Brenda Boyer

Brenda Boyer's focus in both her teaching and research is information literacy and the instructional role of school librarians. Her most recent research explored information literacy skills of first-year college students and how those skills were impacted by the research instruction they received while in secondary school. The study, "What I had, what I needed: First-year students reflect on how their high school experience prepared them for college research," was selected as a Top Twenty Instruction Research Article by the American Library Association's Library Instruction Round Table. 

She instructs MI graduate learners in guided inquiry, instructional design, search skills, and storytelling. In addition, she mentors recipients of the Schoen Fellowship, guiding their research projects in school librarianship.

Boyer's research is published in The Journal of Academic Librarianship, School Library Journal, and Knowledge Quest. She recently authored a chapter, "Information Literacy in High Schools: Designer Librarians Needed," in "We Can Teach That: Information Literacy for School Librarians." She continues her research into information literacy skills of young adults and instructional impacts of school librarians. Her professional goal is to inspire and equip the next generation of librarians to meet the information needs of their own learners.

Ph.D., Instructional Design, Capella University
MLS, Villanova University

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