Emily Daly

Emily Daly is the Coordinator of Upper Level Instruction in the Instruction and Outreach Department at Perkins Library, Duke University. Emily began her work at Duke in Lilly Library as an intern in instruction and outreach in August 2006 and began working full-time the following August. Prior to working at Duke, she served as the teen librarian at Natrona County Public Library in Casper, Wyoming and as media coordinator in Durham’s Southern High School.

Emily is also the subject librarian for education, working with students, faculty and staff in the program in education.

Education:
B.A., NC State University (English, secondary education)
M.L.S., University of North Carolina (information and library science)

Professional Interests:
Library instruction pedagogy
Instructional design and technology

Recent Publications:
Daly, E. (forthcoming). “Engaging undergraduates in research: Exploring students’ research behavior and rewarding outstanding use of library resources.” In L. Snavely (Ed.), Student engagement and the academic library. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited.

Daly, E. and Michael Peper (forthcoming). “Building WIGITs: Public Services, IT and Users Make a Better Website.” College & Research Libraries News.

Daly, E. (2012). “Review: College Libraries and Student Culture: What We Now Know.” portal: Libraries and the Academy, 12(2), 223-224.

Daly, E. (2011). “Is the library part of the picture? Asking honors undergrads to describe their research processes.” College & Research Libraries News, 72(7), 408-419.

Daly, E. (2011). “Instruction where and when students need it: Embedding library resources in learning management systems.” In K. Calkins and C. Kvenild (Eds.), Embedded librarians: Moving beyond one-shot instruction. Chicago, IL: ACRL.

Daly, E. (2010). “Embedding library resources into learning management systems: A way to reach Duke undergrads at their points of need.” College & Research Libraries News, 71(4), 208-212.

Recent Presentations:
Putting Usability to the Test: Two Methods to Reduce the Madness, Duke OIT TechExpo
Branding LITA for the 21st Century, ALA Emerging Leaders Class of 2011 Project
Know Thy User: Duke Libraries User Studies Initiative, ARL Assessment Conference 2010
Embedding library resources into Course Management Systems: A case study at Duke University, TLA Annual Conference 2010
Know Thy User: Duke Libraries User Studies Initiative,
LAUNC-Ch 2010
The Embedded Librarian: Integrating Library Resources into Course Management Systems, LOEX 2009