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Amanda Nichols Hess

Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Nichols Hess, A. (2020). Academic librarians' teaching identities and work experiences: Exploring relationships to support perspective transformation in information literacy instruction. Journal of Library Administration, 60(4). doi:10.1080/01930826.2020.1721939
  • Levenson, H. N., & Nichols Hess, A. (2020). Collaborative collection development: Current perspectives leading to future initiatives. The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 46(15). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2020.102201
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2020). Instructional modalities and perspective transformation: How academic librarians’ experiences in face-to-face, blended/hybrid, and online instruction influence their teaching identities. Journal of Library and Information Services in Distance Learning. doi:10.1080/1533290X.2020.1720887
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2019). Academic librarians’ educational factors and perceptions of teaching transformation: An exploratory examination. Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice, 14(3), 52-76. Retrieved from https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/eblip/index.php/EBLIP/article/view/29526.
  • Thielen, J., & Nichols Hess, A. (2018). Advancing research data management in the social sciences: Implementing instruction for education graduate students into a doctoral curriculum. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 36(2).
  • Nichols Hess, A., & Greer, K. (2016). Designing for engagement: Using the ADDIE model to integrate high-impact practices into an online information literacy course. Communications in Information Literacy, 10(2), 264-282.
  • Nichols Hess, A., & Hristova, M. (2016). To search or to browse: How users navigate a new interface for online library tutorials. College & Undergraduate Libraries, 23(2), 168-183. doi:10.1080/10691316.2014.963274
  • Greer, K., Nichols Hess, A., & Kraemer, E. W. (2016). The librarian leading the machine: A reassessment of library instruction methods. College & Research Libraries, 77(3), 286-301. doi:10.5860/crl.77.3.286
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2016). A case study of job-embedded learning. portal: Libraries and the Academy, 16(2), 327-347.
    Selected as one of the ALA Library Instruction Roundtable's 2016 Top Twenty articles.
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2015). Equipping academic librarians to integrate the Framework into instructional practices: A theoretical application. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(6), 771-776. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2015.08.017
  • Nichols Hess, A., Greer, K., Lombardo, S. V., & Lim, A. (2015). Books, bytes, and buildings: The academic library's unique role in improving student success. Journal of Library Administration, 55(8), 622-658. doi:10.1080/01930826.2015.1085241
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2015). Motivational design in information literacy instruction. Communications in Information Literacy, 9(1), 44-59.
  • Nichols Hess, A., LaPorte-Fiori, R., & Engwall, K. (2015).  Preserving patron privacy in the 21st  century academic library. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 41(1), 105-114. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2014.10.010
  • Siko, J. & Nichols Hess, A. (2014). Win-win professional development: Providing meaningful professional development while meeting the needs of all stakeholders. Tech Trends, 58(6), 99-108. doi:10.1007/s11528-014-0809-7
  • Nichols Hess, A. & Greer, K. (2014). Using library standards to inform Common Core State Standards instruction. In J. Purdy & R. McClure (Eds.), The Next Digital Scholar: A fresh approach to the Common Core Standards in research and writing(71-105).Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2014). Byte-sized pieces: Equipping academic librarians to integrate technology into library instruction through manageable, maintainable, and meaningful staff development. Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 19(3-4), 283-296. doi:10.1080/10875301.2014.939323
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2014). Online and face-to-face library instruction: Assessing the impact on upper-level sociology undergraduates. Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 33(3), 132-147. doi:10.1080/01639269.2014.934122
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2014). Web tutorials workflows: How scholarship, institutional experiences, and peer institutions’ practices shaped one academic library’s online learning offerings. New Library World, 115(3/4), 87-101. doi:10.1108/nlw-11-2013-0087
    Selected as one of the ALA Library Instruction Roundtable’s 2014 Top Twenty articles.
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2013). The MAGIC of web tutorials: How one library (re)focused its delivery of online learning objects on users. Journal of Library and Information Science in Distance Learning, 7(4), 331-348. doi:10.1080/1533290X.2013.839978

Book Chapters

  • McCann, S., Greer, K., & Nichols Hess, A. (2020). High-impact practices: Collaborative assignments and projects. In H. McClure & G. Schaub (Eds.), Engaging Students through Campus Libraries: High Impact Learning Models (pp. 93-108). ABC-CLIO.
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2019). Finding common ground: Developing partnerships between the academic library and campus teaching center to advance teaching and learning. In M. Mallon, R. Huisman, L. Hays, C. Bradley, & J. Belanger (Eds.), The Grounded Instruction Librarian (pp. 257-267). Chicago: American Library Association. 
  • Greer, K. & Nichols Hess, A. (2017). “I’d like my students to research the idea of red”: Using instructional design for information literacy instruction in the fine arts.” In P. Glassman & J. Dyki (Eds.), The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship (2nd ed.), (pp. 193-202). London: Facet Publishing.
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2016). Using theory and practice to build an instructional technology toolkit. In M. Kumaran & T. Maddison (Eds.), Distributed Learning: Pedagogy and technology in online information literacy instruction (pp. 47-66). Oxford: Chandos Publishing.
  • Nichols Hess, A. & Greer, K. (2014). Using library standards to inform Common Core State Standards instruction. In J. Purdy & R. McClure (Eds.), The Next Digital Scholar: A fresh approach to the Common Core Standards in research and writing (pp. 71-105). Medford, NJ: Information Today, Inc.
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2014). Using technology to reach out – And bring in! In K. Harrod & C. Smallwood (Eds.), Library Youth Outreach: 26 ways to connect with children, young adults, and their families (pp. 102-108). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.

Professional Articles

  • Nichols Hess, A. (2022). Lead, follow, or get out of the way: A people-centered approach to coordinating library instruction in changing times. LOEX Quarterly, 48(3), 7-9. https://commons.emich.edu/loexquarterly/vol48/iss3/4/
  • Gray, S., Marino, W., Nichols Hess, A., & Wallis, E. (2020). An exchange could do you good: Hosting informal meetings to foster academic librarians’ work at nearby institutions. College & Research Libraries News, 81(10), 498-501. Retrieved from https://crln.acrl.org/index.php/crlnews/article/view/24689/32509
  • Nichols Hess, A. & Moseley, J. L. (2016). Conducting formative evaluation online: From planning to execution. College & Research Libraries News, 77(2), 66-69. 
  • Nichols Hess, A. (2014). Scheduling research consultations with YouCanBook.Me: Low effort, high yield. College & Research Libraries News, 75(9), 510-513.