Karen Brown

Adjunct Instructor
School of Information Studies

Professor Emerita
School of Information Studies

Karen Brown is a professor at Dominican University (River Forest, Illinois) in the School of Information Studies and teaches in the areas of assessment, collection management, foundations of the profession, and literacy and learning. She is the recipient of the University's 2002 Follett Excellence in Teaching Award and the 2005 Library Administration and Management Association's Outstanding Researchers Award (with Kate Marek). She has held positions focusing on library administration, collection development, reference, and instruction at the University of Wisconsin, University of Maryland, Columbia University, and Bard College. She holds a PhD in media studies from New York University and master's degrees in library science and adult education from the University of Wisconsin.

Education
Ph.D. Communication Arts (Media Ecology), New York University, 1992
M.S. Continuing, Adult, and Vocational Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981
M.A. Library Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977
B.A. Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1976
Research Interests

Assessment and evidence-based planning, Professional development practices
Media ecology

Selected Publications

Brown, K., Craig, A., & Hinchliffe, L. (2022). Building Collective Capacity for Assessment and Advocacy: A Model for Academic Library Consortia. Library Assessment Conference Proceedings.

Hinchcliffe, L. & Brown, K. (2021). The Collective: Assessing a Statewide Training Program on Library Impact. Library Assessment Conference Proceedings. 

Brown, K. (2021). Count on Libraries: Promoting a Fair, Accurate, and Complete 2020 Census Count. Library and Book Trade Almanac. Information Today. 

Ackerman, E. & Brown, K. (2019). Keeping Up With . . . 2020 Census. Association of College and Research Libraries/American Library Association. Retrieved from Keeping Up With... 2020 Census | Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL) (ala.org). 

Verbeke, M., Falk, J., Brown, K., & Meier, D. (2019). A Study of Rural Librarian’s Self-Efficacy in Facilitating and Developing Adult Science Programs. The Library Quarterly. 89(2). Retrieved from A Study of Rural Librarians’ Self-Efficacy in Facilitating and Developing Adult Science Programs | The Library Quarterly: Vol 89, No 2 (uchicago.edu).  

Selected Presentations
Building Collective Capacity for Assessment and Advocacy: A Model for Academic Library Consortia. Library Assessment Conference. 2022
The Collective: Assessing a Statewide Training Program on Library Impact. Presentation with Lisa Janicke Hinchcliffe. Library Assessment Conference. 2021.
Documenting and Communicating Library Impact with Campus Assessment Projects. Keynote presentation. Annual Meeting of the Council of Chief Librarians, California Community Colleges. California. Sacramento. 2017.
Team-based Assessment: Collaborating for a Campus Message about Student Learning. Presentation with Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe. American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Leading Change, Academic Affairs Summer Meeting. Denver, Colorado. 2016
Building Library Leadership with Team-Based Campus Assessment Projects. Keynote presentation. Annual Meeting of the Academic Libraries of Indiana. Greencastle. 2016.
Awards and Grants
Library Administration and Management Association Outstanding Researchers for 2005 Award
American Library Association (received with Kate Marek), Chicago, Illinois, 2005
Follett Excellence in Teaching Award. Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, 2002.

 

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