Heidi Julien

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Heidi Julien’s research interests focus on digital literacy and information behavior. Her work seeks to understand how best to deliver digital literacy education to the public, including how to prepare and support digital literacy instructors, including librarians.

Several of her recent papers related to digital literacy:

Julien, H., Gross, M., & Latham, D. (2022). Teaching and its discontents: How academic librarians are negotiating a complicated role. Accepted for publication in Journal of Information Literacy.

Gross, M., Julien, H., & Latham, D. (2022). Librarian views of the ACRL Framework and the impact of COVID-19 on information literacy instruction in community colleges. Library and Information Science Research 44https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2022.101151

Detlor, B., Julien, H., La Rose, T., & Serenko, A., (2022). Community-led digital literacy training: Toward a theoretical model. Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1002/asi.24639

Latham, D., Gross, M., Julien, H., Warren, F., & Moses, L. (2022). Community college students’ perceptions of their information literacy needs. College & Research Libraries (in press).

Julien, H., Gerstle, D., Detlor, B., La Rose, T., & Serenko, A. (2022). Digital literacy training in Canada: Defining and measuring success. Library Quarterly 92(1). https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/717233

Barrie, H., La Rose, T., Detlor, B., Julien, H., & Serenko, A. (2021). “Because I’m old”: The role of ageism in older adults’ experiences of digital literacy training in public libraries. Journal of Human Services and Technology, 39(4), 379-404.  https://doi.org/10.1080/15228835.2021.1962477

Julien, H., Gerstle, D., Detlor, B., La Rose, T., & Serenko, A. (2021). “It’s just core public works” Digital literacy training for Canadians. Library Quarterly 91(4). https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/715918.

Visit the School of Graduate Education website for Julien’s complete profile, including latest research and publications.