Jenifer Holman
Associate Librarian for Electronic Resources
Jenifer Holman began her work at Van Wylen Library in 2016. She is the electronic resources librarian and liaison to the Women’s and Gender Studies program on campus, providing collection development support for that program. She teaches research skills primarily outside of the classroom, building and making available learning objects accessible at the user’s point of need. Her goal in teaching is to empower students, faculty and staff to find the information they need, when they need it, in the format they need it. Her research interests include strategic collection development, open access, and data-driven decision making through data visualization and storytelling.
AREAS OF Expertise
- Data visualization in libraries
- Troubleshooting information access issues
- Managing the lifecycle of electronic resources
EDUCATION
- M.S., information resources management, Syracuse University, 2003
- MILS, archival administration, The University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, 1993
- B.A., religion, magna cum laude, Hamilton College, 1991
PUBLISHED WORK
- “Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities in E-Resources Management,” in Managing Licensed E-Resources: Techniques, Tips, and Practical Advice, Forest Grove, Oregon: Pacific University Press, 2022
- , with J. Waterhouse et al., Serials Review, 46(1), 2020
- “,” Van Wylen Library Blog, 2018
- “,” Van Wylen Library Blog, 2018
- “,” Van Wylen Library Blog, 2017
- Going Green: First Steps with Self-Archiving Faculty Publications (no. 45 Spring 2010 ed.), with W.T. Doering, La Crosse, WI: Murphy Library, no. 25, Spring 2010
- “Teaching Library Information Literacy Skills to Students Enrolled in an Introductory Communication Course: A Collaborative Study,” with G. Chilton et al., Teaching Forum: A Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2007
- “,” The Serials Librarian, 47(4), 2005
Selected Presentations
- “Data Storytelling: Using Tableau to better understand and communicate data-presentation,” with J.B. Hronchek and V.E. Longfield, Michigan Academic Library Association Annual Conference, online lecture, May 18, 2022
- “UnSub for College Libraries," MiALA Electronic Resources Interest Group, webinar presenter via Zoom, April 5, 2022
- “Streaming Services & Digitization,” with S. Glover and E. Nevarez, Hope College Van Wylen Library, virtual presentation and workshop, Holland, Michigan, March 18, 2021
- “Storytelling: Creating an Electronic Resources Dashboard to Visualize Your Value,” Electronic Resources & Libraries, virtual conference presentation, Austin, Texas, March 11, 2021
- “No Floaties Required: Accrual Accounting in Alma,” with E. Nevarez, Ex Libris, Great Lake User Group, paper, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, October 18, 2019
- “Faculty Open Access Policy and FAR,” with C. Jeremy Barney and K. Jacobsma, Library, Lunch, Learn: A Faculty Development Series on Teaching, Learning and Scholarship, workshop, Hope College Van Wylen Library, Van Wylen Library, Granberg Room, Holland, Michigan, September 5, 2019
- “OER: Open Educational Resources, Faux-pen Resources, and Van Wylen Library,” Faculty Library Committee, lecture, Hope College, October 12, 2017
- “Cultivating your Organizational Garden: Social Capital in the Workplace,” Electronic Resources & Libraries, conference presentation, Austin, Texas, April 3, 2017
GRANTS
- “CST 110 Asynchronous Library Literacy Instruction and Assessment,” with Susan C. Schuyler, Terence Smith and Katherine Russell, ATL Program/UW-L Grant, $42,983.84, 2012–2014
- “Learning Module Development for Information Literacy Instruction,” with Galadriel Chilton, UW-L Grant, $3,000
