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City: Champaign, IL

Teaching & Professional Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Administration and Management
  • Information Literacy and Instruction
  • Reference and Information Services

Research Interests

  • Academic Libraries
  • Administration and Management
  • Continuing Education in LIS
  • Information Literacy and Instruction
  • Reference and Information Services
  • Scholarly and Scientific Communication

Dr. Scott Walter

Lecturer

Scott Walter is Associate University Librarian for Services and Professor of Library Administration at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research on education and instruction librarianship has been published in a number of journals, conference proceedings, and edited collections. He has presented on information literacy instruction for pre-service teachers, collaboration with classroom faculty and student affairs professionals, outreach to K-12 educators, and continuing education for teaching librarians at national meetings of the American Library Association, the Association of College & Research Libraries, the American Association of School Librarians, and elsewhere. (Scott Walter: UIUC)

Courses Taught

Education

  • Ph.D. (Higher Education Administration) Washington State University (2005)
  • M.S. (History & Philosophy of Education) Indiana University (2003)
  • M.L.S. Indiana University (1998)
  • M.A. (Education) The American University (1993)
  • M.A. (Russian Area Studies) Georgetown University (1990)
  • B.S. (Russian and Linguistics) Georgetown University (1988)

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Associate University Librarian for Services and Associate Dean of Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006-)
  • Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2006-)
  • Assistant Dean for Information & Instructional Services, University of Kansas Libraries (2004-2006)
  • Interim Assistant Director for Public Services & Outreach, Washington State University Libraries (2002-2004)
  • Head, George B. Brain Education Library, Washington State University (2001-2002)
  • Collection Manager for Education, The Ohio State University Libraries (1999-2001)
  • Humanities & Education Reference Librarian, University of Missouri-Kansas City (1998-99)

Selected Publications  (last five years only)

For other publications and presentations, see Curriculum Vitae PDF above.

Books and Parts of Books

  • Walter, S., & Williams, K. (Eds.). (2010). The expert library: Staffing, sustaining, and advancing the academic library in the 21st century. Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries.
  • Walter, S. (2010). Advocacy through engagement: Public engagement and the academic library. In W. C. Welburn, J. Simmons-Welburn, & B. McNeil (Eds.), Advocacy, outreach, and the nation's academic libraries: A call for action. Chicago: Association of College & Research Libraries.
  • Walter, S., & Goetsch, L. (2009). Public engagement [SPEC Kit No. 312]. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries.
  • Walter, S. (2007). Using cultural perspectives to foster information literacy instruction across the curriculum. In S. C. Curzon and L. Lampert (Eds.), Proven strategies for building an information literacy program. New York: Neal-Schuman.
  • Walter, S. (Ed.). (2007). The teaching library: Approaches to assessing information literacy instruction [Special issue]. Public Services Quarterly, 3 (1/2), 1-282.
  • Walter, S., & Eodice, M. (Eds.). (2006). Meeting the student learning imperative: Exploring collaborations between academic libraries and student services programs [Special issue]. Research Strategies.
  • Walter, S., & Hinchliffe, L. J. (2005). Instructional improvement programs [SPEC Kit No. 287]. Washington, DC: Office of Leadership & Management Services, Association of Research Libraries.
  • Shinew, D. M., & Walter, S. (Eds.). (2003). Information literacy instruction for educators: Professional knowledge for an information age [Special issue]. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian.

Journal Articles

  • Walter, S. (2009). Building a "seamless environment" for the assessment of information literacy: Libraries, student affairs, and learning outside the classroom. Communications in Information Literacy, 3(2), 91-98. Retrieved from http://www.comminfolit.org/index.php/cil/article/view/Vol3-2009PER3 link goes to non-SJSU web site
  • Johnson, C. M., Lindsay, E. B., & Walter, S. (2008). Learning more about how they think: Information literacy instruction in a campus-wide critical thinking project. College & Undergraduate Libraries 15(1/2), 231-254.
  • Walter, S. (2008). Librarians as teachers: A qualitative inquiry into professional identity. College & Research Libraries, 69(1), 51-71.
  • Walter, S. (2006). Instructional improvement: Building capacity for the professional development of librarians as teachers. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 45(3), 213-218.
  • Walter, S. (2005). Moving beyond collections: Academic library outreach to multicultural student centers. Reference Services Review, 33(4), 438-458.

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