Amy Pajewski

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Title
Student Success Librarian | Associate Professor
Department
University Libraries
Institution
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Email
APAJEWSKI@wcupa.edu

Education

  • MS Library Science, Clarion Penn West

Research Interests

Online Sources   Information Literacy Programs   Student Success  

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Biography

Amy Pajewski is a Student Success Librarian & Associate Professor at West Chester University. She leads the library’s First Year Writing instruction program in collaboration with a team of teaching librarians focused on enriching the first and second-year student experience and serves as co-chair to the University Library’s Outreach Team composed of library employees & student workers. As liaison to non-traditional departments, she collaborates with student success initiatives across campus, such as WCU’s Academic Success Program and West Chester’s First-Gen Initiative. Additionally, she serves as the subject librarian for the Higher Education Policy & Student Affairs master’s program at WCU and team-liaisons to the Doctorate of Education students within the Higher Ed track. Her research interests include exploring pedagogy practices in gen ed information lit instruction, library impact on student success, & how to close equity and opportunity gaps for our students / deal with the systemic problems within Higher Ed in the US. As a first-gen student, her perspective on student needs and well-being guide her practice, and she strives to lead with compassion & empathy.

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Contact Information

  West Chester, PA

  610-436-1068

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List of Publications (24)
In 2024
24

"Evaluating online sources: Introducing a 4-step strategy" College & Research Libraries News | 85(2) | March 2024 with Grace Liu & Rachel McMullin

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In 2023
23

"Leveraging Campus Partnerships: Developing and Promoting a Learning Module to Scaffold Students' Ability to Evaluate Online Sources." LOEX Conference Proceedings. | Fall 2023 with Grace Liu

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In 2020
22

"Librarian Contributions to Student Success" Reference Services Review, Vol. 47, Issue 4. | Spring, 2020

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"Critical, Compassionate, and Collaborative Pedagogy: Supporting First-Generation Student Success through Learning Communities." LOEX Conference Proceedings. | Fall, 2020

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20

"First Gen Student Engagement" Credo 2nd Year Experience Guide | February, 2020

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In 2019
19

"Student Employment and Leadership, Part 1" Credo Blog | August, 2019.

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"Student Employment and Leadership, Part 2" Credo Blog | August, 2019.

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In 2016
17

"All the Land to Hold Us, Book Review" Archivation Exploration, TTU Press, 2016

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"For a Little While, Book Review" Archivation Exploration, TTU Press, 2016

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In 2015
15

"Piktochart Datavisualization Review, Internet Marketing Resource Column. Public Services Quarterly, 2015.

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"Monarch Butterfly Workshop" Local Llano. May, 2015.

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In 2014
13

"Nester Honey Farm" Local Llano. October, 2014.

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Pajewski, A. & Walls, N. "From Counting Sources to Sources that Count: Reframing Authority and Authorship in First-Year Composition" Not Just Where to Click: Teaching Students how to Think about Information. August, 2014.

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In 2013
11

"Colorado Women: A History book review." Journal of the West. July, 2013.

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"Klout.com" Website review, Internet Marketing Resource Column Public Services Quarterly. March, 2013.

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9

"Course & Subject Guides in Academia: an Analysis of Student Usage and Librarian Perceptions" Texas Library Association Annual Conference Proceedings 2013, Dallas, TX April 25, 2013.

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8

"On westerness and stories" Her Kind - On My Mind series, June, 2013.

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"Slybrarianship: Building Alliances Through User Engagement and Outreach" The Machiavellian Librarian: Winning allies, combating budget cuts, and influencing stakeholders. Summer, 2013.

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"Teaching Sustainable Information Literacy: A Collaborative Endeavor in the Humanities" Focus on Educating for Sustainability: Toolkit for Academic Libraries. Autumn, 2013.

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In 2011
5

"Round-up ready crops." SAGE Green Series, June 2011.

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"Antiseptics." SAGE Green Series, June 2011.

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"Combating destruction: Organizational power and conflict in academic libraries." Libraries as Dysfunctional Organizations and Workplaces: Problems and Solutions. Routledge with Sara Parme

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"Critical compassionate pedagogy: Supporting first-gen students in the library classroom." Library Pedagogies & Pedagogical Approaches. University of Huddersfield Press

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"Engaging student-workers through student-lead information literacy." Hidden Architectures of Information Literacy Programs: Structures, Practices, Contexts. ACRL Press

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