Bio

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS:
As Lead Librarian for Public Science I provide research and instructional support for community-engaged work and connect faculty, staff, and students with opportunities to engage the public through library services, programs, technologies, and spaces. See https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/do/public-engagement.

https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/kacollin

Publications

• Preparing Students for Wicked Problems , Commonplace (2022)
• Big Data Research Practices and Needs at North Carolina State University: An Ithaka S+R Local Report , NCSU Libraries Repository (North Carolina State University Libraries) (2021)
• Global Change Games , Library Journal (2021)
• Catalyzing rapid discovery of gold-precipitating bacterial lineages with university students , PeerJ (2020)
• Engaged Librarianship at the NC State University Libraries , Against the Grain (2020)
• Fermentology , North Carolina State University Libraries eBooks (2020)
• Service Assessment Planning for the Hunt Library Dataspace , (2019)
• Summon, EBSCO Discovery Service, and Google Scholar: A Comparison of Search Performance Using User Queries , Evidence Based Library and Information Practice (2015)
• Information literacy: building critical skills for learning and communicating about research on the web , Quick Hits for Teaching with Technology: Successful Strategies by Award-Winning Teachers (2012)
• MyLibrary@NCState , Journal of Library Administration (2005)