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2. The Role of Mentorship Programs in LIS Education and in Professional Development

Author

Lacy, Meagan and Copeland, Andrea J.

Abstract

Although mentoring is widely valued and encouraged within librarianship, it has been conceived mostly as a professional relationship that occurs after one has obtained a position. Thus, mentoring among LIS students is not customary--largely because internships and field experiences are not universally required. To address this problem, the investigators wanted to distinguish the kind of education a mentorship program provides. This study identifies the kinds of knowledge academic librarians and LIS students gained after participation in a semester-long mentorship program. Data were collected through two focus group interviews, which were transcribed, analyzed, and compared for inter-coder agreement. The mentees gained knowledge related to the work life of academic librarians, job seeking, and workplace expectations. The mentors valued the experience because it promoted currency in the field, self-awareness, and reflection on practice. This research supports the need to emphasize internships and mentoring within the LIS curriculum.

Published
2013

3. Portraits of Children of Alcoholics: Stories That Add Hope to Hope

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Abstract

This literary analysis examines the emergence of children of alcoholics narratives and their growth from "resource" texts to literary subgenre. While early texts offer useful information about parental alcoholism, they are also limited. Namely, they do not adequately mirror the diversity of children, families, and problems associated with parental alcoholism nor do they offer alternatives for children whose parents do not, or cannot, seek treatment for their addiction. Literature, on the other hand, in inviting what philosopher Martha Nussbaum refers to as "narrative play," can help children learn to understand and empathize with others, nourish their inner curiosity, and, most importantly, tolerate ambiguity in the face of an imperfect world. Thus, this paper presents and examines three literary narratives about children of alcoholics: Gary Paulsen's "Harris and Me" (1993), Sherman Alexie's "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian" (2007), and Tom Robbins' "B is for Beer" (2009). By providing characters and situations with which they can identify, these stories possess potential to validate the feelings that children of alcoholics often experience. At the same time, by offering models of strength and hope, these stories can also help broaden and awaken new perspectives so that children of alcoholics might envision a different life for themselves and reject the pattern of self-victimization and the cycle of alcoholism. Humor, a dominant feature throughout all three narratives, is identified as an especially effective means of discussing this topic with younger audiences. Teachers and librarians can draw on this examination to better guide their selection of texts for young readers, especially for those who are burdened by parental addiction and/or family dysfunction.

Published
2015
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9. By and for us: the development of a program for peer review of teaching by and for pre-tenure librarians

Author

Alabi, Jaena, Huisman, Rhonda, Lacy, Meagan, Miller, Willie, Snajdr, Eric, Trinoskey, Jessica, and Weare, William H., Jr.

Subjects
Librarians, Library and information science
Abstract

Seven pre-tenure librarians at the University Library at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) created a peer review of teaching (PROT) group. This article provides an overview of the library literature on PROT and identifies the commonalities and variations found in PROT programs. The development, implementation, and benefits of the PROT program at IUPUI are discussed as well as outcomes pertaining to benefits for the observed, the observer, and for the PROT group as a whole. The authors also found that the implementation of a PROT program can enhance the sense of community among colleagues. Author keywords: Peer review of teaching; PROT; Library instruction; Academic libraries, Introduction Concerned about the effectiveness of our teaching, seven pre-tenure librarians at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) established our own peer review of teaching (PROT) program. This program was designed [...]

Published
2012

10. Ellis, Samantha. How To Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading Too Much

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
How to Be a Heroine, or, What I've Learned from Reading Too Much (Autobiography) -- Ellis, Samantha, Books -- Book reviews
Abstract

* Ellis, Samantha. How To Be a Heroine: Or, What I've Learned from Reading Too Much. Vintage. Feb. 2015. 272p. bibliog. index. ISBN 9781101872093. pap. $14.95; ebk. ISBN 9781101872109. LIT […]

Published
2015

12. Ephron, Nora. The MOST of Nora Ephron

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Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
The Most of Nora Ephron (Essay collection) -- Ephron, Nora -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
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* Ephron, Nora. The MOST of Nora Ephron. Knopf. Nov. 2013. 576p. ISBN 9780385350839. $35. LIT A treasury of Ephron (1941-2012), this collection contains the writer's best essays, from Crazy [...]

