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Dr. Logan Rath

(he/him/his)

Librarian

(585) 395-2568
lrath@brockport.edu
Office: Drake Library 118
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Education

• PhD in Curriculum, Instruction & the Science of Learning, University at Buffalo, 2022
• MS in Information Design & Technology, SUNY Polytechnic Institute, 2012
• MLS in Library and Information Studies, University at Buffalo, 2007
• BA in Spanish - Adolescent Education 7-12, SUNY Geneseo, 2005

Areas of Specialty

• information literacy instruction
• reference / research assistance
• library website
• library technology

Research Interests

• information literacy as a social practice
• librarian understandings of information literacy
• effective use of technology in higher education
• mulitliteracies

• Awards/Recognitions

  Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship, 2016

• Recent Publications

  Rath, L. (2022). Information literacy is a social practice: A threshold concept for academic instruction librarians. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. https://doi.org/10.3138/jelis-2021-0067

  Rath, L. (2022). Factors that influence librarian definitions of information literacy. Journal of Academic Librarianship 48(6). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2022.102597

  Svrcek, N. S., Rath, L., Olmstead, K., & Colantonio-Yurko, K. (2022). “We are still putting out fires”: Considering educator intentionality in remote instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education and Information Technologies, 27(1), 407-428. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-021-10679-w

  Rath, L. (2021). Resiliency through a social practice approach to information literacy: Exploration of a threshold concept in LIS education. Proceedings of the Association for Library and Information Science Education Annual Conference (p. 211). https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/handle/2142/110974

  Colantonio-Yurko, K., Olmstead, K., Rath, L., & Hutchings, M. (2021). Standing up to social injustices: Using critical literacy and global children’s literature for equity. Dragon Lode, 39(2), 27-36.

  Gaisser, D.J., David, T., Rath, L., Clancy, G., Lawrence, C., Munoz-Rojas, D., Jones, U., & Smalls, J. (2021). International networking guidelines for nurses. Nursing2021, 51(7), 24–32.https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NURSE.0000753964.21753.df

  Kalenda, P., Rath, L., & Glor, H. (2020). Breaking the mold: Using 3D printers to support take-home science activities. Teacher Librarian 47(5), 29-36.

  Olmstead, K., Colantonio-Yurko, K., Jackson, T., Jackson, J., & Rath, L. (2020). “I just have so many ideas!”: Celebrating teachers’ meaningful literacy practices in a time of mandated curriculum. Journal of Literacy Innovation, 5(1), 24-36.

  Colantonio-Yurko, K., Kalenda, P., Olmstead, K., Rath, L., & Wright, A. (2020). I never knew a librarian did that! Exploring how faculty and librarian relationships support meaningful collaboration. Journal of New Librarianship, 5, 25-44. https://journals.colorado.edu/index.php/jonl/article/view/713

• Presentations

  Information Literacy as a Social Practice: A Threshold Concept for Academic Instruction Librarians. Information Seeking in Context, Berlin, Germany (9/27/22)

  Why Do They Keep Pushing the Button? Understanding the Student Searching Process. Information Delivery Services Project (7/27/22)

  How Can Theory Help Us Be Better Librarians? A Panel Discussion (with A. VanScoy and C. Germain). SUNY Librarians Association (6/16/21)

  Transforming understanding of information literacy: Sustainable futures through information landscapes. Association for Information Science & Technology, Online (10/28/20)

  Transforming information literacy education: Information literacy landscapes. Association of Library and Information Science Educators, Online (10/22/20)

  Are They Learning? Information Literacy Assessment in the Library Classroom (with N. Murillo). SUNY Librarians Association (6/16/20)

  Digital Interactive Notebooks for Learning Asynchronously. SUNY Conference on Instruction & Technology (5/30/19)

  Alma Fulfillment Training. SUNY Shared Library Services Training (4/2019 - 5/2019)

  I Never Knew a Librarian Did That! (with K. Colantonio-Yurko). The Library is Open: The Academic Libraries Conference (10/12/18)

  USER Instructional Design Method. SUNY Librarians Association Working Group for Information Literacy Lightning Talks (9/12/18)