Jane T. Bradford
Coordinator of Library Instruction and Research Librarian
Jane Bradford's primary responsibility is to coordinate the library’s instruction program through which she teaches individual classes throughout Stetson’s curricula. She also serves as a research librarian and is responsible for collection development in three classification sections, the Children’s Collection being the most fun. Bradford wrote the first comprehensive Information Literacy plan for the Library, and the Library’s Instruction and Information Literacy Program was awarded one of the University’s two commendations during the 2000 SACS self study review. She has participated in librarian exchanges all over the world, visiting libraries in China, Russia, Germany, Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 2001, she received the University’s Hand Award for Community Service. She has published in refereed library journals and standard library reference sources.
Education
- M.S., Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana
- M.A., English, The Pennsylvania State University
- B.A. Stetson University
Research Interests
- Assessment of student learning
- Use of library reference materials
Courses
- She has taught individual classes in library resources throughout the university's curricula as well as courses in first-year English and business communications.
Publications
- Research section of "Guide to Writing at Stetson University," by Megan B. O'Neill. Plymouth, MI: Hayden-McNeil, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
- "Research Process Guide" (web publication), 2001-to the present, revised and updated every fall, http://www2.stetson.edu/library/researchguide.pdf
- "What's Coming Off the Shelves? A Reference Use Study Analyzing Print Reference Sources Used in a University Library," Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31, no. 6 (November 2005):546-558.
- "Reference Service in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Sources Used to Answer Reference Questions," co-authored with Barbara Costello and Robert Lenholt, Journal of Academic Librarianship, 31, no. 3 (2005): 263-272.
- "Consumer Education," in Magazines for Libraries, 12th and 13th eds., Cheryl LaGuardia, ed. New Providence, NJ: Bowker, 2003 and 2004.