Published
2013

13. Moran, Caitlin. Moranifesto

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Moranifesto (Essay collection) -- Moran, Caitlin -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Moran, Caitlin. Moranifesto. Harper Perennial. Nov. 2016.352p. ISBN 9780062433756. pap. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062433763. HUMOR In both her previous essay collections and her best-selling novel, How To Build a [...]

Published
2017

17. Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal: Not Exactly a Memoir

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal: Not Exactly a Memoir (Autobiography) -- Rosenthal, Amy Krouse -- Book reviews, Library and information science
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* Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal: Not Exactly a Memoir. Dutton. Aug. 2016.336p. illus. ISBN 9781101984543. $27; ebk. ISBN 9781101985021. lit In today's digital age, with its ever [...]

Published
2016

20. Dillard, Annie. The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New

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Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New (Essay collection) -- Dillard, Annie -- Book reviews, Library and information science
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Dillard, Annie. The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New. Ecco: HarperCollins. Mar. 2016. 304p. ISBN 9780062432971. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062433015. LIT This book, a writerly mashup of Dillard's best work, [...]

Published
2015

22. Weinstein, Philip. Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage (Biography) -- Weinstein, Philip -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Weinstein, Philip. Jonathan Franzen: The Comedy of Rage. Bloomsbury Academic. Oct. 2015.248p. photos, index. ISBN 9781501307171. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781501307188. LIT Weinstein's (Alexander Griswold Cummins Professor of English, Swarthmore [...]

Published
2015

23. The Best American Essays 2015

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
The Best American Essays 2015 (Essay collection) -- Levy, Ariel -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

The Best American Essays 2015. Mariner: Houghton Harcourt. (Best American). Oct. 2015. 272p. ed. by Ariel Levy. ISBN 9780544569621. pap. $14.95; ebk. ISBN 9780544579217. LIT Levy (staff writer, The New [...]

Published
2015

24. Dirda, Michael. Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living with Books

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living with Books (Essay collection) -- Dirda, Michael -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Dirda, Michael. Browsings: A Year of Reading, Collecting, and Living with Books. Pegasus. Aug. 2015. 336p. ISBN 9781605988443. $24.95; ebk. ISBN 9781605988450. LIT Pulitzer Prize--winning critic and Washington Post book [...]

Published
2015

25. Wentworth, Ali. Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales (Essay collection) -- Wentworth, Ali -- Book reviews, Library and information science
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Wentworth, Ali. Happily Ali After: And Other Fairly True Tales. Harper. Jun. 2015.240p. ISBN 9780062238498. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062238511. HUMOR Comedian Wentworth follows her best-selling Ali in Wonderland with this [...]

Published
2015

28. Robbins, Tom. Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life (Autobiography) -- Robbins, Tom -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Robbins, Tom. Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life. Ecco: HarperCoilins. May 2014.384p. ISBN 9780062267405. $27.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062267429. LIT The imagination behind Still Life with [...]

Published
2014

29. Rakoff, Joanna. My Salinger Year

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
My Salinger Year (Autobiography) -- Rakoff, Joanna -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Rakoff, Joanna. My Salinger Year. Knopf. Jun. 2014. 272p. ISBN 9780307958006. $25.95; ebk. ISBN 9780307958013. LIT Following her debut novel, A Fortunate Age, Rakoff returns with a debut memoir. It's [...]

Published
2014

30. Mead, Rebecca. My Life in Middlemarch

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
My Life in Middlemarch (Autobiography) -- Mead, Rebecca -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Mead, Rebecca. My Life in Middlemarch. Crown. Jan. 2014. 304p. notes, bibliog. ISBN 9780307984760. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780307984784. LIT Part literary criticism, part biography, and part memoir, this extremely [...]

Published
2013

33. Oliver, Mary. Upstream: Selected Essays

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Upstream: Selected Essays (Essay collection) -- Oliver, Mary -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Oliver, Mary. Upstream: Selected Essays. Penguin Pr. Oct. 2016.192p. ISBN 9781594206702. $26; ebk. ISBN 9780698405622. LIT While most of the essays in this collection have been published previously, they [...]

Published
2016

34. Klein, Jessi. You'll Grow Out of It

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
You'll Grow Out of It (Essay collection) -- Klein, Jessi, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Klein, Jessi. You'll Grow Out of It. Grand Central. Jul. 2016. 304p. ISBN 9781455531189. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781455531196. HUMOR Klein, a comedian and head writer of Comedy Central's Inside Amy [...]

