Amy Deuink

Head Librarian Beaver and Head Librarian Shenango
Associate Librarian
Beaver Campus Library, Penn State Beaver
Lartz Memorial Library, Penn State Shenango
Library
99 University Drive
Monaca, PA 15061
724-773-3791
724-773-3790 (department)
ald120@psu.edu

About Me

Deuink has been a librarian at Penn State since 2003, with nine years of prior experience working in libraries. Her guiding principle is a belief in the value of a student-centered university.
Amy Deuink

Research Interests

students' incoming information literacy skills; evolution of the reference desk as a library service point; 21st century libraries; community building; educational technology; outreach; leadership

Teaching Interests

course-integrated library instruction; critical thinking; online learning

Subject Expertise

  • Anthropology
  • Biology
  • Communication Arts and Sciences
  • Communications and Media Studies
  • Criminal Justice
  • Information Sciences and Technology
  • Nursing
  • Psychology

Library Guides

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Publications

Lightweight alternative tech: a study of Chromebooks in the academic library classroom, Library Hi Tech, 2019

Charting a course: Local libraries can help the growing number of charter schools locate the resources they need, American Libraries, 2007

Information Literacy and First-Year Seminar: Assessing Skills Learning by Applying ACRL Standards, 2007

Other Publications

Blogs

Understanding our users, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2013

E-books & Academic Libraries, It's Academic, 2013

Why do we do what we do? A Philosophy of Librarianship, It's Academic, 2012

Recap: Technology in the classroom discussion, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2012

Announcing Connect & Communicate — Save the dates!, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2012

Navigating the Publishing Process, It's Academic, 2012

Local, State, National: Finding Your Professional Home, It's Academic, 2012

Connect and communicate with academic librarians, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2012

Debate: Are school librarians expendable?, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2011

The 21st Century Literacies initiative: An interview with Kathy Silks, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2011

PALS sponsorship opportunity, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2011

Moment of zen, Pennsylvania Library Association, College & Research Division, 2011

Books

The Library Student Advisory Board: Why Your Library Needs It and How to Make It Work, McFarland and Co., Inc, 2009

The Library Student Advisory Board, 2009

Book/Film/Article Reviews

Social Science Resources in the Electronic Age, American Reference Books Annual, 2005

The A-Z of Social Research, American Reference Books Annual, 2005

Magazine/Trade Publications

Infusing and Assessing Information Literacy in First-Year Seminars, E-Source for College Transitions, 2005

Newsletters

Looking Back on 2009, Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin, 2010

Wrapping Up 2008 and Looking Forward to 2009, Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin, 2009

In the Transition Zone, Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin, 2008

CRD Spring Program Hits One Out of the Park, Pennsylvania Library Association Bulletin, 2008

ACRL Membership Survey: A Snapshot of IS, Instruction Section Newsletter, 2006

Comment/Debates

Charged up What I learned on a day without power, College and Research Libraries News, 2023

Others

Students as library advocates: The library student advisory board at Pennsylvania State-Schuylkill, College and Research Libraries News, 2006

Publications Other Publications