1.1.12
The proceedings from the second Reference Renaissance conference have just been published: Leading the Reference Renaissance: Today's Ideas for Tomorrow's Cutting-Edge Services. Amy's paper "Inventing the future by exploring traditional and emerging roles for reference librarians" is Chapter 4. 
11.9.11
Amy will present her dissertation research at Duke University Libraries at an event sponsored by the Professional Affairs Committee. 
07.02.11
Amy's paper, "Instructional strategies for digital reference: Methods to facilitate student learning," co-authored with Dr. Megan Oakleaf, has been chosen for Reference Research Review 2010 by the RUSA/RSS Research & Statistics Committee. 
06.28.11
Amy has been awarded the Jesse H. Shera Award for the Support of Dissertation Research by ALA's Library Research Round Table. 
06.26.11
Amy presented "Practitioner Beliefs of Reference Librarians in Academic Research Libraries" at the Reference Research Forum at the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans. 
01.13.11
Amy taught INLS 501: Information Resources and Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
01.04.10
Amy attended the ALISE conference in San Diego. 
08.24.10
Amy taught INLS 501: Information Resources and Services at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 
08.09.10
Amy presented "Inventing the Future by Tinkering with the Past: Roles for Reference Librarians" at the Reference Renaissance conference. 
06.25.10
Amy presented at the RUSA preconference Reference Evolution: Envisioning the Future, Remembering the Past with Stephen Francoeur, Joe Janes, and Kathleen Kern. 
06.01.10
Amy's paper "Instructional strategies for digital reference: Methods to facilitate student learning", co-authored with Dr. Megan Oakleaf, was published in the summer issue of Reference & User Services Quarterly. 
01.12.10
Amy is co-teaching INLS 841: Academic Libraries with her advisor Dr. Barbara Moran this spring. 
08.25.09
Amy was appointed to the ACRL Contributed Papers Committee. 
07.12.09
Amy presented with Dr. Megan Oakleaf at the 15th Annual Reference Research Forum at ALA. Read Ellieheartslibraries' blog about our presentation. 
06.25.09
Amy was the keynote speaker at the Librarians Summer Academy hosted by the Tennessee Board of Regents Online Degree Program. 
06.01.09
Evidence vs. anecdote: Using syllabi to plan curriculum-integrated information literacy instruction, a paper Amy co-authored with Dr. Megan Oakleaf was named one of the Top 20 Instructional Articles of 2008 by ALA's Library Instruction Round Table. 
01.22.09
Amy presented with Phil Edwards at the ALISE Annual Conference. We discussed the repertory grid technique as part of the "Research Designs in LIS" panel. 
01.14.09
Amy was a panelist at the Carolinas Chapter of ASIS&T program Is Reference Dead? A Panel of Experts Discuss the Future of Reference Services. 
10.10.08
Amy worked with the other Doctoral Student Association representatives, Cassidy Sugimoto and Chirag Shah, to organize a Doctoral Research Symposium at UNC's School of Information & Library Science. Eighteen doctoral students presented their research to faculty and fellow students. 
08.05.08
Amy presented a paper entitled "Reference Librarians' Personal Theories of Practice: A New Approach to Studying Reference Service" at theReference Renaissance conference in Denver. Amy also served on the program committee and contributed to a panel on digital reference. 
06.30.08
Amy and colleague Hyun-Duck Chung received one of the 2008 Emerald Research Grants for their research on using digital reference transcripts for training. The $5000 award will support their project "Better Business Reference Training: Evaluation of Virtual Reference Transcripts for Subject-Specific Training." |  Amy VanScoy
Doctoral Candidate School of Information & Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill vanscoy@unc.edu |
