Karen Stanley Grigg

Born in Norfolk, Virginia, I have lived and studied in Richmond, Virginia, Norfolk, Virginia, Missoula, Montana, Bozeman, Montana, and finally made the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill area my home in 1995. I have a BA in English Literature from Old Dominion University and have studied Wildlife Biology at the University of Montana, Mathematics Education at Montana State University, and received my MS in Library Science from UNC-Chapel Hill. I have worked as a librarian at North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries and Duke Medical Center Library, and joined UNCG Libraries as the Science Liaison Librarian in August of 2013.

There are 22 included publications by Karen Stanley Grigg :

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Assessing and meeting the information literacy needs of incoming transfer students: Implementing ACRL’s assessment in action program 2017 173 Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the information literacy skills and needs of incoming and current transfer students. Design/methodology/approach: Three studies are discussed, two of which were generated from ACRL’s Assessment in Ac...
Assessing Information Literacy for Transfer Student Success 2017 578 While University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Libraries has an extensive first-year library instruction program, our significant population of transfer students have not taken part in this initiative. Librarians often teach 300- and 400-lev...
Building a Successful Liaison Program from the Ground Up 2017 351 Poster presentation on starting and providing library liaison services in academic libraries given at the ACRL National Conference, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Building a successful liaison program from the ground up 2017 420 The liaison model in academic librarianship has an increased emphasis on engagement and embeddedness. It is moving away from traditional reference services and toward offering advanced research assistance and increased instruction. Shifting to this l...
Data in the Sciences 2015 1127 This chapter presents an introduction to scientific data and its relevance to librarians and libraries. The characteristics of science data in general, and in relation to a number of scientific disciplines, are identified. The disciplines discussed h...
Implementing ACRL’s Assessment in Action Program at UNCG Libraries to Meet the Information Literacy Needs of Incoming Transfer Students 2016 557 In the fall of 2014, a team of librarians at University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Libraries surveyed incoming transfer students to determine their information literacy skills and needs. Based on demographic questions as well as questions...
Implementing ACRL's Assessment in Action Program at UNCG Libraries [Slides] 2016 563 Slides from a presentation at the Empirical Librarians Conference, February 29, 2016, F.D. Bluford Library, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.
Incoming Transfer Students - Who Are They, Where Are They, How Can We Bridge the Gap? 2015 300 This is a recording from a presentation on library research instruction and incoming transfer students given at the ACRL Virtual Conference. (http://conference.acrl.org/virtual-conference-pages-161.php)
Incoming Transfer Students- Who are They, Where are They, How Can We Bridge the Gap? [Slides] 2015 1337 Slides from a presentation on library research instruction and incoming transfer students given at the 2015 Empirical Librarian Conference at NC A&T, in Greensboro, North Carolina. (http://libpublishing.ncat.edu/ocs/index.php/emplib2015/2015/index)
Incoming Transfer Students- Who are They, Where are They, How Can We Bridge the Gap? [Slides] 2015 220 Slides from a presentation on library research instruction and incoming transfer students given at the ACRL Virtual Conference. (http://conference.acrl.org/virtual-conference-pages-161.php)
Information Literacy Needs and Traits of Transfer Students [Poster] 2016 726 Assessment in Action Poster Session, American Library Association Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 25, 2016.
Liaison and Functional Team Structure Review Task Force Report, 2017-2018 2018 776 The Liaison Team Structure Review Task Force was convened in the 2017 fall semester, with the purpose of examining the liaison functional and subject team structure implemented in 2013-14 to determine how well it is functioning and what changes shoul...
Library Instruction Assessment at UNCG Libraries 2014 346 Slides from a presentation on library research instruction and library assessment given at the Transfer Students and the Library workshop at Appalachian State Univ., in Boone, North Carolina.
No Crystal Ball: Planning for Certain Future Cuts when the Future is Uncertain [Slides] 2014 420 Slides presented at the Charleston Conference in Charleston, South Carolina in November 2014.
Open Education Resources in Academic Libraries: seeking alternatives to high-cost textbooks [Slides] 2015 563 Slides from a presentation on open educational resources at UNCG given at the 2015 NCLA Conference, in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Open Educational Resources at UNC-Greensboro- Alternatives to Pricey Textbooks [Poster] 2015 547 Poster presented at the Medical Library Association Conference in Asheville, NC.
Research Support at University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Research Support without a Research and Data Support Coordinator 2014 277 Slides from a presentation on library research support and data services given at the Science Boot Camp Southeast, in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Research Support at University of North Carolina at Greensboro: Research Support Without a Research and Data Support Coordinator [Slides] 2014 384 Slides presented at the Medical Library Association conference in Alexandria, Virginia, in October 2014.
Survey of Information Literacy in Incoming Transfer Students, August 2014 2015 689038 This survey on information literacy in incoming transfer students was conducted by the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during August of 2014. The data set is available for download; to view and download the file...
“Tour” of Liaison Services and Challenges for STEM Outreach 2013 857 Recording of a presentation on library outreach and liaison services for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects given at the Library 2.013 Online Conference (http://www.library20.com/2013)
“Tour” of Liaison Services and Challenges for STEM Outreach [Slides] 2013 724 Slides from a presentation on library outreach and liaison services for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) subjects given at the Library 2.013 Online Conference (http://www.library20.com/2013)
Website usability without the website 2017 260 Presentation on library website usability testing given at the 2017 LITA Forum, in Denver, Colorado.

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TitleDateViewsBrief Description
Survey of Information Literacy in Incoming Transfer Students, August 2014 2015 689038 This survey on information literacy in incoming transfer students was conducted by the University Libraries at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro during August of 2014. The data set is available for download; to view and download the file...