Amy Lefager

LIBR 200 - Digital Information Literacy

LIBR 300 - Library Research in the Social Sciences

Guest lecturer for graduate and undergraduate classes about Library & Learning Support services and resources.

Individual research consultations for students, faculty, and staff.

Self-paced online tutorials and video tutorials on how to use article, eBook, and streaming video databases available from NLU Library & Learning Support.

Areas of Expertise:

Research

Library instruction

Tutorial development

Interlibrary Loan

Library Accounts

Electronic Resources

Biography:

After graduating from Northern Illinois University with a BA in English I served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer from 2001 to 2003 where I ran a tutoring program for Kindergarten through Third graders at O.W. Holmes Elementary School in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. In 2005 I began my first professional position as a librarian in the Education, Philosophy, and Religion Department at the Parkway Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia. While there I developed and taught introductory computer skills classes for adults and ran a gaming program for teens. In 2010 I became an instruction librarian at National Louis University. I began managing circulation and interlibrary loan in 2011, and electronic resources in 2013. I am based at the Wheeling location of NLU.

Education:

Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Philosophy from Northern Illinois University - 2001

Masters of Library and Information Science from Dominican University - 2005

Masters of Science in Human-Computer Interaction from DePaul University - expected graduation 2018

Research and Interests:

Human-computer interaction, specifically developing interactive digital learning objects to help students better understand research and citation.

Data visualization and assessment of library services.

Contact Information:

Email: amy.lefager@nl.edu

Phone: 847-947-5335

Wheeling Campus Library & Learning Support - 1st Floor