Karen Bronshteyn, Biography and Publications
Karen Bronshteyn is a McIntyre Library Reference Librarian and member of the Information Literacy instruction team. Her research interests include information literacy assessment and assignment design, and finding effective modes of information literacy instruction for first-year students and distance learners. She is also interested in innovative online products for reference desk consultations. As an advocate for literary reading in the 18-24 year age group, Karen invites authors for classroom presentations and develops book discussions around cultural themes.
Education
Masters of Science, Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Graduate study in Russian Area Studies: completion of language proficiency and coursework for Masters of Arts. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy; Slavic Languages and Literature, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Instruction
Workshops in Information Literacy, Citation, Advanced Database Searching, Critical Thinking in Source Evaluation.
Bronshteyn, K. (2007, Spring). Discussion of iSkills Assessment at UW-Green Bay. WAAL Newsletter 24(2).
Bronshteyn, K. & Baladad, R. (2006, September). Librarians as writing instructors: Using paraphrasing exercises to teach beginning Information Literacy students. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 32(5), 533-536.
Bronshteyn, K. (2006, August 6). Historical novel tells story of families during World War II. [book review of Deep Wells, Burning Forests.] The Ukrainian Weekly, 32, 12.
Bronshteyn, K. & Long, G. (2005). From plagiarism to Information Literacy: Revamping an academic assessment program. In D. B. Thomas (Ed.), et al, Library instruction : restating the need, refocusing the response : papers and session materials presented at the Thirty-Second National LOEX Library Instruction Conference held in Ypsilanti, Michigan 6 to 8 May 2004. Ann Arbor: Pierian Press.
Pearl, N. & Bronshteyn, K. (2004, March 15). Ordinary people, extraordinary lives. Library Journal 129(5), 128.
Bronshteyn, K. (1999, January). Minding your own business--on the Web. Library Journal, 124(1), 35-38.
Bronshteyn, K. (1997, April 15). Russian books for children. Booklist, 93(16), 1438.
Bronshteyn, K. (Ed.). (1993). The 1989 USSR Census: A companion guide. Minneapolis: East View Publications.
Publications, in-house
Bronshteyn, K. (2006, October). Are your students information literate? Off the Shelf, 64.
____________. (2006, October). New Library Lab L-1033. Off the Shelf, 64.
____________. (2006, March). New Reference Librarian. Off the Shelf, 63.
Professional associations
Member, American Library Association, 1995-
Member, Wisconsin Library Association, 2006-
Member, Minnesota Library Association, 1996-2005.