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Carol B. Wittig

Head, Research & Instruction
Adjunct Assistant Professor, SPCS
Curriculum Vitae

  • Profile

    Carol Wittig is Head of Research and Instruction at Boatwright Library, where she coordinates library instruction and liaison activities, as well as being a liaison to the departments of Journalism, Philosophy and Religious Studies. She has been at the university since 2008 and is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, where she teaches English and Knowledge Management. She holds a Master's degree in Library Science and a Master's degree in English Literature.

    Carol has over thirty years' experience teaching English and Library Research in face to face, hybrid and online environments.

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    • Presentations

      Tidewater Librarians, Spring Meeting (TIDE) Co-Presenter. “All the Sources In The World Won’t Do You Any Good If You Don’t Know What To Do with Them: Preliminary Longitudinal Results to a Local Citation Study,” (Christopher Newport University, Jan. 2019).

      Old Dominion University, Dept. Of English. Dissertation Proposal. “Library and Academic Literacies: An Appropriate(d) Library History,” (Norfolk, VA 2018).

      Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy (GICIL) Co-Presenter. “LibGuides: Ways to Engage Students In First-Year Seminars,” (Savannah, GA. Sept. 2018).

      Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy (GICIL) Co-Presenter. “All the Sources In The World Won’t Do You Any Good If You Don’t Know What To Do with Them,” (Savannah, GA. Sept. 2018).

      The Innovative Classroom (TILC), Co-Presenter. “There is No Logical Progression: Using the Framework in a Full Semester First-Year Seminar,” (Radford Univ., 2018).

      The Innovative Classroom (TILC), Panelist. “Dear Instructionista…: Perspectives on Instructional Dilemmas,” (Radford Univ., 2018).

      Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) Roundtable Panel. Annual Conference. “The Future of College Writing and How to Stop It.” (A.31) (Portland, OR. March 2017).

      Virginia Library Association Annual Conference Presentation - "Bites, Not Buffets: How to Engage First Year Seminar Students using Personal Librarians and LibGuides for Instruction." (Williamsburg, September 2013).

      Virginia Library Association Annual Conference Presentation - “A Universe of Information, One Citation at a Time: How Students Engage with Scholarly Sources”(Williamsburg, September 2013).

    • Professional Experience

      Head, Research & Instruction (2008 - Present)
      University of Richmond

      Library Director (2005 - 2008)
      U.S. Army Garrison Library, Chievres, Belgium

      Library Director (2003 - 2004)
      Clark State Community College Library

      Assistant Head of Reference & Social Sciences Librarian (1998 - 2003)
      Wright State University Libraries

      Assistant Library Director (1994 - 1998)
      Southwest Texas Junior College Library

      Admissions Administrative Specialist (1990 - 1994)
      University of Akron

  • Publications
    Books

    Benjes-Small, Candice M., Carol Wittig, and Mary K. Oberlies. Teaching About Fake News : Lesson Plans for Different Disciplines and Audiences / Edited by Candice Benjes-Small, Carol Wittig, and Mary K. Oberlies. Chicago, Illinois: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2021.

    Journal Articles

    Ludovico, Carrie, and Carol Wittig. "A Universe of Information, One Citation at a Time: How Students Engage with Scholarly Sources." Journal of Library & Information Services in Distance Learning 9.1-2 (2015): 30-39.

    “A Landscape of Literacies: Opportunities for Transfer.” (ENG 875, June 2015)

    “Information Literacy in the Scholarship of Composition and Writing: A Journal Analysis.” (ENG 840, April 2015)

    “Embedded Librarians: Collaborative Opportunities in the Composition Classroom.” (ENG 824, June 2014)

    Distance Library Services Conference Paper – "But What Do They DO with What They Find?” Asking Hard Questions about – and Taking a Hard Look at – Student Research Papers (Handout). Carol Wittig and Carrie Ludovico. (Denver, April 2014)

    Additional Publications

    “Problem or Potential: The History and Relationship of Information Literacy to the First-Year Research Paper.” (ENG 721, December 2013).