Robert Schroeder, MLIS, MS
Reference Librarian & Coordinator of Information Literacy
Assistant Professor

BA Chinese Language & Civilization, (1976) Oakland University, Rochester MI
MS, Accounting (1990) Walsh College of Accountancy and Business Administration, Troy MI
Masters in Library & Information Science (1995) Wayne State University, Detroit MI


503-725-4519 / schroedr@pdx.edu / PO Box 1151, Portland State University, Portland Oregon 97207-1151


Areas of Responsibility in the Library


EMPLOYMENT

1/04 - Present Portland State University, Portland Oregon.
Reference/Instruction Librarian
and Coordinator of Information Literacy

8/97 – 12/03 Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane Washington.
Reference Librarian

8/95 – 8/97 University of Detroit Mercy, Detroit Michigan.
Reference/Government Documents

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Schroeder, Robert. “Active Learning with Interactive Whiteboards: A Literature Review and Case Study for College Freshmen.” Communications in Information Literacy 1 (2), Fall 2007. (available at http://www.comminfolit.org/index.php/cil/article/view/Fall2007AR2/49 )

Schroeder Robert. “Pointing Users Toward Citation Searching: Using Google Scholar and Web of Science”. portal: Libraries and the Academy 7 (2), 2007. (available at
http://proxy.lib.pdx.edu:2048/login?url=http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v007/7.2schroeder.pdf )

Boff, Colleen, Robert Schroeder, Carol Letson, and Joy Gambill. “Building Uncommon Community with a Common Book: the Role of Librarians as Collaborators and Contributors to Campus Reading Programs”. Research Strategies 20 (4), 2005 (published January 2007).
(available at http://proxy.lib.pdx.edu:2048/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.resstr.2006.12.004 )

Schroeder, Robert and Gretta E. Siegel. "A Cooperative Publishing Model for Sustainable Scholarship". Journal of Scholarly Publishing 37 (1), January 2006. Personal copy available at http://www.pdx.edu/media/l/i/Library_Cooperative_Publishing_Model.doc
Republished in The Grey Journal 3 (2), 2007.
Absher, Linda, Michael Bowman, Donald Frank, Rose Jackson and Robert Schroeder. “Rethinking Reference: Shaken Foundations, Predictions, and What Really Happened to Reference & Information Services Between 1988 and 2005” in Currents and convergence: navigating the rivers of change: proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries April 7-10, 2005, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2005.
(available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlevents/absher-etal05.pdf )

Schroeder, Robert. “Access vs. Ownership in Academic Libraries” in the Katharine Sharp Review, no. 1, Summer 1995.
(available at http://alexia.lis.uiuc.edu/review.old/summer1995/schroeder.pdf )

NON-REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Two web site reviews in “Avoid Reinventing the Wheel: Resources for Information Literacy, Learning Assessment, and Instruction Librarian Training.” Public Services Quarterly 3 (1/2) 2007.

Oberlander, Cyril, Sherry Buchanan, Jenifer Dorner and Robert Schroeder. “Student Research Strategy Survey” in Our Voices: Teaching and Learning at Portland State University September 2005.

Schroeder, Robert. “Assessing Information Literacy in Community College Human Services Courses" in Assessing Student Learning Outcomes for Information Literacy Instruction in Academic Institutions. Edited by Elizabeth Fuseler Avery. Association of College and Research Libraries, 2003.

Schroeder, Robert and Don Barker. Internet Research. April 2002, Thomson Publishing.

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

Undergraduate Information Literacy: Sharing Students, Sharing Standards. A poster session (with others) at the Oregon and Washington Library Associations Joint Conference in Vancouver Washington, April 2008.

Presented (with Roberta Richards and Sue Phelps) The Library and Librarian’s Role in Student Success and Retention at the Student Success and Retention Conference Portland Oregon, February 2008.

Information Literacy: the K-12-College Continuum at the Oregon Association of School Librarians’ Conference, Seaside Oregon, October 2007.

A Developmental Information Literacy Matrix: A Tool for Focus, Clarity, and Communication. Poster session at the 13th Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, Baltimore Maryland, March 30 2007.
Rethinking Reference: Shaken Foundations, Predictions, and What Really Happened to Reference & Information Services Between 1988 and 2005 with Linda Absher and Michael Bowman at the 12th Association of College and Research Libraries Conference, Minneapolis Minnesota, April 2005.

Presented, with others, From Expectations to Results: Library/Faculty Partnerships for Assessing Student Learning Outcomes, a daylong pre-conference at the ALA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, June 2002.

Finding, Evaluating, and Verifying Internet Information: A Guide for Faculty and Students at the NISOD 22nd Annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence May 28-31 2000, Austin Texas.