Published
2016

35. Cohen, Richard. How To Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Authors

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Writers (Essay collection) -- Cohen, Richard (b. 1952- ), Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Cohen, Richard. How To Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey into the Minds of Our Greatest Authors. Random. May 2016. 352p. photos. notes. index. ISBN 9780812998306. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780812998313. [...]

Published
2016

36. Benincasa, Sara. Real Artists Have Day Jobs: (And Other Awesome Things They Don't Teach You in School)

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Real Artists Have Day Jobs (And Other Awesome Things They Don't Teach You in School). (Nonfiction work) -- Benincasa, Sara, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
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Benincasa, Sara. Real Artists Have Day Jobs: (And Other Awesome Things They Don't Teach You in School). Morrow. Apr. 2016. 272p. ISBN 9780062369819. pap. $14.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062369826. HUMOR Admitting [...]

Published
2016

37. Harrison, Kathryn. True Crimes: A Family Album

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
True Crimes: A Family Album (Essay collection) -- Harrison, Kathryn -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Harrison, Kathryn. True Crimes: A Family Album. Random. Mar. 2016. 240p. ISBN 9781400063482. $28; ebk. ISBN 9780812988505. LIT Since publishing her first memoir, The Kiss, Harrison has continued to [...]

Published
2016

42. Wampole, Christy. The Other Serious: Essays for the New American Generation

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
The Other Serious: Essays for the New American Generation (Essay collection) -- Wampole, Christy -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Wampole, Christy. The Other Serious: Essays for the New American Generation. Harper. Jul. 2015.288p. ISBN 9780062320353. $25.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062320377. lit Opening with an epigraph from Milan Kundera's The [...]

Published
2015

43. Julavits, Heidi. The Folded Clock: A Diary

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
The Folded Clock: A Diary (Collection) -- Julavits, Heidi -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

* Julavits, Heidi. The Folded Clock: A Diary. Doubleday. Apr. 2015.320p. ISBN 9780385538985. $26.95; ebk. ISBN 9780385538992. LIT Aptly titled, this is a collection of diary entries, written over two [...]

Published
2015

44. Miller, Andy. The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life (Nonfiction work) -- Miller, Andy -- Book reviews, Books -- Book reviews, Library and information science
Abstract

Miller, Andy. The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life. Harper Perennial. Dec. 2014.352p. illus. ISBN 9780061446184. pap. $14.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062100627. [...]

Published
2014

45. Ajayi, Luvvie. I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual (Nonfiction work) -- Ajayi, Luvvie -- Book reviews, Library and information science, Publishing industry
Abstract

Ajayi, Luvvie. I'm Judging You: The Do-Better Manual. Holt. Sept. 2016. 256p. ISBN 9781627796064. pap. $17; ebk. ISBN 9781627796071. HUMOR Aptly titled, this first book by blogger and pop culture [...]

Published
2016

48. Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakeable Love for New York

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakable Love for New York (Nonfiction work) -- Botton, Sari, Books -- Book reviews
Abstract

Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers on Their Unshakeable Love for New York. Touchstone. 2014. 256p. ed. by Sari Botton. ISBN 9781476784403. pap. $16; ebk. ISBN 9781476784434. LIT The sequel to […]

Published
2014

49. Sheehy, Gail. Daring: My Passages

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
A Life in Journalism, Written in the First Person.(Movies, Performing Arts/Weekend Desk)(BOOKS OF THE TIMES)(Daring: My Passages)(Book review) -- Sheehy, Gail, Books -- Book reviews
Abstract

Sheehy, Gail. Daring: My Passages. Morrow. Sept. 2014.496p. notes, index. ISBN 9780062291691. $29.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062291714. LIT Sheehy's newest title alludes to her series of best-selling psychology books (Passages; Passages […]

Published
2014

50. Gay, Roxane. Bad Feminist: Essays

Author

Lacy, Meagan

Subjects
Bad Feminist (Essay collection) -- Gay, Roxane, Books -- Book reviews
Abstract

Gay, Roxane. Bad Feminist; Essays. Harper Perennial. 2014. 336p. ISBN 9780062282712. pap. $15.99; ebk. ISBN 9780062282729. LIT In her first essay collection, American novelist Gay (An Untamed State) tries to […]

Published
2014

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