Cori Biddle

Student Engagement and Outreach Librarian
Associate Librarian
Robert E. Eiche Library, Penn State Altoona
Eiche Library
3032 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601-3760
814-949-5250
814-949-5256 (department)
814-949-5520 (fax)
clb64@psu.edu

About Me

Cori received her Master's in Library Science from Clarion University of Pennsylvania, and worked for 13 years at a small liberal arts institution before joining Penn State University Libraries.

Education History

MSLS, Library Science - Clarion University of Pennsylvania - 2006
BA, Creative Writing - Susquehanna University - 2005

Research Interests

information literacy, user experience, student engagement, academic library outreach, academic technology training, student success

Subject Expertise

  • Agriculture
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Biology
  • Contemporary Topics
  • Education
  • Environmental Science and Resource Management
  • Geography
  • Geosciences
  • Health and Human Development
  • Kinesiology, Exercise, and Sport Science
  • Mathematics
  • Meteorology
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Statistics (Mathematical)

Library Guides

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Publications

STEM Outreach Activities in Academic Libraries: Planning Strategies, COVID's Impact, and Future Considerations, Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, 2023

Technology training for first-year students: An answer to questions asked at library service points, Public Services Quarterly, 2023

Where Do Downloads Go? Designing Library Instruction Activities to Serve Multiple Learning Objectives, 2023

Tapping librarians for a successful technology training pilot. A practice report, Student Success, 2021

A Measure of Success? Utilizing Citation Analysis to Evaluate Consultation Strategies in Oral Communication Courses, Virginia Libraries Journal, 2020

Other Publications

Magazine/Trade Publications

Snagit, Tech Bits, 2021

Duck Duck Go, Tech Bits, 2021

Toggl, Public Services Quaterly, 2017

Directory of Open Access Journals, Public Services Quarterly, 2016

Google Apps, Public Services Quarterly, 2015

Comment/Debates

Library Assessment Taking a More Active Role in Telling Our Story, College and Research Libraries News, 2025

Others

Review of A Binding Truth, Education Media Reviews Online, 2026

Review of Little, Big, and Far, 2025

Review of Bring Them Home (Aiskótáhkapiyaaya), 2025

Review of The Cannons: Brothers on Ice, 2025

Review of The Click Trap, 2024

Review of Wade in the Water, 2024

Review of Manufacturing Chaos, 2024

Review of A Crime on the Bayou, 2022

Review of Betrayal: When the government took over the Teamsters Union", 2022

Review of Louis van Beethoven, 2021

Review of The Girl with the Rivet Gun, 2021

The Unimaginable Journey of Peter Ertel, Educational Media Reviews Online, 2020

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