Look Ma, No HTML! – or Web Making Made Easy and A Needle in a Haystack – Quickly Finding Quality Websites at the State of Washington Fall Seminar in Community College & Technical College Education Sept. 7-9 1999, Lynwood Washington.

GRANTS AND AWARDS

Academic Innovation Mini-Grant (AIM Grant) for development of ourRESEARCHspace, 2006-2007.

STRT Classroom and Technology Grant 2004 –2005 for Student Research Strategy Survey.

STRT Classroom and Technology Grant 2004 –2005 for Assessing 21st Century Skills: The ETS/ICT Testing Initiative.

Grant Participant: ACRL "Institute of Museum and Library Services Leadership Grant: Assessing Student Learning Outcomes in Information Literacy Programs: Training Academic Librarians 2000 – 2002.

Community Colleges of Spokane Exceptional Faculty Award 1999-2000.

OTHER CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENTS

“Scholarship in Black Studies at PSU.” Exhibit , January to March 2008, PSU Library.

“June 2008 Site of the Month Interview: Evidenced-Based Practice Tutorial for Nurses.” PRIMO, Association of College and Research Libraries. (available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/emergingtech/site/november2007.cfm )

“November 2007 Site of the Month Interview: Tip –Tutorial for Info Power.” PRIMO, Association of College and Research Libraries. (available at http://www.ala.org/ala/acrlbucket/is/iscommittees/webpages/emergingtech/site/november2007.cfm )

The Bride of Frankenpen (a narrative picture book) was chosen for inclusion in the Student Art Exhibition, “Pigs in Ether: Contemporary Representations of Folktales and Mythologies”, PSU March 2007.

OTHER TEACHING

Taught Basic Print and Electronic Information Sources (2 credits) for the Emporia State University School of Library and Information Management Program, Portland cohort, Spring 2007 and Spring 2008.

OTHER OUTREACH

Emporia State University Capstone Class Panel Discussion, Portland State University, July 28th 2007 and May 6th 2006.

Coordinated Discussion Groups for the Multnomah County Public Library “Everybody Reads” Program, 2007.

UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE AND SERVICE

University Studies Council, 2008 –

Portland State American Association of University Professors Unit Representative 2004- 2005 and 2008 -

Portland State American Association of University Professors Treasurer, 2006 – 2008.

University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee 2005 – 2008.

University Assessment Resource Network Committee Member 2005 – 2006.

Presented (with others) Partnering with Faculty as part of Portland State’s Focus on Faculty, September, 2006.

Presented (with others) Facilitating Successful Student Research: Library Support for Student Learning as part of Portland State’s Focus on Faculty, September 21, 2005.

LIBRARY SERVICE

Library Instruction Forum, Chair 2006 - 2008

Library Instruction Committee 2004 -

Library Information Resources Management Committee 2004 –

Library Public Services Council 2004 -

Business Librarian Search Committee, Millar Library Spring 2007

Government Document Reorganization Task Force, Fall 2006

CentralSearch Implementation Task Force, Summer/Fall 2006

Library Public Services Committee Convener, Winter 2006

Library Joint Administration Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee 2006 - 2007

LRC Reference Computer Task Force, Fall 2005

Reference Philosophy and Guidelines Task Force, Fall 2005

Fixed-Term Librarian Search Committee, Millar Library Spring 2005

Library Joint Administration Faculty Promotion and Tenure Committee 2004 - 2005

Library Web Developers Committee 2004 - 2005

Fixed-Term Librarian Search Committee, Millar Library Summer 2004

Library Assessment Committee, co -chair 2004 - 2006


PROFESSIONALY RELATED SERVICE

Information Literacy Consultant for the ACRL’s Institute for Information Literacy, 2008 -

Reviewer for the journal Communications in Information Literacy, 2007 -

ACRL Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online (PRIMO) Committee, 2007 –

Chair OLA/OASL Joint Committee, 2007- 2008

Member of the OLA/OASL Joint Committee, 2008-

Coordinator Portland Area Information Literacy (PAIL) Group Meeting, 2004 –

Emporia State University’s School of Library and Information Management Advisory Board for Oregon member, 2008 -

ACRL Instruction Section Discussion Group Steering Committee 2006 – 2007

Exhibit Committee Member, Oregon Library Association Conference 2004 – 2005 and 2005 – 2006.

Public Services Quarterly Internet Reviewer 2005 - 2006

Government Information Online Pilot Project 2004 - 2005

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Library Association

Association of College and Research Libraries

Oregon Library Association

ACRL – Oregon Association of College and Research Libraries



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